Category Archives: Europe

Reykjavik in Winter

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

If you’ve been tempted by glossy travel magazines to pay a visit to Reykjavik during the winter season, you best take a look at this video first. Filmed by Austrian journalists Sarah Brugner and Michael Luger, the short film captures … Continue reading →

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Let There Be Light

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

I’ve lost count of the number of times that I’ve visited Amsterdam. But some how I always seem to miss the annual Amsterdam Light Festival. Illuminating the wintery gloom, this colorful event features dozens of light installations scattered throughout the … Continue reading →

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We’ll Always Have Paris

Posted on December 26, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

This wonderful compilation combines some of the oldest film footage shot in Paris between 1877 and 1900, with contemporary video. Created by Yestervid, it also places each location on a map of the city.

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No Re-Gifting

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

The German publishing house Bastei Lübbe and the bookstore chain Hugendubel have teamed up to create a unique way to end re-gifting of unwanted holiday presents. They have come up with a vending machine where booklovers can insert their disappointing … Continue reading →

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Cold Read

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

Paganella is a fairly typical ski resort in the Italian Dolomites, with one exception; it’s also the home of the Biblio Igloo. For the last two seasons, the Trentino Alto Adige resort has sponsored a pop-up library in a specially … Continue reading →

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Remembrance

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Brian D. Butler
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Flying is so much fun

Posted on December 19, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

If you are a New York Times reader, you have likely seen the brilliant work from artist and author Christoph Niemann. He recently documented a typically uncomfortable transatlantic flight from NYC to Berlin (with a layover at Heathrow) with a … Continue reading →

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All Roads Lead To Rome

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

A team of intrepid data visualizers at the Stuttgart-based urban design lab Moovel Lab decided to test the ancient maxim : All roads lead to Rome. Using open-source digital maps, they layered a grid of cells on a map of … Continue reading →

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Venice: Mind Where You Step

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

Back in early October, I posted a story about German freelance photographer Sebastian Erras’ project Parisian Floors which documented his peregrinations around the French capital. Now he’s at it again, but in Venice. Based on these beautiful images, it appears … Continue reading →

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Noteworthy ?

Posted on December 6, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

Adolf Hitler’s autobiographical manifesto has been freely available in most countries for decades, but for the first time since World War II Mein Kampf will be legally published in Germany. The book, which will include 3,500 scholarly annotations, will be … Continue reading →

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