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Lyt til podcasts på dine rejser rundt i Europa. Velkommen til en rejsepodcast serie, der primært fokuserer på at bidrage med inspiration til, at du på egen hånd får lyst til at udforske dele af Europa. Det kan ske i form af weekendture, City Breaks og ferier. Hvis du leder efter perfekte ideer til en forfriskende forandring af det velkendte landskab, så tag med os på denne rejse gennem Europas lande til spændende hovedstæder og til mange fascinerende storbyer samt forskellige destinationer. ...
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Listening to podcasts on your trips around Europe. Welcome to this travel podcast series that primarily focuses on inspiring to make you want to explore parts of Europe on your own. This can be in the form of City Breaks, weekend getaways, and holidays. If you are looking for perfect ideas for a refreshing change from the familiar landscape, join us on this journey through the countries of Europe to exciting capitals and many fascinating cities and different destinations. In other words, the ...
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A Weekly podcast that celebrates the trainwreck that is reality television. If you consider reality television a ' guilty pleasure' this NOT the podcast for you- you should never feel guilty, well unless you are Theresa Giudice! Nothing is off limits and no show is too low brow. Expect unfiltered unsolicited weekly recaps on what is going on in the world of reality television and pop culture. Hosted by: Brittany Bell aka your favorite 9 to 5er Find me at: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Fleetin ...
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This post focuses on the Le Panier district of Marseille, the oldest and most atmospheric part of the city: think hills, narrow roads, colourful houses, flowers, little restaurants in pretty squares, artisan shops and plenty of street art. Plus two of the city’s big sights, La Charité, the former poorhouse, now a museum centre and the stunning 'Maj…
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This episode centres on Marseille’s most popular sights, the Old Port, the hilltop church of Notre Dame de la Garde, and the Canebière, the wide avenue leading back from the port into the heart of the city. After a few snippets of history, we tour such sights as the fish market, the iconic canopy built to mark Marseille's year as a City of European…
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There are 26 centuries of history in Marseille, which is the oldest city in France! This episode runs through 10 places where you can find traces of key moments in the city's past. They range from the plaque commemorating the founding of Marseille in about 600 BC to the site where you can still see bullet holes from the fight to liberate the city f…
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Bienvenue à Marseille. Welcome to Marseille, the lively southern French city whose name rhymes with 'soleil'. There's beauty in the Old Port and the stunning coastline, there's history and culture a-plenty in the museums, there's a Provencal feel - boules and bouillabaisse - overlaid with a vibrant multi-ethnic mix. There's a little grit too, for t…
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Our introduction to literary Bordeaux begins with the 3 most famous Bordeaux authors, the ‘3 Ms’, that is the philosophers Montaigne and Montesquieu and the novelist François Mauriac. There are statues of them all in the city. There are mini biographies and pointers to their works. Then we follow up with more books set in and around Bordeaux - hist…
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This post gives ideas for day trips from Bordeaux, focussing first on nearby St Émilion, attractive both for its history and its world-renowned wine industry. To wander its cobbled streets is to find photo opportunities on every corner, both architectural gems and splendid scenery. Then we cover ways to explore the countryside around Bordeaux and a…
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Food and Shopping: two of the major reasons for visiting Bordeaux! This episode lists some of top-notch products from Bordeaux’s Atlantic coastline and the rich agricultural land surrounding it and highlights the areas of the city and some of the restaurants where you can enjoy them. Then we do the same for shopping, listing specialities and highli…
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This post introduces 3 Bordeaux art galleries, the long-standing Museum des Beaux Arts (Museum of Fine Arts), the always surprising Musée des Arts Contemporains (Museum of Modern Art) and the Bassin des Lumières, France’s largest digital art gallery where parts of the World War II submarine base have been re-purposed to provide a new way of enjoyin…
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Bordeaux wine – could two words be more inextricably linked? No, said the author Henry James: ‘Bordeaux is dedicated to the worship of Bacchus’. This post gives a little background, then focuses on where in the city to find out all about this most important product, whether than is learning about it, buying it, drinking it. We finish with 5 quirky …
