“Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire”— Gustav Mahler ORBADEN HEADING TO THE SWEDISH COUNTRYSIDE On the 22nd of July, Stockholm sky was slightly clouded. In the morning, I stored my backpack at the hostel […]
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“In 1978, working out of a studio on West 22nd Street with the doors propped open, “the main thing that impressed me was the ‘kinds’ of individuals who would stop and talk to me,” he wrote. “They were not, for […]
“A nation is not defined by its borders or the boundaries of its land mass Rather, a nation is defined by adverse people who have been unified by a cause and a value system and who are committed to a […]
“if you just do form, then you are doing sculpture, but if you look after the interaction between life and form, then you are doing architecture.”Jan Gehl Leaving Lithuania was a bit of a bummer and an excitement at the […]
“If you invite more cars, you get more cars. If you make more streets better for cars you get more traffic. If you make more bicycle infrastructure you get more bicycles. If you invite people to walk more and use […]
« Do not fear death so much, but rather inadequate life »Bertolt Brecht Interlude I arrived from Berlin to Dresden by bus. When I checked in, The receptionist told me that they had to upgrade my initial 8 bed dormitory, into a […]
“Photography is a magical territory, for the discovery of which freedom is the first prerequisite.” Anna Höch COLOGNE My first arrival at Cologne was slightly agitated. I took a train from Luxembourg for approximately four hours when I finally arrived […]
Introduction On a cold winter evening, a friend and I decided to explore Europe further east. The idea was to take a plane to Vienna, and then, using the local train to move to Bratislava and Budapest, following the Danube. […]
A brief history In the seventh century, Edinburgh was a stronghold. When the English captured it they called it Eiden’s Burgh (Eiden’s fort). Then it went back and forth between the Scots and the English, for centuries (sharing a small […]
What is Venice ? Venice is an attractive city, it’s hardly debatable. But what does it make it so ? Venice has two features that makes her unique. Location and history. You could argue that any city in the world […]
Unconscious attraction Amsterdam is the city I completely fell for, no questions asked. I went there several times and lived in the city center for over seven months. Something inherently dragged me into this city, like gravity would on a […]
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