With being the third biggest city in Latvia, Liepāja lies on the Baltic Sea coast and has some fine white sandy beaches. In contrast to its sunny coastline and green parks, you'll also find some Soviet-era public housing areas which are well worth exploring if you are into architecture. City: Liepāja, Latvia How to get … Continue reading Liepāja Soviet-era housing
One of San Franciscoˋs best and largest parks is the Golden Gate Park. Stretching over 5 km from the city towards the Pacific Ocean with superb views along the fine sandy beach. The park also holds a botanical garden that is definitely worth a visit. Overall you can spend at least half a day exploring … Continue reading San Francisco Golden Gate Park
The Olsen Gang was a series of 14 Danish movies starting in the late 1960's telling the story of Egon Olsen, his gang members and their adventures. Usually the movies start with Egon Olsen coming out of this iconic prison building (Vridsløselille Statsfængsel) in the Danish capital. Today, 2018, the prison is not used as … Continue reading Copenhagen Olsen Gang
Cergy lies about 30km north-west of central Paris. It is a planned Ville Nouvelle, also known under the term New Town, on the banks of the river Oise. Apart from the apparently largest train station clock in Europe, the highlight is the Axe-Majeur. This 1km long architecturally well designed axis is leading from the square Colonnes down … Continue reading Paris Cergy Axe-Majeur
From New Zealand's wonderful capital city Wellington you can easily explore the Kapiti Coast with local train services. The Queen Elizabeth Park for example, is a great destination with large areas of natural dunes along the coast. Perfect also for family picnics and if you fancy a tram ride, go and visit the Wellington Tramway Museum. … Continue reading Wellington Kapiti Coast
The Glasgow Botanic Gardens are, compared to other botanical gardens in the world, not the biggest but include a rose garden and a well designed glasshouse, the Kibble Palace. Once you are in the garden, there is a tea room with some lovely food and of course a good selection of tea. City: Glasgow, Scotland, … Continue reading Glasgow Botanic Gardens
The, at time of writing this post, only tram line in Adelaide brings you directly from the central business district to the white sandy beach of Glenelg. The benefit of this relocation from the urban centre is the fresh air combined with a laid back atmosphere. City: Adelaide How to get there: Take the tram … Continue reading Adelaide Seaside
A quite unique way of getting from the central business district to suburban Adelaide is to use the O-Bahn, a rapid bus service, running along the Torrens Linear Park. City: Adelaide How to get there: There are numerous bus routes running along the O-Bahn, all marked with O-Bahn logo. For example use the C1 bus … Continue reading Adelaide Torrens Linear Park
A quiet walk along the Skeleton Creek towards the sea with a nice view of the Central Business District Melbourne in the far distance. City: Melbourne How to get there: Take the Metro Werribee Line service from Southern Cross Station to Williams Landing Station, from there some 500m walk to the trail. Tip: Once you … Continue reading Melbourne Skeleton Creek
A good way to start your day could be by having a coffee at the ˋCentre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies (CERES)´. Of course there is more to discover about for example reusing water, urban farming and other sustainable ways of living. City: Melbourne How to get there: Take the Tram Line 96 … Continue reading Melbourne Community Environment Park CERES