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Strolling through Bordeaux today, you can be largely unaware of the fascinating story of the city under German Occupation between 1940 and 1944. This episode recounts a little of the history and highlights three places to visit in the city today to find out more. Prepare for tales of hardship, persecution, courage, betrayal, resistance and, eventua…
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Episode 4 går til Llandudno og Conwy i Wales i denne virtuelle rejse. Velkommen til en rejsepodcast serie, der primært fokuserer på at bidrage med inspiration til, at du på egen hånd får lyst til at udforske dele af Europa. Det kan ske i form af City Breaks, weekendture og ferier. Links: Nem rejseplanlægning 24/7: https://book24h.online Denne podca…
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This post is all about Bordeaux's riverside heritage. We’ll be looking at a number of museums which explore the links between Bordeaux, the River Garonne and its trading prosperity, including the dark stain of slavery and how that is remembered in the city today. We end with ideas for the many ways to enjoy the riverside in Bordeaux, plus ideas for…
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Episode 4 goes to Llandudno and Conwy in Wales in this virtual journey. Welcome to a travel podcast series that primarily focuses on providing inspiration to make you want to explore parts of Europe on your own. This can take the form of City Breaks, weekend getaways, and holidays. Links: Easy travel planning 24/7 on the website: https://book24h.on…
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Episode 3 går til Wales i denne virtuelle rejse. Velkommen til en rejsepodcast serie, der primært fokuserer på at bidrage med inspiration til, at du på egen hånd får lyst til at udforske dele af Europa. Det kan ske i form af City Breaks, weekendture og ferier. Links: Nem rejseplanlægning 24/7: https://book24h.online Denne podcast serie er også udgi…
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Episode 3 goes to Wales in this virtual journey. Welcome to a travel podcast series that primarily focuses on providing inspiration to make you want to explore parts of Europe on your own. This can take the form of City Breaks, weekend getaways, and holidays. Links: Easy travel planning 24/7 on the website: https://book24h.online Enjoy this podcast…
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Episode 2 goes to Wrocław in Poland in this virtual journey. Welcome to a travel podcast series that primarily focuses on providing inspiration to make you want to explore parts of Europe on your own. This can take the form of City Breaks, weekend getaways, and holidays. Links: Easy travel planning 24/7 on the website: https://book24h.online Enjoy …
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Episode 2 går til Wrocław i Polen i denne virtuelle rejse. Velkommen til en rejsepodcast serie, der primært fokuserer på at bidrage med inspiration til, at du på egen hånd får lyst til at udforske dele af Europa. Det kan ske i form af City Breaks, weekendture og ferier. Links: Nem rejseplanlægning 24/7: https://book24h.online Denne podcast serie er…
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Episode 1 goes to Poland in this virtual journey. Welcome to a travel podcast series that primarily focuses on providing inspiration to make you want to explore parts of Europe on your own. This can take the form of City Breaks, weekend getaways, and holidays. Links: Easy travel planning 24/7 on the website: https://book24h.online Enjoy this podcas…
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Episode 1 går til Polen i denne virtuelle rejse. Velkommen til en rejsepodcast serie, der primært fokuserer på at bidrage med inspiration til, at du på egen hånd får lyst til at udforske dele af Europa. Det kan ske i form af City Breaks, weekendture og ferier. Links: Nem rejseplanlægning 24/7: https://book24h.online Denne podcast serie er også udgi…
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I denne Prolog bydes der velkommen til en rejsepodcast serie, der primært fokuserer på at bidrage med inspiration til, at du på egen hånd får lyst til at udforske dele af Europa. Det kan ske i form af City Breaks, weekendture og ferier. Links: Nem rejseplanlægning 24/7: https://book24h.online Denne podcast serie er også udgivet på engelsk: https://…
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Welcome to a travel podcast series that primarily focuses on inspiring to make you want to explore parts of Europe on your own. This can take the form of City Breaks, weekend getaways, and holidays. Links: Easy travel planning 24/7 on the website: https://book24h.online Enjoy this podcast series in Danish: https://podopshost.com/europa…
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This episode 'visits' the Bordeaux of two important past eras: the Roman and the medieval. A little history, plus lots of ideas for places to visit today: the remains of a Roman amphitheatre, turretted towers and the churches which became stopping points on the pilgrims' route to Santiago de Compostela. Plus, of course, the story of Eleanor of Aqui…
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This episode takes you on a stroll through central Bordeaux, introducing the highlights and giving a little background history. Key moments from the past include a 12th century royal wedding and the demise of revolutionary heroes who died for Republican values. The architectural highlights include medieval turrets, 18th century mansions and a quays…
