Archive for the 'Tourism' Category

Three million tulips

Monday, May 5th, 2008

Photo by hswapnil
The annual Tulip Festival began on Friday and runs until May 19th.
In the fall of 1945, Princess Juliana of the Netherlands presented Ottawa with 100,000 tulip bulbs. The gift was given in appreciation of the safe haven that members of Holland’s exiled royal family received during the Second World War in Ottawa and […]

Gazette

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

“Over a period of six weeks 128 students from the Academy for Urban Planning in Bushwick, Brooklyn took an in-depth look at media, geography, war, love, and architecture. The Alternative Urban Perspectives zine (9MB pdf) is the result of their visual and textual explorations” - From The Center for Urban Pedagogy in New York City, […]

Destination Ikea

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

Before you commit to an Ikea home why not stay overnight at an Ikea store? Check in to the Ikea bridal suite for a flat-pack honeymoon
Whereas Brits may associate the Swedish furniture giant with screaming kids, traffic jams in the parking lot and an occassional riot when a new warehouse opens, it seems Norwegians see […]

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