I was surprised to learn Reykjavik is the world’s northernmost capital city, but this interesting fact was only the first of a long list of surprises I would discover during my trip to Reykjavik. Reykjavik is only a small city, but what it lacks in size it makes up for in character and colour.
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The Botanist’s Unfinished Plan
The Botanist’s Unfinished Plan In a forest away from public scrutiny, hides the daughter of a revered Botanist who in the later part of life created his ideal embodiment of Mother Nature. In her follicles four hundred thousand seeds of ivy lie. Her hair grows and grows, and vines through the forest as days
Romantic Getaway in Venice
They say a holiday can make or break a relationship, so make things easy by choosing Venice! This city essentially does all the hard work for you, and you’d be hard pressed to want to break-up with someone after a trip to Venice. For centuries, its landscape has sent poets, artists and composers into raptures,
Forget the Rumours… Visit Bradford and Find World-Class Art
When I tell people I come from Bradford, most of them screw up their faces like they’ve just smelt something rotten. The funny thing is that some of these people have never stepped foot inside Bradford. Instead they are responding to a stereotypical image created by others that more often than not, is negative. It’s so
Cultural Hotspots: Florence and Pisa in 48 hours
48 hours in one city is never enough to get into all its nooks and crannies. So how well did I manage squeezing Florence and Pisa into just 48 hours? These two places are only one and a half hours apart by train so instead of just doing one or the other, do both and
Getting to know Łódź through its street art
Admittedly, the main urge for me to visit Łódź was my obsession with David Lynch; I knew there must be something unique about a city if it played a muse to one of the world’s greatest creative minds. But fulfilling my Lynchian desires was just one facet of Łódź that I wanted to get
Łódź: The Black Sheep of Poland. Or so it seems….
Don’t go to Łódź if you want to explore a beautiful city. Łódź is everything which beauty is not… at least in the stereotypical sense of the word. But you should go to Łódź if you want to get your creativity ticking through film, art and history. Moreover, you should go if you want to
5 OF THE MOST ROMANTIC CITIES IN EUROPE
I’m not a romantic. But Europe has made me feel romantic. The right environment can send you to the lofty heights of enrapture. There are places that move you from exhilaration to exhilaration, sweeping up everything in your wake, blasting through the town without barely stopping for a breath. I don’t think there’s a greater
MEET THE STREET PERFORMERS OF LONDON’S SOUTH BANK
I want to glide and be lithe and graceful; I want to be a street performer and create the most natural yet unnatural movements in the world. A man stands on another man’s head and they both start juggling. Surely the man balancing on top of his friend’s head would tumble to the pavement after
HAVE A ‘SCREAM’ OF A TIME IN THE EDVARD MUNCH MUSEUM
The Munch Museum is very lucky to have The Scream, because along with the Madonna, both were stolen in August 2004 by masked gunmen. Reward money was offered, people went on trial, but nothing was found. Then shockingly in early 2006, the paintings were recovered. Details of how the paintings were recovered have never been
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