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Tag Archives: Europe
Atlas of Antiquity
I don’t know how I missed the amazing site vici.org which offers an excellent interactive map of archeological sites. It’s easy to spend hours down the rabbit hole exploring the thousands of locations with significant ancient buildings or ruins. Most … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, History, Maps, Middle East, Museums, Tech, Tourism
Tagged archeology, Europe, History
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What’s Cooking
The UK-based hotel booking site Hotels4U produced this amusing infographic that purports to identify the most popular dishes from 28 European countries. What do you think about the choice for your nation? Stroopwafel over pannenkoeken for the Netherlands, really?
No papers, No problem
Düsseldorf-based, Polish-born photographer Josef Schultz traveled throughout Europe for years documenting abandoned passport control points, border posts and military check points. In his resulting series “Übergang”, Schultz digitally manipulated the landscape by removing commercial signage and by subtly blurring the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Europe, History, Photography
Tagged Borders, Europe, European Union
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Z is for Zagreb
London-based, French-Japanese illustrator Hugo Yoshikawa has created this marvelous alphabet with letters composed of building, bridges and monuments from European cities. Each letter is hand drawn and watercolored. Of course A is for Amsterdam and Z is for Zagreb, but … Continue reading