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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

Captured Photo Collection » Color Photography from Russia in the Early 1900’s Photos
The photographs of Russian chemist and photographer, Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii, show Russia on the eve of World War I and the coming of the revolution. From1909-1912 and again in 1915, Prok... Read more
http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/10/21/color-photography-from-russian-in-the-early-1900s/
Tags: photography, russia, history, photos, photo, europe, art, russian, fotografia, camera Saved by: admin at 23 Oct 2009

100 Hotels Under $150 - NYTimes.com
A list of 100 hotels, culled from readers’ suggestions, that represent some of the best bargains for travelers headed to one of 14 European cities in the next few months.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/travel/11HotelsOne.html?_r=1&hp
Tags: travel, europe, hotel, budget, hotels, hoteles, nytimes Saved by: admin at 11 Oct 2009


100 Hotels Under $150 - NYTimes.com
A list of 100 hotels, some of which were culled from readers’ suggestions, that represent some of the best bargains for travelers headed to one of 14 European cities in the next few months.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/travel/11HotelsOne.html?_r=1
Tags: travel, hotels, europe, hotel, cheap, reference, **~~**, 100hotelsunder$150, america, bestof Saved by: admin at 11 Oct 2009