Category: Europe

The Bloemenmarkt 0

The Bloemenmarkt

Back in 1862 with no room to set up shop a floating flower shop was set up on the southern canal belt of Amsterdam on the Singel between Muntplein and Koningsplein. This took off...

The Third Reich Tour 0

The Third Reich Tour

Berlin is so rich in history and one part of history that the Berliners are trying to put behind them was the horrible acts of Hitler and the Third Reich. Now there is a...

Abba museum planned 0

Abba museum planned

We thought we would do a Sweden double header, All is on track to open the Abba museum in Stockholm in June next year. This 6500 square metre will celebrate Sweden’s most loved and...

This town is going places 0

This town is going places

The Town of Kiruna is Sweden’s northern most city and is home to an iron ore mine and is in close proximity to Sweden’s space port and the Ice Hotel at Jukkasjarv. The most...

A sort of homecoming 0

A sort of homecoming

[youtube TLESHfoBRtM&] Back in the late 1970’s a little Irish band recorded their 3 first albums at Windmill Lane in Dublin before they became one of the richest, most influential and exciting (and sometimes...

Frankfurt Airport’s Animal Lounge 2

Frankfurt Airport’s Animal Lounge

German airline Lufthansa this week opened the world’s most modern animal cargo facility at Frankfurt Airport. Located near Gat 26 the Frankfurt Animal Lounge now houses all the animals which the airline is transporting...

Beautiful Saint Basil’s 0

Beautiful Saint Basil’s

The beautiful Saint Basil’s Cathedral is located in the south east end of Moscow’s Red Square which is also home to the Kremlin. Under the onion domes lay 9 chapels and are beautifully painted...

Expo 2008 in Zaragoza Spain 0

Expo 2008 in Zaragoza Spain

There are two kinds of World Expos, the International Expo which is held every five years, this is the one which was held last in Nagoya in 2005, and will be held in Shanghai...

Le Space Mountain 0

Le Space Mountain

If you are a regular reader to Tripandom, you will probably know we love a Disney story, and we haven’t done one for a while so Today is Disneyland Day – Paris Style. The...