mandag den 27. maj 2013

Greece: Acropolis of Athens

One of the top attractions in Europe is the Acropolis in Athens; Acropolis in English is a “high city” and there are several “high cites” in Athens 

On YouTube was a video with a lot of images of Acropolis from different angles.


Athens
Athens is more than Acropolis; other attractions are the port of Piraeus, Syntagma Square, shopping streets and night life as the video from YouTube shows. The video is available at this link as it was not possible to embed the video in this post.

fredag den 17. maj 2013

Create: Chania

Create is divided into units; Chania is the capital of unit number four; the population in Chania is approximately 55.000 people.

Old Town 
A part of Chania is called the old town; the old town is at the Harbour and consists of small streets with restaurants, shops and sidebars as the video I found on YouTube shows; a fellow is walking around with his camera and shows how nice it is in the old town of Chania.


Central market
The central market is a popular large indoor market; more information with images about the central market is at this link.

Chania
On the internet I was looking for a video showing Chania; I found a fellow from Amateur traveler telling about his impression of Chania


More information about Chania
More information about Chania is on their YouTube Channel and Facebook page.

onsdag den 15. maj 2013

Spain: Málaga

Málaga is the capital of the Province of Málaga and is located in the south of Spain.

The main industry is tourist resorts; they are famous for their resorts on the beaches along the sun coast Costa Del Sol.


Málaga
The population in Málaga is 568.507 people.

As written is the main industry tourist resorts which probably is connected with the climate; the summer season is about eight months; from February to November. The winter season is from November to February; the temperature is average 17 °C (62.6 °F) during the day and 7–8 °C (45–46 °F) at night; it is one of the warmest winters in Europe.

Picasso
The painter Pablo Picasso was in 1881 born in Málaga but he spent the most of his adult life in France.

In Málaga is a museum called PICASSO MUSEUM with some of his work. In the video I found on YouTube is more information about the museum.


Must-See Attractions
I found a video on YouTube with some of the attraction tourists should see if they travel to Málaga



I also found a video in Spanish; the video gives a nice impression of Malaga.



søndag den 12. maj 2013

Denmark: 24 hours to discover Copenhagen

Denmark 
Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark; the country is located in Scandinavia near Sweden; the two countries are connected with a bridge from Amager (near Copenhagen) to Skåne.

Biking culture 
Copenhagen is the first Bike City in the World and is world famous for its biking culture; on the website denmark.dk is a lot of information about the Danish biking culture.

24 hours to discover Copenhagen
I was on YouTube and found a video made by Natalia Maiboroda; she is in Copenhagen 24 hours and shows some of the attractions in Copenhagen and asks the Danes what they think about Copenhagen.


More information about Denmark
In one of my earlier posts is more information about Denmark.

torsdag den 18. april 2013

Thailand: The Floating Market in Bangkok and Climate in Thailand

The main slogan for promoting Thailand is "Amazing Thailand". Since 1967 is the number of tourist grown from 336.000 visitors to more than 22 million visitors.

Bangkok and the floating market
Bangkok is one of the most visited cities in the world.

One of the attractions most tourists in Thailand visit is the floating market; small boats are selling vegetables and fruits etc. as the video I found on YouTube show.


The climate in Thailand
The climate in Thailand is controlled by a monsoon; most visitors from the western world are visiting Thailand between Christmas and New Year; the climate is at this time of the year dry.

The climate is divided into a dry season from November to February; a rainy season and a cool season from February to November.     

More information about Thailand
On the site “Amazing Thailand Always Amazes You” is a lot of information about Thailand; on their YouTube channel are also a lot of videos about Thailand.



fredag den 12. april 2013

Venice: A Trip to Venice

Venice is a city in Italy; Venice consists of a group of 118 small islands; the islands are separated by canals and linked by bridges. If you are considering a trip to Venice or just want to know more about the city watch the video; a fellow is giving a lot of useful information in the video; some of them are how to get to the island and other tourist information’s.


Among of tourist
The among of tourist between November and January are low; yearly there are approximately 20 million tourist in Venice; it is around 60.000 visitors a day.

The city is entered by 100 Cruise-liners each year; in the population, there has been resistance to the large number of Cruise-liners

The big among of Cruise-liners have created anger among part of the population in Venice. They even tried to stop a Cruise-liner from entering Venice; their arguments were that the city is made for condoles and not Cruise-liners.


Weather in summer and winter
The weather in the winter can be flooded as the video I found on YouTube shows 


and nice in the summer time as another video I found on YouTube shows   


More information in English, German and Danish about Venice
More information about Venice is on hand in English, German (deutsch) and Danish (dansk)

mandag den 8. april 2013

Denmark: Visit Denmark

Watch the video about Denmark and I you are interested in further information about Denmark visit the website “Visit Denmark