Europe

You might be religious or not, but this Old Church will bring all the enlightenment you might be seeking since it was converted into a bookshop in Maastricht a couple of years ago.

We visited an Old Church that was converted into a Modern Bookshop in Maastricht

Maastricht, Netherlands
4 min read
22/04/201820/01/2024

Before I decided to go to Kaliningrad in October 2017, I did a lot of research about the places I wanted to see and where I could stay. Finding the tourist spots and the unusual places I like to visit was straightforward and simple. But, finding where to stay in Kaliningrad was more complicated than I was expecting. Maybe, it's because this small piece of Russia between Lithuania and Poland is not known as a tourist destination. Perhaps it's something else.

Where to Stay in Kaliningrad, Russia

Kaliningrad
5 min read
16/04/201807/08/2024

Up in the mountains of the Austrian Alps, there is a small village called Lech am Arlberg. Most people know the area as one of the world’s premier ski destination but we visited the town during the summer, and we loved every minute of it. Mostly the fun we had was hiking in the mountains and taking pictures of the gorgeous view from up there.

A Summer Day in Lech am Arlberg

Vorarlberg
5 min read
12/04/201821/12/2023

Kaliningrad is a city rich in history, and most of its touristic sights are related to its Prussian past. One of these sights is the Brandenburger Tor in Kaliningrad, the only one of the seven city gates that are still being used for the intended purpose.

Brandenburger Tor in Kaliningrad: The Gateway to Prussia in Old Königsberg

Kaliningrad
5 min read
05/04/201805/07/2024

If you like Berlin techno, the web series After Hours might not be new for you. This documentary about Berlin’s techno scene premiered into the world back in 2009, on the long gone website 3min.de. After the site was gone, this music series disappeared from the internet but, this week, we found a page on Facebook that seems to be publishing all of the 12 episodes of the series into Youtube. Now, you can watch everything below!

Berlin Techno: A Trip back in time to the Summer of 2009 with the web series After Hours

Berlin
4 min read
31/03/201826/10/2020

The word Wandelism might sound weird to most people, and it happens for a reason. Wandelism is an amalgam made of the German word wandel, that means change and the English word vandalism. We visited the exhibition and you really need to see it with your own eyes. And before everything is gone!

Wandelism: A Week Long Street Art Exhibition in Berlin Wilmersdorf

Berlin
3 min read
20/03/201803/02/2024

The last original standard meter is called mètre étalon in French and is a small piece of marble that can be found on a wall next to rue Vaugirard 36, across the street from the Senate at the Palais du Luxembourg. This is the only one of 16 that still exist today, and all of them were installed in 1791 when the Académie des Sciences defined what would be the meter.

Mètre Étalon: The Last Original Standard Meter in Paris

Paris
4 min read
16/03/201807/01/2025

Yeltsin Bar is one of these places and, there, you will find the most extensive selection of Russian craft beers in Kaliningrad. There are more than 15 different ones from the tap, and there are, at least, two fridges filled with more beers. Most of them are from Kaliningrad, but there are a lot of them from Russia, Lithuania and the area around.

Yeltsin Bar: The Best Place to enjoy beers in Kaliningrad

Kaliningrad
3 min read
15/03/201803/02/2024

Hidden in plain sight at the Rue Saint-Jacques in Paris, you can find a surrealist timepiece created by an artist famous for his melting clocks. Salvador Dalí installed this concrete sculpture in 1966 with the artist and his pet ocelot. There was also a brass band, and this is pretty much everything we managed to find out about the opening ceremony. Too bad.

Chronicles of Surreality: The Salvador Dalí Sundial in Paris

Paris
3 min read
12/03/201826/01/2024

The Landwehr Canal is one of our favorite places to spend warm Saturday afternoons, just walking along it. But, it can be a pretty exciting place to explore in winter as well since, from time to time, it freezes completely. A frozen Landwehr Canal is what happened on the last weekend of February 2018, and we went there to take pictures of everything.

A Winter Walk around the Frozen Landwehr Canal in February 2018

Berlin
3 min read
09/03/201828/05/2024

The people that live in Helsinki are lucky to live there. Their city is one of my favorite places on the planet and they also have an amazing national park pretty close to the city. So, if you want to take a break from the city life, Nuuksio is the best place to do that.

