The attractions of Dam Square have not yet finished, on the south side we have the Madam Tussauds Museum. A highly recommended activity for young and old. This is the wax museum in the city. The tour begins with a giant who tells the story of Holland and after the speech to a room where we ran into some dolls whose realism is impressive. Then comes the passage of terror, not suitable for young or faint of heart and I assure you is serious. Is very successful. After the scares get what we all hope, celebrities everywhere. Make time because the minute you pass like seconds.

Photography by james.

Once entered into the cultural world (más…)

What to see in Amsterdam? – Part I

Today we will discuss the capital’s coolest Europe, Amsterdam. A city characterized by its tolerance and its multi culture where millions of visitors each year. As we all know the hot spot is the red light district, where they mix sex and drugs (both legally) but we will see that Amsterdam is much more than vice. In this series we will try to visit all those places that appear in tourist guides while the ultimate goal is to be discovered by yourself.

Photography by  pumicehead

Parking in Amsterdam (más…)

We continue with the second part … Helsinki of Knowing

Helsinki is a great city for shopping, the city has everything from shopping malls where you can find everything up to the most exclusive boutiques. In our tour of the center came to a main street, Mannerheimintie, this is also full of shops. Going through it leads to a long building which happens to be the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, the source of some controversy because its image does not fit very well with the neoclassical style of the city and therefore is not liked by all Finns.

Fotografía por roland

Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art: (más…)

Knowing Helsinki – Part 1

Helsinki is the capital of Finland, a state that gained independence from Russia relatively recently, in 1917. The memory he left the Russian occupation was not very good and Finland fought a couple of times against the Soviet Union during World War II. The metropolitan area includes several neighboring towns, Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen, to raise more than a million inhabitants. Helsinki was founded in the sixteenth century by King Gustav I of Sweden and the Swedish influence still survives as the street names are in Finnish and Swedish. Well, here I have been cheating since Finland was part of Sweden for 700 years and they are the official languages of the State.

Photography by Eoghan OLionnain

The first years of the city were poverty and disease. (más…)

Mexico City is the third largest city in the world after Tokyo and Seoul with nearly 20 million inhabitants with an area of over 60km in diameter. Mexico City, capital of Mexico, was originally built on an island in Lake Texcoco by the Aztecs in 1325 and was known as Tenochtitlan. Tenochtitlan was completely destroyed in 1521 by the Spanish army and then redesigned and rebuilt by the Spanish wanted, without taking into account that the city was on a lake that had dried the Aztecs. In 1524 the name of the city changed and it was in 1585 when the city was renamed Mexico City.

Photography by aginorz

The story of the creation of Tenochitlan comes from the god of the Aztecs, Huitzilopochtli, who predicted that the Aztecs had to be nomadic and find where to establish their city until they saw the divine sign (más…)

Contrary to what may seem to many, the celebration of Halloween has its roots in the lush green countryside of Ireland for over 2,000 years and not in the United States, yes, was largely responsible for popularizing this pagan festival based in the rites and myths of the Emerald Isle Celtic.

Photography by Barnacles Hostels

Halloween was invented in Ireland:
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To get from Toulouse to Barcelona by train. Transfer must be made train travel time is about five hours and although the journey is not particularly difficult, we must take into account a number of issues not to take the odd nasty surprise.

Photography by ell brown

Toulouse – Matabiau:

The Toulouse train station Matabiau is relatively central location and is just after crossing the Canal du Midi which surrounds the old town of Toulouse, northeast of the city. Matabiau train station is a very cute and very large, so it should come up with a good margin of time because we have clarified with information panels, and rail timetables. (más…)