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Category Archives: Europe
Take a closer look at your library
Libraries Ireland has launched a new national advertising campaign asking everyone to “Take a Closer Look” at what their local library has to offer. A new video features real libraries and librarians and is part a wider national strategy to increase library … Continue reading
What Every Traveler Needs
One thing that all travelers have in common is the need to find toilet facilities in a timely manner. These days, even when one can discover convenient facilities, a numerical code is necessary to use the bathroom. Then there is … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Public Transport, Restaurants, Tourism, USA
Tagged Brooklyn, London, Manhattan, NYC, Philadelphia
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Wild Horses
Chances are if you have ever visited Sweden you came home with at least one souvenir Dala wooden horse. When American street artist Shai Dahan moved to Sweden a few years ago to live and work, he decided that the … Continue reading
The Art of Travel Posters
The digital marketing agency, lacuna 5, has teamed up with artsupplies.co.uk to create a series of vintage-style travel posters inspired by famous artists from around the world. Before designing the posters they posed the question: “what would travel posters look … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, Tourism, USA
Tagged Banksy, Frida Kahlo, Gustav Klimt, Pablo Picasso, poster art, Travel Posters
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Fountain of Books
If you have ever been to Rome, you have probably noticed the proliferation of fountains dotted around the city. One of my favorites has always been a small fountain on a side street near the National Archives. The Fontana dei … Continue reading
Never Forget
A temporary holocaust monument titled Levenslicht (Lifelight) created by artist Daan Roosegaarde lights up Rotterdam with 104,000 luminescent memorial stones that represent the 104,000 Dutch holocaust victims of the Nazis during WWII. The monument, which recalls the Jewish custom of … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, History
Tagged Holocaust Memorial, Netherlands, Rotterdam, World War II
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Dracula 2020
To hype the new version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula on BBC and Netflix , the team at BBC Creative has designed some impressive billboards. The ads, which are currently up in London and Birmingham, use a brilliant combination of stakes … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Film, Writing
Tagged BBC, Bram Stoker, Gothic Novels, Netflix
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Sometimes in Winter
Gabriele Münter (Berlin, 1877 – 1962) was a German expressionist painter who was at the forefront of the Munich avant-garde in the early 20th century. She studied and lived with the painter Wassily Kandinsky and was a founding member of the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, Museums
Tagged Der Blaue Reiter, Expressionism, Germany, Painting
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It’s Quicker By Rail
Between 1920 and 1950, the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest rail company in Britain. The railway commissioned a wonderful series of posters to advertise its passenger services and to encourage travel to vacation destinations around … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, Public Transport, Tourism
Tagged Berwick upon Tweed, Great Britain, London, Scotland, Yorkshire
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the days slip by
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ezra Pound, Venice 1971 And the days are not full enough And the nights are not full enough And life slips by like a field mouse Not shaking the grass. Ezra Pound, “And The days Are Not Full … Continue reading
Travel Between The Pages 