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Bienvenue à Bordeaux. Welcome to Bordeaux. This relaxed, elegant city is famous for its wine, for its delightful riverside quays and for its layers of history from Roman remains and medieval towers to 21st century stunners like the Miroir d’Eau and the Cité du Vin. It’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a centre of gastronomy and culture. This intro…
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Eight inspirational ideas for novels set in Berlin, all of which bring their own distinctive view of the city. Read them to inform an upcoming trip, to reminisce about the Berlin you have visited or simply to see the city from lots of different perspectives. Useful Links The 8 featured novels Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane The Luminous Life of Lily…
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We open with some quotes on Berlin from the likes of David Bowie ('the greatest cultural extravaganza anyone could imagine') and Nikita Khrushchev ('the testicle of the west'), then follows the main content: reviews of 4 non-fiction books which tell the story of Berlin and its residents from different angles. They include a family history, the hist…
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Ideas for a day trip from Berlin to Lake Wannsee, where Berliners love to swim and enjoy the lakeside beach and surrounding forest. Plus what to visit nearby - an exotic island, a couple of royal castles, an artist's hideaway, a villa steeped in WW2 history and the real Bridge of Spies. Maybe you need longer than a day to visit, but you can get all…
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A visit to Charlottenburg, once the summer palace of the Hohenzollerns who ruled Prussia for 5 centuries. Tips on what to look out for, plus stories of those connected with it: Sophie Charlotte, for whom the original palace was built, Frederick the Great who built a fancy new wing, and the popular Queen Luisa, around whom court life revolved in the…
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Jewish culture in Berlin goes back hundreds of years and we visit the places where you can discover it. The New Synagogue, also known as the Centrum Judaicum, and the Jewish Museum are the two main centres of Jewish heritage in the city today, but there are others too, plus Jewish cemeteries and memorials and two ideas for guided walking tours. Rea…
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An exploration of Berlin as a city of film and cinema. Two museums, a look back at Berlin cinema history and a visit to the Berlinale, the city's annual highly influential film festival. Plus tips on which Berlin cinemas to try out and suggestions for films set in Berlin, some German language (available with English subtitles) and some in English. …
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Fancy adding a theatre or concert visit to your Berlin itinerary? Here's a look at music in Berlin, with snippets of history, from Frederick the Great to Marlene Dietrich, plus a rundown of the main venues where you'll find all best concerts, operas and musicals. Then, an overview of theatre in Berlin, and advice on finding performances to enjoy ev…
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There’s so much more to art in Berlin than the Top 3 Galleries from our last episode. So here’s a look at an artist who has a museum dedicated to her (Käthe Kollwitz), a 20th century art movement with strong links to Berlin (Bauhaus) and the best of the rest: where to find specialist galleries, modern art and street art in Berlin. Useful links Käth…
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There are so many art galleries in Berlin that it's difficult to choose which to visit. We provide a run-down of the top three in this episode and save the best of the rest for next time! So here's what you need to know about the Gemäldegalerie, the Alte Nationalgalerie and the Neue Nationalgalerie which between them cover everything from the Middl…
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What has happened to the GDR (German Democratic Republic), the country which was created when the Berlin Wall went up and which then disappeared when it came down? What was life in East Berlin like between August 1961 and November 1989? And where in today’s Berlin can you find out all about it? Here are three museum suggestions, plus a little of wh…
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The story of the Berlin Wall will always fascinate. And here it is, along with ideas for three places in Berlin you can visit to see the remaining sections and find out more. Author Rory MacLean summed up the impact first seeing the wall had on him: 'At the heart of the continent were watchtowers, barbed wire and border guards, instructed to shoot …
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The Holocaust Memorial is deliberately sited right in the heart of Berlin because this is a city which does all it can to make sure the horrors of the holocaust are understood by each new generation. This episode begins with the main facts, then focuses on the places you can visit in Berlin today to learn more and to remember the victims, collectiv…
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On this episode, we take a tour of places in Berlin connected to World War 2; the square where the Nazis burned books, the stadium where they held their showpiece Olympics in 1936, the sites of their HQ and of Hitler's bunker and the museums which tell tell the story of war, devastation and resistance. A little history and a lot of tips on what to …
