Archive for the Curiosities Category
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Cano Cristales – The river of five colors (Rainbow river) in Colombia – the most beautiful river in the world
Nature is surprising and there are places that have a special beauty only for a limited time. This is the case of a river in northern Colombia, in "Sierra de la Macarena", that transforms itself from an “ordinary” river, with usual colors, in a
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Floating walkway on River Thames for London 2012
Everyone knows by now that London will host 2012 Olympic games. Many articles have been written, many news offered, and yet it seems that surprises are not over! Yesterday, the city's mayor dropped “the bomb”: London will have a floating walkw
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The road where it is illegal to fasten you seatbelts and drive below 50 km/h
Yes, that's right: there is a road where it is illegal to fasten you seatbelts and drive below 50 km/h! Sounds peculiar? It is indeed a curiosity, but there is a good reason for these measures. One may go under 25km/h or above 50 due to the fact that
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The legend(s) of Martisor – The “Holiday” on March 1st
It’s 1st of March - a new month, a new season and also a day when mainly women receive some symbols called “martisoare”. Martisor literally means little (or dear) March - and it’s also the popular name of this month in Romania. Martisor is al
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The Dutch Way
If you plan to visit or travel around the Netherlands you should have in mind a couple of things before coming this way. I landed here 2 months ago and I still find out things that are peculiar to me (like the garbage container which has working hour
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Rooftop Ornaments Association in Riga*
Chances are most of what you think you know or imagine about Riga is wrong. It’s not a typical communist city, it’s not a typical Russian city, it’s not a sad city or an empty one, it’s not a new city but it’s not an old one, either. This
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Would you like a resort with blond women only as staff?
Some call it a public relations stunt. Some say it’s an interesting idea. Some say it’s racist. Let’s see the fact. I read an article about a company that plans to hire, as staff, only blond women for a holiday island in the Maldives. “A L
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The smallest city in the Netherlands: Madurodam
Madurodam is a miniature city in The Hague, Netherlands. The Dutch brag about it as being the smallest city in the Netherlands, which offers you a tour of the most important places around the country. The amusement park was open in 1952 as a war me
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Holidays don’t make us happier, study says
You believed that taking a holiday will make you happier? Well, sorry to bring you bad news, but it seems that you’re wrong! According to a study made on 1,530 Dutch adults (974 of whom took a vacation during the study period) by Jeroen Nawijn from
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Hotel floor – Ladies only – Brisbane
It is clear that each business has to promote itself and of course come up with new ideas in order to attract and retain customers. And in what concerns promotion it’s not so easy, it takes a lot of work, time and creativity - and believe me, I kno
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