Europe Cities Local To Do Tips | Spotted by Locals cityblogs http://www.spottedbylocals.com Experience Europe cities like a local! Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:15:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Atlas Obscura Day http://www.spottedbylocals.com/atlas-obscura-day http://www.spottedbylocals.com/atlas-obscura-day#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:15:32 +0000 Bart van Poll http://www.spottedbylocals.com/?p=3653 Our Paris Spotter Adam tipped us about Obscura Day, which takes place on 20 March in about 80 cities around the globe. Obscura day is a “day of expeditions, back room tours and hidden treasures in your own hometown” and is organized by the people behind Atlas Obscura, a collaborative project that tries to catalogue odd and [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/atlas-obscura-day/feed 0 Vertical Landscapes http://www.spottedbylocals.com/vertical-landscapes http://www.spottedbylocals.com/vertical-landscapes#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:15:32 +0000 Shilpa Bhatnagar http://www.spottedbylocals.com/?p=3639 When I read Carl Kerchmar’s last post on urban farming, I immediately thought of the next big thing: vertical landscapes. I find the concept rather fascinating and have been following developments in the field. It isn’t news anymore that our cities lack adequate lung space. As our world gets more and more urban, city populations are [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/vertical-landscapes/feed 2 Local Travel – Launched! http://www.spottedbylocals.com/local-travel-movement http://www.spottedbylocals.com/local-travel-movement#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:31:01 +0000 Bart van Poll http://www.spottedbylocals.com/?p=3633 Last week, WHL Group and Spotted by Locals launched www.LocalTravelMovement.com, a website where we plan to unite people and organizations with a passion for Local Travel. The news of our launch spread fast, especially on Twitter, even though we have not officially launched yet… We’ve received quite a few e-mails from organizations who are interested in joining our mission. So [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/local-travel-movement/feed 1 London! Interview Deanna http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london-interview-deanna http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london-interview-deanna#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:15:17 +0000 Bart van Poll http://www.spottedbylocals.com/?p=3612 Today an interview with Deanna Romano, Spotter for our London cityblog. Deanna introduced us to the very cool Bricklane area, where we had a nice biological cappuccino in 2008! Can you tell us a bit about yourself? I’m originally from Australia however came to this part of the world in 2005 to travel for a few months, which [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/madrid-interview-teresa/feed 0 Snowmen in Europe http://www.spottedbylocals.com/snowmen-in-europe http://www.spottedbylocals.com/snowmen-in-europe#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:43:03 +0000 Bart van Poll http://www.spottedbylocals.com/?p=3590 It’s cold in Europe. The ideal weather for snowmen! A study / collection of snowmen in our Europe capitals… Pictured above: a scary (but cute) Antwerp snowman (by AntwerpenR). In Amsterdam (above, by Keees), there hasn’t been so much snow in over 15 years. BIG snowmen! Another scary snowman in Berlin crafted by drunk tourists (according to photographer [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/snowmen-in-europe/feed 3 New Maps feature! http://www.spottedbylocals.com/new-maps-feature http://www.spottedbylocals.com/new-maps-feature#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:15:05 +0000 Bart van Poll http://www.spottedbylocals.com/?p=3584 We just launched our new Maps Feature, a Google Maps / Spotted by Locals mashup! Below every article there is now a link to an interactive map. Some examples: www.SpottedbyLocals.com/amsterdam/map/ www.SpottedbyLocals.com/berlin/map/ www.SpottedbyLocals.com/paris/map/ www.SpottedbyLocals.com/zurich/map/ Try it for your city, and please tell us what you think! Related posts:Stweet – Twitter VoyeurGridskipper – Cool maps!Westermoskee Amsterdam Related posts:
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]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/new-maps-feature/feed 1 Lisbon! Interview Erik http://www.spottedbylocals.com/lisbon-interview-erik http://www.spottedbylocals.com/lisbon-interview-erik#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:10:48 +0000 Bart van Poll http://www.spottedbylocals.com/?p=3578 Today an interview with Erik Lassche, Spotter for our Lisbon cityblog. We met Erik in 2008 in Lisbon, and last year again during a very nice Spotter meeting. Can you tell us a bit about yourself? My name is Erik Lassche, 31 years-old, born and raised in the Netherlands. I am currently General Manager of an internet-agency based [...] Related posts:
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