Europe

During our time in the Faroe Islands we tried to see everything we could and one of the places we visited was the Nólsoy Island, located some kilometers away from Tórshavn. Nólsoy is also the name of the village where we spent all of the time we were in the island. And, if you are wondering why did we go to Nólsoy, we can say that it was because of a music festival. A pretty special one called Heima and we are going to tell you everything about the place below.

Our Visit to Nólsoy and the Heima Festival

Faroe Islands (category), Nólsoy (category)
7 min read
03/08/201602/04/2026

No swimming is allowed at the Freibad Lichtenberg since it was closed down in the late 1980’s. Some say it was the end of the Berlin Wall but who knows for sure? Today you can visit it and think about better times for this abandoned pool in the middle of Lichtenberg.

The Abandoned Freibad Lichtenberg Pool is gone

Berlin (category), Urbex (category)
4 min read
31/07/201613/05/2024

Since we moved to Berlin, early in 2012, we have been researching how this city used to look like before all the wars. This week we stumbled upon this really interesting short movie that shows Berlin streets between 1900 and 1914, a little before the First World War.

Berlin Streets Between 1900 and 1914 in Video

Berlin (category)
2 min read
27/07/201620/11/2023

BER-402/ KB/22.7.90/Berlin: Rockspektakel "The Wall"/ Rund 300 000 Zuschauer aus ganz Europa und Übersee waren auf den ehemaligen "Todesstreifen" zwischen Brandenburger Tor und Leipziger Platz gekommen, um die Neuinszenierung der Rockoper "The Wall" von Ex-"Pink-Floyd" Chef Roger Waters zu erleben. Das gigantische Happening war zugleich Auftakt einer weltweiten Spendenaktion des World War Memorial Found for Disaster Relief (Fond für Katastrophenopfer). Die Show auf dem Potsdamer Platz in der Nacht vom 21. zum 22. Juli wurde vom Fernsehen live in alle Welt gestrahlt. [Berlin, Potsdamer Platz.- Aufführung der Rockoper "The Wall" auf dem ehemaligen Todesstreifen]

Why Roger Waters’ 1990 Berlin Concert Was a Once-in-a-Lifetime Mega Event

Berlin (category)
8 min read
21/07/201601/06/2026

The Neon Muzeum, with a Z, is a museum dedicated to the preservation and documentation of Poland’s cold war era neon signs and they do this really well. As you walk the hallways of this small museum, you will see a lot of neon signs and learn a lot about where they were, how they were used and how did they manage to get to the Neon Museum.

Our Visit to the Neon Museum in Warsaw

Poland (category), Warsaw (category)
5 min read
21/06/201621/12/2023

Urban Nation Museum for Urban Contemporary Art, it will open it’s doors in 2017 in Schöneberg as the Berlin Street Art Museum and we know it’s going to be an amazing place.

Berlin Street Art Museum: Urban Nation Museum for Urban Contemporary Art

Berlin (category), Germany (category)
2 min read
09/06/201615/03/2024

The man behind Abandoned Berlin took Jordi Busquets exploring some of Berlin’s most popular urban exploration locations. All of this for his documentary about urban in Berlin that is, also, called Abandoned Berlin.

Abandoned Berlin, a documentary about Urban Exploration

Urbex (category)
2 min read
30/05/201602/04/2025

Berlin’s Toughest Race: Popraci in Neukölln

Berlin (category), Germany (category)
5 min read
28/05/201604/09/2017

There are no trains at the Güterbahnhof Pankow-Heinersdorf but they used to come here a lot before somebody figured out how to make them drive in the other direction. Yes, this place was built to allow trains to go the other direction and it is one of the only remaining buildings with this history in Germany.

Exploring the abandoned Güterbahnhof Pankow-Heinersdorf

Berlin (category), Urbex (category)
4 min read
29/04/201619/02/2025

When you look at the Brescia horizon, it’s easy to spot the big castle that stands on top of Cidneo Hill. Known as the Falcon of Italy, the Castle of Brescia is one of the largest and best preserved fortresses of Northern Italy and it was the first place Fotostrasse visited in Brescia during our days at Blogville Lombardy.

