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Geschrieben am: 8:08 07.11.2008
In Prague, you can get your fill of apple strudel at any sidewalk cafe. However, (especially if you’re in the Czech Republic long-term) no one will blame you for craving a giant soft-baked chocolate chip cookie. And expat Anne Feeley’s Bakeshop Praha (Kozi 1, just a block down from the Kafka...
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Geschrieben am: 8:04 07.11.2008
Because I was (and often still am) young and stupid, I somehow managed to book a RyanAir flight from my former hometown of Rome to Wroclaw thinking it was Warsaw. Yes, you can laugh at me. A weekend of getting in touch with my Jewish roots and searching for Rafal Olbinski works thrown out the...
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Geschrieben am: 8:02 07.11.2008
While it's tempting to pull a Knocked Up and take a few mushrooms and go see Cirque du Soleil, Amsterdam can give you one better. Have a coffee (with maybe a shot of liqueur to avoid the cold), and then trot over to Het Muziektheater for a performance by the Dutch National Ballet. It won't look...
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Geschrieben am: 7:56 07.11.2008
A 36-minute train ride north of Copenhagen, the trek out to the Louisiana Museum takes you through some some beautiful areas of Denmark on the Zealand Coast. It's a great break from city life and gives you a picture of the coastal towns of the country (yes, they have those). When you think...
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Dänemark
>> Hovedstaden (Kopenhagen und Umgebung inkl. Bornholm)
>> Humlebæk
>> Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst
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Geschrieben am: 7:51 07.11.2008
If you haven't yet, check out Carlos Ruiz Zafon's The Shadow of the Wind. It's been going around from reader to reader and brings out not only the poetic beauty of Barcelona but the city's reverence for words and literature (on top of all other cultural treasures the Barcelonians hold near and...
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Geschrieben am: 7:07 07.11.2008
Düsseldorf is one of those great cities in Germany that's loaded with arts and culture. In 2006, it hosted a successful Quadrennial celebration in which all of the city's art institutions hosted events around the theme of "bodies" (not the exhibition that shows off human anatomy). The...
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Geschrieben am: 7:04 07.11.2008
The happening Danish art scene doesn't just lie outside of Copenhagen, and thanks to the Statens Museum for Kunst (Public Museum of Art), you can enjoy the classics alongside modern masterpieces. In and of itself, the building is a work of art. Part late-19th Century grandeur, part modern...
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Dänemark
>> Hovedstaden (Kopenhagen und Umgebung inkl. Bornholm)
>> Kopenhagen
>> Statens Museum for Kunst
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Geschrieben am: 7:03 07.11.2008
Next week will mark the 203rd birthday of Ireland's national theatre, The Abbey. Founded in 1904 (December 27th, to be exact), The Abbey had some of Ireland's greatest names behind it from its inception, including founding members Lady Gregory and W.B. Yeats. Running strong and in the spirit of...
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Geschrieben am: 7:00 07.11.2008
Maria Sharapova isn't immediately synonymous with modern art, but don't tell that to the Finns. Originally constructed in 1930 in Helsinki's preparation (re: rennovation) for their 1940 Olympics bid, the Tennis Palace Art Museum originally sold cars and car parts/service. When they lost their...
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Geschrieben am: 6:57 07.11.2008
Because it's winter and because Iceland is now seeing roughly four hours of sun daily, we know you want to go to Reykjavik right now. Actually, it's a surprisingly beautiful city nestled within a surprisingly beautiful country, regardless of the time of year. And if you really get the...
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Geschrieben am: 6:54 07.11.2008
There are many things I love about Amsterdam, and they don't stop at wooden shoes, cheap ballet tickets, and bicycle rides to the nearest coffee shop. For a city that, unlike many of its European capital counterparts, did not have a huge Baroque-a-rama or eight opera houses or even a few hundred...
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Geschrieben am: 6:51 07.11.2008
Lisbon is one of the cheapest capitals in Europe that has already switched to the Euro. It's also the closest capital to the United States and has a lot going for it in terms of local charm that has yet to be corrupted by TGI McDisney's. Growing up in a heavily Portugese area, I was for a time...
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Geschrieben am: 6:48 07.11.2008
Ataturk Cultural Center is also the home for the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra and Istanbul State Classical Turkish Music Choir. But the Istanbul European Choir also sublets this space when it performs with the IDSO. Like it's doing tonight and tomorrow with Orff's Carmina Burana. You can...
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Geschrieben am: 6:45 07.11.2008
Istanbul bridges the divide between Europe and Asia and while you may be used to seeing the Turkish influence in Europe (Budapest, for starters), you may be surprised to see how much of an influence Europe has on Turkey. The country is often seen in both European and Asian guidebooks, and due to...
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Geschrieben am: 6:42 07.11.2008
Seeing a classical concert in Zurich is like sitting inside a jeweled-out music box. Being in Zurich in general is like being in a jewel box (complete with chocolates and speedy, organized public transportation system), but seeing a concert becomes a multi-sensory experience.
Tonhalle is the...
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Geschrieben am: 6:39 07.11.2008
In our peripheries, we've all heard of Bruegel, da Vinci, Botticelli, Rembrandt, Caravaggio...I could go on with enough names to fill a textbook here. But who's heard of Benkovic, Piazzetta, van Ruisdael or Gros? Here's a hint: my spell-check knows how to properly spell (and doesn't underline)...
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Geschrieben am: 6:35 07.11.2008
There is a distinct lack of a discount policy at the Rijksmuseum (although under-18 will get you in for free, and the 10 Euro entry fee isn't so bad, especially if you go on a Friday night when they have extended hours and frequent concerts).
However, in the midst of building construction and...
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Geschrieben am: 6:33 07.11.2008
The past few years have been a weird time for the Rijksmuseum. In 2003, it began a series of renovations that will be completed in 2009 which has left the museum famous for its collections of Dutch masters in flux for the past five years. Moreover, this summer General Director Ronald de Leeuw...
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Geschrieben am: 6:23 07.11.2008
But the best part about the best bet for culture in Bucharest (we were really going for the alliteration there), is the current exchange rate between the US Dollar (or, even better, the Pound or the Euro...or basically any currency that's not the US dollar) and the Romanian Leu. Around $0.30 to...
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Geschrieben am: 6:21 07.11.2008
Here's a great thing about Bucharest in the middle of the packs of stray dog/wolves, swindlers in every section of the service industry, and that whole post-Communist attitude thing: access to high culture on (say it with me here) a low budget is just as common as Dracula paraphernalia. One of...
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