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The Saturday Profile - Icelander’s Campaign Is a Joke, Until He’s Elected - Biography - NYTimes.com
A polar bear display for the zoo. Free towels at public swimming pools. A “drug-free Parliament by 2020.” Iceland’s Best Party, founded in December by a comedian, Jon Gnarr, to satirize his coun... Read more
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/26/world/europe/26iceland.html
Tags: iceland, politics, nytimes, europe, article, awesome, funny, humor, comedian, mayor Saved by: admin at 27 Jun 2010

The Best Places You've Never Heard Of
Eleven people lucky enough to travel for a living reveal their favorite recent discoveries—places they happened upon and still can't stop thinking about. Here are their stories.
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-34833825
Tags: travel, europe, vacation, cool, australia, todo, colombia, international, island, adventure-travel Saved by: admin at 25 Jun 2010

HackFwd
We're experienced tech entrepreneurs looking to support and invest in Europe’s most passionate geeks. We’re a pre-seed investment company designed to enable great people to launch great ideas. Our... Read more
http://hackfwd.com/
Tags: startup, investment, business, funding, finance, vc, europe, technology, entrepreneurship, ideas Saved by: admin at 09 Jun 2010

Airspace Rebooted on Vimeo
A visualisation of the northern European airspace returning to use after being closed due to volcanic ash. Due to varying ash density across Europe, the first flights can be seen in some areas on the ... Read more
http://vimeo.com/11205494
Tags: video, visualization, animation, volcano, europe, transportation, airspace, airlines, lotnictwo, work Saved by: admin at 28 Apr 2010

Fiery European Festivals - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Today, we have two stories of fiery festivals in Europe, Up Helly Aa, a fire festival celebrated for over 130 years now in Scotland's Shetland islands, and the even older Feast of Saint Anthony the Gr... Read more
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/01/fiery_european_festivals.html
Tags: vikings, photos, photography, culture, festival, europe, fire, images, funny, bigpicture Saved by: admin at 30 Jan 2010


BBC News - Swiss voters back ban on minarets
"Swiss voters have supported a referendum proposal to ban the building of minarets, official results show. More than 57% of voters and 22 out of 26 cantons - or provinces - voted in favour of the ban... Read more
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8385069.stm
Tags: islam, religion, switzerland, europe, minarets, discrimination, swiss, archive, government, humanrights Saved by: admin at 30 Nov 2009

BibliOdyssey: Dutch Covers
Eclectic historic science and art images from rare books and prints
http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2009/11/dutch-covers.html
Tags: design, illustration, books, art, dutch, covers, blog, inspiration, europe, 20's Saved by: admin at 16 Nov 2009

The Berlin Wall, 20 years gone - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Twenty years ago, on the night of November 9, 1989, following weeks of pro-democracy protests, East German authorities suddenly opened their border to West Germany. After 28 years as prisoners of thei... Read more
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/11/the_berlin_wall_20_years_gone.html
Tags: history, berlin, germany, photography, photos, berlinwall, europe, photo, bigpicture, thebigpicture Saved by: admin at 11 Nov 2009