A Guide to the Castle of Brescia: Explore the Falcon of Italy

Brescia (category), Italy (category)
7 min read
27/04/201611/04/2024

We didn’t know much about Poznan before we visited the city in summer 2014 and we fell in love with this polish gem. Our stay in Poznan was so great that we keep sending our friends there and, after a while, we realized that we never wrote a proper guide to Poznan. So, if you are looking for a guide to this city, you can stop you search because now you will see a lot of things to do in Poznan.

A Lot of Things to Do in Poznan

Poland (category), Poznan (category)
23 min read
23/04/201621/12/2023

whale hunting gasadalur On the west side of an island called Vágar is where you are going to find Gásadalur, one of the most beautiful places we ever saw in our lives. This village in Faroe Islands is know for a waterfall that we decided to describe as nature wallpaper based on how amazing it looks like. The pictures below are going to be enough to convince you to take a plane and visit this amazing country located between Scotland, Iceland and Norway.

Nature Wallpaper: Gasadalur in the Faroe Island

Faroe Islands (category), Vágar (category)
6 min read
12/04/201602/04/2026

Three Country Border: Where Germany, Netherlands, and Belgium meet

Aachen (category), Belgium (category), Germany (category), Netherlands (category)
7 min read
06/04/201611/04/2024

I have been in Berlin for more than 4 years by now and I have shown this city to a lot of people. These experiences made me realize that are places in Berlin that are advertised as really cool but that are just tourist traps. If you have been to Berlin a few times, I believe that you already picture some places inside your head. This article is focused on the worst places to visit in Berlin or how to ruin your Berlin experience in 5 places.

How to Ruin Your Berlin Experience

Berlin (category), Germany (category)
9 min read
04/04/201602/02/2024

In the 1960’s the area around what was known as Leninplatz worked as a breaking pointing between Friedrichshain and Alexanderplatz. It was there that, gradually, the buildings started to look bigger and bigger resulting on what was the center of East Berlin at Alexanderplatz. But it wasn’t always like that.

Leninplatz Berlin: The Past of Platz der Vereinten Nationen

Berlin (category), Germany (category)
8 min read
28/03/201614/06/2024

These extraordinary and never-before-seen home movies were filmed by a German-American family who visited Berlin and Germany during the Olympic Games in 1936. They give a good idea of what a tourist might have experienced. The film begins with shots aboard the liner Deutschland during the trans-Atlantic crossing, including a visit to the ship's bridge, dancing on deck to music provided by the ship's band, and more.

The 1936 Berlin Olympics: A Family Vacation Movie

Berlin (category)
3 min read
21/03/201605/07/2024

Matthias Makarinus did it again but this time he uses different techniques to show a Berlin you probably never saw before. On his amazing video, he uses time-lapses, hyperlapse, slow motion and some tilt shift to show you how amazing this city really is. He does all that is amazing 4k.

Matthias Makarinus: Berlin as you have never seen before

Berlin (category)
2 min read
11/03/201620/11/2023

It was early June 1945 when LIFE Magazine published an article titled the The Battered Face of Germany showing all the destruction caused by the Second World War in Germany. This article was published not long after the surrender of Germany where, today, we have the Russian German Museum in Karlshorst. In this article you could see amazing pictures made from the air by Margaret Bourke-White who would later be accredited as the first american woman to photograph in the Second World War. Also, the first authorized to fly on combat missions. Her pictures showed the devastation of Germany and show the pattern of destruction caused by Allied air bombing.

Second World War in Germany: The Battered Face of a Country

Berlin (category), Germany (category)
3 min read
09/03/201601/12/2023

Turku Biological Museum

Finland (category), Turku (category)
5 min read
07/03/201628/11/2023

Working in Berlin- What Germany taught me about work

Working in Berlin: What Germany taught me about work

Berlin (category), Tips and Tricks (category)
9 min read
02/03/201621/12/2023

The first time we visited Sweden, we also visited Älvsborg Fortress in Gothenburg. This large fortress is located, strategically, in Göta River since it was built to protect what was then the only access Sweden had to the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. But the fortress we visited isn’t the first one built to protect what would become Gothenburg later.

Älvsborg Fortress: A Visit to Medieval Sweden

Gothenburg (category), Sweden (category)
4 min read
26/02/201627/10/2016