Category Archives: Europe

Here Comes The Book Flood

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Brian D. Butler

Iceland is known around the globe for its spectacular natural wonders, ultra clean environment, dynamic music scene, and hot springs skinny-dipping, but most folks are unaware that it’s one of the most literate nations in the world.Each year, more than … Continue reading →

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make a little birdhouse in your soul

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Brian D. Butler

For more than a decade, Thomas Dambo has been building birdhouses from recycled wood and installing them around Copenhagen. His Happy City Birds project is designed to bring attention to urban tree loss and to create habitats for city birds. The 3,500+ … Continue reading →

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The Only Way To Fly

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Brian D. Butler
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Plane Spotting

Posted on November 25, 2017 by Brian D. Butler

Lithuanian photographer Mindaugas Kavaliauskas has spent years working on travel’AIR a project about people, planes, and airports, which has taken him around the globe to capture the fascination that air travel still holds for people. The newest series in the ongoing project … Continue reading →

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Underground Design

Posted on November 23, 2017 by Brian D. Butler

Frequent visitors to Travel Between The Pages will by now indulge my interests in maps, public transportation systems, and design. This brand new series of very cool maps from Blue Crow Media was just launched with a brilliant two-sided cartographic … Continue reading →

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Rome: Bookstore Tourism

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Brian D. Butler

Many years ago when I first visited Rome, Via Del Governo Vecchio, just off of the sublime Piazza Navona, was an atmospheric narrow street with antiquarian shops. While it’s still a lovely area, the antique shops have been replace with … Continue reading →

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Itinerant Bookstore Tourism

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Brian D. Butler

Margaux Segré gave up a comfortable civil service career with the French Ministry of Culture to pursue her dream of being a full-time bookseller. After crowdfunding the renovation of a delivery truck, she now roams southwestern France visiting village markets, … Continue reading →

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Mustachio On The Orient Express

Posted on November 18, 2017 by Brian D. Butler

h/t Tom Gauld  

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What we live with now

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Brian D. Butler

Those of you who follow TBTP on a regular basis are well aware that I’m a huge fan of the Spanish artists collective Luzinterruptus. Their international environmentally focused art installations always make bold and memorable statements. “The Plastic We Live With” or … Continue reading →

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Bookstore Tourism Lisbon

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Brian D. Butler

Portugal is well known to traveling bibliophiles for its extraordinary bookstores and libraries. One of Lisbon’s most popular book browsing destinations is the popular Livaria Ler Devagar in the Barrio de Alcantara district. Set in a 19th century newspaper printing … Continue reading →

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