Ten Reasons to Love Finland

Finland
9 min read
06/03/201822/02/2024

London is one of the leading destinations in Europe and the world and a lot of people visited the city and ended up doing exactly what everybody else did before. Since our idea with Fotostrasse was always to bring cool people to fantastic place, we decided to come up with this list of unusual things to do in London.

Unusual things to do in London: Exploring the City’s Quirks and Hidden Gems

London
6 min read
23/02/201828/05/2024

Like I said before, I first heard about the London Canal Museum due to its ice well, a unique artifact from Victorian times that it’s so unusual I had to see it with my own eyes. This artifact is the King's Cross Ice Well, and it was used by Carlo Gatti to house imported ice from Norway. The ice was brought to the ice well by ship and canal barge, and it was preserved in two wells under the buildings where the London Canal Museum is located today. One of these ice wells can be viewed from the public area of the museum, and it’s a weird sight to see.

London Canal Museum and the King’s Cross Ice Well

London
5 min read
21/02/201828/05/2024

Back in 1999, local historian Christian Bormann found something that it wasn’t supposed to be lost. Nine years after demolition began, he found a piece of the Berlin Wall, somehow forgotten in the woods between a train station and a supermarket. More than 80 meters of the original Berlin Wall, built in 1961, is standing there, some with the V-shaped brackets that once had barbed wire on it. It’s hard to believe that something with this historical importance was lost and this is why we went there to see it with our own eyes.

The Newly Found Original Berlin Wall that was lost in the woods in Schonholz

Berlin
5 min read
05/02/201823/05/2024

When I went to Estonia at the beginning of 2017, I explored a cemetery of Soviet statues and spent the night in a historical manor surrounded by art. But the thing that made me love Estonia was the food. Yeah, my stomach was impressed, and this is why I had to write a short review of my favorite restaurant in Tallinn: Restaurant Pegasus.

Why Restaurant Pegasus is the best place to eat in Tallinn

Restaurants, Tallinn
3 min read
31/01/201822/05/2024

Walled in! – The inner German border is a computer animation produced by Deutsche Welle together with the Berlin Wall Foundation to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall. The short movie describes in details the fortifications and the way that the border between East and West Germany was set up and it’s an excellent resource for those who want to know more about it.

Understanding the Berlin Wall with Walled in! – The inner German border

Berlin
3 min read
30/01/201820/05/2024

If you want to buy an original souvenir from Prague, forget the touristic shops and go straight to Papelote. There you can buy a beautiful diary and beautiful postcards that will help you remember your time in Prague with a lot of love. If you can’t visit the shop but still want to see and buy their products, don’t forget to visit their online store.

Discovering Papelote: A Design Lover’s Must-Visit in Prague

Prague
4 min read
23/01/201820/05/2024

Imagine that you could drive down to a local church or a monastery and ask for a room to spend the night, with breakfast in the morning. Imagine how it must be to sleep inside a church with the glass stained windows next to the bed. This is what we did at the Kruisherenhotel Maastricht, unique hotel experience and one of the most amazing places we have ever stayed of our Fotostrasse life. We spend one night there in the middle of December 2017, and we will share everything about it below.

Kruisherenhotel Maastricht: a Luxury Design Hotel inside a former 15th century Church

Maastricht, Netherlands
9 min read
17/01/201828/11/2023

After watching Nick Cave in Berlin on Stranger in a Strange Land, I started wondering where was his apartment. In the end, I think I finally managed to find out where did Nick Cave live in Berlin.

Where did Nick Cave live in Berlin?

Berlin
4 min read
28/12/201713/08/2024

During the years where Nick Cave was living in Berlin, back in the 1980’s, he was filmed for a Dutch documentary called Stranger in a Strange Land. Produced by Bram van Splunteren for the Dutch TV channel VPRO, you get a glimpse of the life of Nick Cave in Berlin even though some parts of the movie are voice-over in dutch. But you don’t need to worry about it, all the interviews with Nick Cave are in English.

Nick Cave in Berlin: Stranger in a Strange Land

Berlin
3 min read
16/12/201713/08/2024

You can still see the tall gothic tower of St. Nicholas Church from almost anywhere in Hamburg. But this Gothic Revival church doesn’t mark the skyline of the city like it used to when it was the tallest construction on Earth, from 1874 to 1876. Nowadays, the church is the second-tallest structure in Hamburg and a memorial to everything that happened during the Second World War.

The View from St. Nicholas Church in Hamburg

Germany, Hamburg
8 min read
14/12/201712/05/2024

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