Being on a trip to Oulu, one of the most northernmost cities of the world, which is considered Finland’s gate to Lapland, one expects to find dark woods, plaguing amounts of mosquitos and a frightening fauna of wolves and bears. However, upon arriving in the coastal city, Oulu surprises with its appealing and quaint, astonishingly urban cityscape
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Working as a freelance journalist in Asia didn’t give me much time to indulge in tourism. Often I ended up travelling to beautiful, scenic places to chase stories about human rights abuses, conflict etc.! So I was more than happy to take a couple days off in Himachal Pradesh, an Indian state on the foothills of the Himalayas.
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Le Comptoir Général is situated right at the Quai de Jemmapes in the 10th arrondissement. And while people are hanging out in the sun at the canal, we walk through an almost hidden entrance in a backyard and enter a wonderland. Looking like an abandoned hotel, or maybe a former embassy Le Comptoir Général offers a gallery space, a café, a bar, a bookshop and a museum.
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In ancient times ‘Gängeviertel’ described a living quarter in the center of Hamburg, where people lived in very cramped conditions, houses were built very closely to each other and were often only accessible through labyrinthine backyards, small gateways or long corridors.
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To sum it up, Paris was hot, crowded and noisy. It didn’t quite present itself as you know it from romantic movies, where a guy and a girl sit in a little boat, floating down the Seine river, being all lovey-dovey. The French capital is a global city and next to New York and London one of the main metropolises of the Western World. That is how Wikipedia describes it and I agree.
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Snickerbacken 7 is located in the heart of Stockholm, in a building from the late 1800′s that used to be stables. Snickarbacken 7 is a café, exhibition space and a concept store all in one.
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‘Moin! Dear guests, our goal is to work with a deeper awareness for the products we are using. Our goods are mainly provided by local producers, who love their work just as much as we do.’ With these words Klippkroog welcomes it´s guests on the first page of the menu. Followed by breakfasts with cheese made by locals, homemade marmelade and fresh joghurt with fruits.
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One of the things we enjoyed the most in Stockholm was to be able to find some traditional craftmanship and small shops existing besides the mainstream chains. It is amazing to see how the people and the city manage to add a modern twist to old fashioned traditions and translate them into modern life.
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I am in Australia for iGNANTravel. I will spent five days in the Nothern Territory and I wonder if I will have overcome the jetlag before flying back again. So far I am really enjoying it and have already seen a lot (because I am practically 21 hours awake a day).
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Haberdash is located in the Södermalm district, which is the students and worker area. Haberdash is a rather new shop providing mens clothing and accessories. They have a beautiful collection of modern classics.
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