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A tour of four main squares in Berlin: a little history and tips on what to look out for in each. Baroque beauty in Gendarmenmarkt, the book-burning memorial on Bebelplatz, finding the old East Germany at Alexanderplatz and lastly Potsdamer Platz, the heart of pre-war Berlin which is now an architectural showpiece, and a shopping and cultural hub. …
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There might be fewer 'must-sees' in the western half of Berlin than further east, but they are winners: a glorious park which began life as a 16th century royal hunting ground and is today the green heart of everyone's Berlin; and a fascinating church, rebuilt after the devastation of World War II, combining the remains with a beautiful new church,…
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A wander down Berlin's most elegant street, Unter den Linden, to see its baroque splendour, its iconic buildings - think cathedrals, the opera house and the poignant war memorial, the Neue Wache - and maybe visit a museum or two on an island which is packed full of antiquities and art. Here is a little history, plus lots of tips on how to make the …
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On a first trip to Berlin you'll probably head straight for the Parliament or the Brandenburg Gate. We're doing the same, and handily, they are close together and near to lots of other top sites. We bring you a little history to explain why these two iconic monuments represent everything dear to today's Berliners - lessons from history and the free…
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There's nowhere like Berlin. A turbulent history, an unrivalled cultural richness, green and modern and laid back all at once, truly a city break destination with plenty for everyone. Here is an overview of the series, offering some geographical, historical and cultural details to set the scene for the remaining 19 episodes when we will tour all th…
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A tour of Edinburgh through the eyes of the travellers, poets and novelists who captured its essence. London, compared to Edinburgh, wrote Charlotte Bronte, is as 'prose compared to poetry.' Well, we bring you lots of both, from centuries past and right up to the present day. Useful links: https://edinburgh.org City Breaks: all the history and cult…
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A chance to dream of wonderful Scottish produce (think highland beef, Scottish salmon, raspberries), to unravel some mysteries (What are rumbledethumps? Or clootie dumplings?), to discover what’s in Scotch broth and what Burns wrote in his ‘Address to a Haggis’ and to reminisce about a proper Edinburgh afternoon tea in the 1920s. We may even mentio…
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A tour of Edinburgh's galleries and a chance to get to know some of Scotland's best-known artists and paintings. That includes portraits of royalty and Enlightenment thinkers, plus the great and the good from more recent times: Sir Chris Hoy, Ian Rankin, Muriels Spark and Gray. We also cover Scottish landscape painting and scenes from rural life in…
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Not an episode for the faint-hearted! We have collected together a host of Edinburgh's stories on witches, grave-robbers, spectres and apparitions. Is it the 'majestic gloom' of Edinburgh's dramatic setting? The dark unknowns of the Old Town's tenements and wynds? Or the city's long history of violent murders, plagues and hangings? For whatever rea…
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'It's impossible to live in Edinburgh without sensing its literary heritage everywhere' said J K Rowling and that's why we need a second episode on Edinburgh writers. We bring you the 15th century William Dunbar, writing 'The Thistle and the Rose' for the wedding of James IV and Margaret Tudor; and Ian Rankin, who says each of his novels is 'anothe…
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Edinburgh was the first city to be designated a UNESCO City of Literature and whole books have been written about its writers and their legacy. The city's Writers' Museum is dedicated to 'the big three', Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson. Here's a rundown of the life and works of each, plus ideas for where else to 'find' the…
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A short bus ride from Edinburgh city centre will take you to Leith, the city's port, or you can go on foot along the mile-long Leith Walk from Princes Street. You'll find a working harbour, a range of pretty cafes, restaurants and galleries, a definite whiff of seafaring, past and present, and one of Scotland's most visited attractions, the Royal Y…
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This is our round-up of Edinburgh's history museums. We point you towards lots of goodies; the original National Covenant document, (4000 signatures opposing Charles I and his liturgical reforms), the dog collar and feeding bowl which belonged to Greyfriar's Bobby, the Lewis chess pieces, the Democracy for Scotland tent ..... Or maybe you just want…
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