The World’s Best Open-Air Museums It can successfully be argued that when the weather is getting nicer, finding the right arguments for hanging out in museums is becoming harder. Not as there aren’t plenty of good reasons. …
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Keukenhof, Tulip Fields and Dutch History
Keukenhof, Tulip Fields and Dutch History Spring is almost here and there’s really no better place for observing it in its full bloom than at the garden of The Netherlands, Keukenhof. It’s not an excursion we do frequently. …
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The Zaanse Schans and Its Windmills through Dutch Art and History
The Zaanse Schans and Its Windmills Through Dutch Art and History The other day we jumped on our bikes and rode out to one of the main touristic highlights of The Netherlands: the windmills …
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The Wanås Konst Sculpture Park: The Most Interactive Sculpture Park In The World?
The Wanås Konst Sculpture Park The Most Interactive Art Park In The World? It is one of the questions I asked myself when leaving Wanås Konst at the end of a sunny Sunday afternoon in …
Salvador Dali’s Spain – A Guide to the Dalinian Triangle
The Dalinian Triangle Salvador Dali’s Universe in Catalonia The ones familiar with Salvador Dali’s surrealistic art may easily get curious about the artist himself, even wishing to get to know this extraordinary man more in …
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The Louisiana Museum Of Modern Art – Where Art and Nature Come Together
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Where Art and Nature Come Together Not that many people will have heard of the small Danish village of Humlebæk. But it is here where one of Denmark‘s most famous …
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Alicante – Art a Few Steps Away from the Beach
Alicante – Art a Few Steps Away from the Beach Alicante is one of the Spanish cities with the oldest history to look back on. Surely no coincidence, given its excellent Mediterranean location combined with possibly …
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Art Nouveau in Riga – Heritage From a Golden Era
Art Nouveau in Riga Heritage from a Golden Era Latvia’s capital Riga has many reasons for priding itself as a city of culture and good looks: it has one of the best-preserved and most charming …
Gaudi’s Barcelona: Catalan Art Nouveau At Large
Gaudi’s Barcelona Catalan Art Nouveau At Large While gazing up the Sagrada Familia I couldn’t help myself from thinking what an ingenious mind its architect must have been. We are standing in front of the …
How To Spend Half A Day in Lisbon
How To Spend Half A Day in Lisbon It happened a few times now. Actually it happens almost upon every trip we take. Arriving to a new place – country, city, you name it – …
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A Day At The Hakone Open-Air Museum – Japan’s First-Ever Sculpture Park
Although I love visiting open-air museums, usually it is not the first thing on my mind in the middle of winter. Especially not if the landscape all around me is covered under one big white …
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7 Things To Do In Montpellier, France
7 Things To Do In Montpellier, France We’ll be honest with you. Montpellier was not among the top priorities on our list of cities to visit. It was just for convenience’s sake and budget reasons that …
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24-hours in Bologna, Italy In Pictures
24-hours in Bologna, Italy A Photo Essay We admit it. Twenty-four hours in the beautiful medieval city of Bologna is hardly enough to get to know the city well. Yet, we’re also happy to tell you, …
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Weekend Destination Ghent – Guide to a Beautiful City with a Strong Character
Yes, you can admit it. The first places coming to mind when thinking about visiting Belgium are Brussels, since it is the capital after all, Bruges, since this is Belgium city-tourism condensed into a medieval centre …
15 Tips To Get More Out Of Your Paris Museum Visits
15 Tips To Get More Out Of Your Paris Museum Visits Do you know this feeling too? You start your research for your weekend trip, open up your internet browser and as soon as you …
Tips for Discovering Vienna Art Scene
Discover Vienna Art Scene Tips for Art and Culture Lovers While wandering through the city centre of Vienna and discovering its vibrant art scene, I couldn’t help but wonder if this city could actually beat …
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Paris’ La Defense District: Home to the Largest Open-Air Contemporary Art Space in France
Paris’ La Defense District Home to the Largest Open-Air Contemporary Art Space in France As soon as we stepped out of the metro into the bright sunlight La Grande Arche was rising in front of …
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Which Spanish City To Visit: Barcelona or Madrid? How to choose
Which Spanish City To visit: Barcelona or Madrid? How to choose Have you ever contemplated over which of these two popular Spanish cities to visit? Should you go to the Mediterranean Barcelona or to the …
On board of Rotterdam VII, one of the largest floating art galleries in the world
We often see them sailing by over the IJ, the storeys high cruise ships of the Holland America Line. With Amsterdam in the background they make quite an impressive sight. What might be just as …
SECHS – Bridging The Classical With The Future
The world slowly opens up again. Art is right now showing the way through a mesmerising installation for all our senses in Amsterdam’s Zuiderkerk. A new transcendental art installation opened up its doors in the …
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Hua Quan Village – An Art Lovers Paradise
One of our art highlights in the years we run Art Weekenders has been our visit to Hua Quan village, an art and cultural initiative situated in Jiangxi, China. Set against a spectacular background, this …