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  • Visiting Riga
    By: Elmo Populous | - Riga provides the visitor with a wealth of experiences from its lively nightlife and international cuisine, to its medieval streets and fascinating architecture. The friendly welcoming atmosphere of the city and its affordable accommodation make it a particularly attractive destination to backpackers seeking excitement without a huge price tag attached.

    History enthusiasts should head to Old Riga, which is centred around Cathedral Square and hosts most of the citys ancient ...

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  • The City In The Heart Of The Natural Gas Fields
    By: Douglas Scott | - Groningen is the capital city of the province of Groningen in the Netherlands.Today, it is an important industrial and commercial centre. The city sits at the heart of one of the world's largest natural gas fields. This region has a largely flat terrain and agriculture is the main occupation.

    The Heerestraat is Groningen's biggest shopping street and all the famous brands and shops can be found there. A more recent shopping area is Westerhaven and for those more unusual purchases ...

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  • Riga Hotels Is Pride Of The City
    By: nancy eben | - The city of Riga is the state capital of Latvia located in the banks of Daugava River. Being the largest city in the Baltic States, Riga is an amazing tourist destination. Almost 800 years old Riga is not just high on history and culture but it is also an ultra modern city. Blowing its horn on the Historic Centre of Riga that has been affirmed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the city also is well known the entire world over for its exquisite Art Nouveau (Jugendstil) architecture which is absolu ...
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  • Some Thermal Baths In Budapest
    By: Tanya Kogut | - Hungary offers wonderful balneoresorts - about 400 thermal baths are waiting for you in more than 100 places around the country. Waters of Hungary are mostly used for bathing or drinking. Today we will speak about the thermal resourses of Budapest.

    The first is the famous Gellert Bath which could be called the symbol of the city. It was built near the old thermal spring (some say it is about 2000 years old). Today’s building was constructed in 1914 – 1918, and it is o ...

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  • Hotels In Vienna Austria Make For A Great Vacation
    By: nancy eben | - A bustling city, Vienna is traditional in its ways but modern in its outlook. High on music and coffee culture, here you would find people extremely polite and warm. And this is what makes Vienna a place so beautiful.

    Finding accommodation in Vienna is never a problem. Hotels in Vienna Austria falls in many categories varying from cheap hotels Vienna to luxury Vienna hotel. The facilities and services offered are world class and the hospitality is excellent.

    Th ...

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  • Jugend Magazine
    By: Mark Saunders | - Germany is not known for its contributions to the world of arts and sciences which could be attributed to its being the home of the Third Reich in during the third world war. Unbeknownst to many Germany has been a major player in the evolution of European art and the development of some practices that are common place in today's world of art. One of its most visible contributions is the way print ads have their titles created and the different styles of fonts that was heavily influenced by a mov ...
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  • Jugend Magazine - German Expressionism's Greatest Influence
    By: Tom Takihi | - In every culture around the world there are eras where different fads and trends reign supreme. The popular trends dictate the arts and many facets of life during their either brief of long reign and reflect the character of that era. What sets the trend differ in each instance so that some may be due to more serious issues like economics while others are ushered in by the mere introduction of a new publication. In German speaking countries in Europe this was exactly the case. A magazine, call ...
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  • The Jugendstil Artists
    By: Word Content | - Jugendstil predated the magazine Jugend in Bavaria.

    The first major artist of the style was Emil Hansen (later called Nolde), who had been teaching ornamental design in St. Gall since January 1892. He met Georg Hirth in 1895, and discussed the paper Jugend with him. From this short meeting, Hansen was destined to design ornament after ornament for its pages. And artist after artist found his beginning in Jugend.

    Hans Heinrich Christianson was well known as a graphic ...

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