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Category Archives: Europe
Mapping Westeros in Ireland
The hugely popular HBO show Game of Thrones has been a real boon for Northern Ireland tourism. With dozens of filming locations around the region, Tourism Northern Ireland has teamed up with Northern Ireland Screen to create an interactive app mapping … Continue reading
Posted in apps, Books, Europe, Film, Tech, Tourism
Tagged A Song Of Ice And Fire, Belfast, Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, HBO, Northern Ireland
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plus dans le Metro
Meanwhile, back in the Metro…
Visites Des Catacombes
During recent renovations at the Paris Trinité-d’Estiennes d’Orves Metro station, workers uncovered vintage posters from the early 1950s, hidden for six decades. The RATP will be restoring the find and adding the posters to its archives.
Winter Is Coming (back)
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, USA
Tagged Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, HBO, Song of Fire and Ice
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Formulary for a new urbanism
Drawing on his interest in contemporary psychogeography and cartography, the British artist known as Fuller—aka Gareth Wood—spent a decade working on his London Town project. Created with black ink on cotton board, the intricately detailed illustrated map of Britain’s capital … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, Libraries, Maps, Tourism
Tagged British Library, Cartography, London, Psychogeography
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Keep On Trucking
The Truck Art Project is a clever initiative that offers European street artists the opportunity to transform commercial trucks into rolling works of art. A fleet of ten trucks serve as mobile canvases and itinerant art galleries as they travel … Continue reading
What Color Is Your Penguin
This Spring, Penguin will begin reissuing titles from its Classics series with cover designs in a bold, new color palette. The minimalist format will differentiate books by the original language of publication: orange for English, red for Russian, green for … Continue reading
Layover With A Local
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines wants to turn your layover into a trip during your brief time in the Netherlands. Although the project’s name may sound a bit salacious, KLM simply wants to offer the air traveler with a stopover of … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, apps, Europe, Tech, Tourism
Tagged Amsterdam, KLM, Netherlands, Schiphol
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Come to Sweden
Many thanks to TBTP follower Kerstin Martinson for the link to the new book of vintage travel posters titled “Come to Sweden”.
Travel Between The Pages 