Europe Cities Local To Do Tips | Spotted by Locals cityblogs http://www.spottedbylocals.com Experience Europe cities like a local! Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:15:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en London! Interview Deanna 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/london-interview-deanna Web Tip – iwannagothere I found a wonderful website last week: www.iwannagothere.com From their website: I Wanna Go There is a site where independent travelers can share up-to-date information and recommendations with other independent travelers – organized in a practical way to help us plan our trips and discover new destinations. So far, nothing new. There are quite a few user [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/web-tip-i-wanna-go-there Spot of the week Spot in the spotlight this week: Paradis Copenhagen. It’s snowing in CPH, but the icecream season has started again! Related posts:Copenhagen in the SpotlightE-card of the week!E-card of the week Related posts:
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]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/spot-of-the-week-2010-10 Madrid! Interview Teresa Today an interview with Teresa Juan Lopez, Spotter for our Madrid cityblog. We met Teresa during our second visit to Madrid to meet new Spotters. I remember it was cold and wet in Madrid… very rare! Can you tell us a bit about yourself? I was born in Madrid and I am a Journalist. I write for some magazines [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/madrid-interview-teresa Snowmen in Europe 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 New Maps feature! 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 Lisbon! Interview Erik 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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]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/lisbon-interview-erik Europe public toilets There are quite a few beautiful public toilets in cities around Europe! An ugly ones too… Above pic: Berlin Above: Amsterdam Above: Copenhagen Above: London Above: Paris Above: Prague Above: Stockholm But the coolest, I think, is the see-through (only inside – out) public toilet designed by Monica Bonvicini in front of London’s Tate Modern museum. Takes quite a lot of courage to [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/coolest-public-toilets Tipped on BBC television! Nila McCann, our former Paris Spotter (who unfortunately moved out of Paris) wrote us an e-mail she saw us on BBC World’s fast:track travel program. Nila wrote “I nearly fell off my seat when I saw it”! Our Prague Spotter Adam wrote us “a friend of mine told me he was really surprised to see my [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/tipped-on-bbc-television Locals take the tram! A nice way to explore a city is by taking a tram, just like the locals. My personal favorite is the cosy Lisbon trams that go up and down the steep hills of central Lisbon. Many Spotters wrote about their favorite tram! Above is a picture by our Antwerp Spotter Ysabel her favorite tram. Check also the [...] Related posts:
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