Around the World / Rund um die Welt, Author at Wingsch Real Estate Investments - Page 8 of 8 Wingsch Real Estate Investments

The Creative Cities Network

2 June 2012 | Author/Destination: Around the World / Rund um die Welt | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time: 5 minutes

The Creative Cities Network is a project under the patronage of UNESCO. With the aim of celebrating and maintaining cultural diversity, the alliance formed by member cities share their experiences in promoting the local heritage, as well as discuss plans on how to cope with the influx of globalization. The Creative Cities Network aims to find and enrich a member city’s cultural identity in the midst of a growing trend towards internationalism. read more…

Baku, the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan

16 May 2012 | Author/Destination: Around the World / Rund um die Welt | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time: 6 minutes

Art Nouveau building © İhsan Deniz Kılıçoğlu

Baku is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal parts: the downtown and the old Inner City (21.5 ha). Baku’s urban population at the beginning of 2009 was estimated at just over two million people. Officially, about 25 percent of all inhabitants of the country live in the metropolitan city area of Baku. read more…

Tags: Abşeron-Halbinsel, Absheron Peninsula, Aserbaidschan, Azerbaijan, Baku, Caspian Sea, Caucasus region, Eurovision 2012, Kaspisches Meer, UNESCO

The Desertec concept

7 January 2012 | Author/Destination: Around the World / Rund um die Welt | Rubric: General, Green Technologies, Environment Reading Time: 6 minutes

DESERTEC is a concept proposed by the DESERTEC Foundation for making use of solar energy and wind energy. This concept will be implemented in North Africa and the Middle East by the consortium Dii GmbH, formed by a group of European companies and the DESERTEC Foundation. The DESERTEC concept was initiated under the auspices of the Club of Rome and the German Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation (TREC). Construction of the Desertec’s first 500 MW solar farm in Morocco is schedueled to start in 2012. read more…

Tags: Desertec, Europa, Europe, Middle East, Naher Osten, Nord-Afrika, North Africa, Ökostrom, Photovoltaik, Sonnenwärmekraftwerke, TREC, Windkraftanlagen

Overview Theme Weeks

27 December 2011 | Author/Destination: Around the World / Rund um die Welt | Rubric: General, Bon voyage, Theme Weeks Reading Time: 20 minutes

(Latest addition: March 2024) In irregular intervals we publish Theme Weeks about cities, regions, and countries. Here you can find the complete list. read more…

Tags: Abruzzen, Abruzzo, Abu Dhabi, Ägypten, Al Andalus, Alentejo, Algarve, Algeria, Algerien, Alsace, Amsterdam, Andalusia, Andalusien, Apulia, Apulien, Argentina, Argentinien, Armenia, Armenien, Asturias, Asturien, Äußere Hebriden, Australia, Australien, Austria, Autonomes Gebiet Tibet, Auvergne, Bahrain, Balearic Islands, Balearische Inseln, Bangladesch, Bangladesh, Basilicata, Basilikata, Bavaria, Bayern, Beirut, Belarus, Belgien, Belgium, Berkshire, Berlin, Bhutan, Birma, Bolivia, Bolivien, Bon voyage, Bretagne, Britische Kanalinseln, Brittany, Brunei, Brunei Darussalam, Brüssel, Brussels, Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, Bulgarische Schwarzmeerküste, Burgenland, Burma, Calabria, Canary Islands, Caribbean, Carinthia, Castila-La Mancha, Catalonia, Champagne, Channel Islands, Chateaux of the Loire Valley, Chile, co co, co cork, Colombia, Cornwall, Corsica, Côte d'Azur, County Cork, County Galway, County Mayo, Croatian Adriatic coast, Cuba, Cyclades, Cyprus, Deutschland, Djibouti, Dordogne, Dschibuti, Dubai, East Anglia, East Frisian Islands, East Jerusalem, Ecuador, Egypt, Eivissa, Elsass, Emilia-Romagna, England, Estland, Estonia, EU, Florida Coasts, Floridas Küsten, Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, French Riviera, Frisian Islands, Gascogne, Gascony, Georgia, Georgien, Germany, Greenland, Grönland, Guatemala, Gute Fahrt, Bon voyage, Guyana, Hamburg, Holland, Honduras, Hungary, Ibiza, Iceland, India, Indien, Indonesia, Indonesien, Iran, Ireland, Irland, Island, Israel, Istanbul, Istria, Istrien, Italian Riviera, Italienische Riviera, Japan, Jerusalem, Jordan, Jordanien, Jütland, Kalabrien, Kanarische Inseln, Karibik, Kärnten, Kasachstan, Kastilien-La Mancha, Katalonien, Katar, Kazakhstan, Kolumbien, Korsika, Kroatische Adriaküste, Kuba, Kuwait, Kykladen, La Rioja, Laos, Lapland, Lappland, Latvia, Lebanon, Leinster, Lettland, Libanon, Libya, Libyen, Ligurian Riviera, Litauen, Lithuania, London, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Luxemburg, Macedonia, Madrid, Malaysia, Marokko, Mazedonien, Mexico, Mexiko, Miami, Moldau, Moldawien, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Moscow, Moskau, München, Munich, Myanmar, Navarra, Navarre, Nepal, Neuengland, Neukaledonien, Neuseeland, New Caledonia, New England, New York City, New Zealand, Niederlande, Nordfriesische Inseln, Nordkorea, Normandie, Normandy, North Frisian Islands, North Korea, NYC, Oman, Österreich, Ostfriesische Inseln, Ostjerusalem, Outer Hebrides, Overview of all Theme Weeks, Pakistan, Palaestina, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Paris, Patagonia, Patagonien, Peru, Philippinen, Philippines, Potsdam, Provence, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Queensland, Republic of China, Republik China, Rom, Rome, Russia, Russland, San Francisco, Sardinia, Sardinien, Saudi Arabia, Saudi-Arabien, Schlösser an der Loire, Schottland, Schweiz, Scotland, Scottish Borders, Sicily, Sizilien, South Africa, South Korea, Steiermark, Styria, Südafrika, Südkorea, Swiss, Sylt, Taiwan, Tel Aviv, Tessin, Thailand, The Netherlands, Theme Week, Themenwoche, Tibet, Tibet Autonomous Region, Ticino, Tokio, Tokyo, Toskana, Tunesien, Tunisia, Türkei, Turkey, Türkische Riviera, Turkish Riviera, Tuscany, UAE, Übersicht aller Themenwochen, Ukraine, Ulster, Umbria, Umbrien, Ungarn, United Arab Emirate, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, USA, VAE, Vatican, Vatican City, Vatikan, Vatikanstadt, Venedig, Venetien, Veneto, Venezuela, Venice, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Verenigtes Königreich, Vienna, Vietnam, Wales, Warsaw, Warschau, Washington D.C., Weißrussland, West Jerusalem, Westjerusalem, Wien, Zeeland, Zypern

Country overview

9 November 2011 | Author/Destination: Around the World / Rund um die Welt | Rubric: General Reading Time: 5 minutes

In addition to the regular search function, a country overview is available here. Click on the country name to see all currently available blog entries. read more…

Tags: European Union, United Kingdom, Ägypten, Albania, Albanien, Algeria, Algerien, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Antigua und Barbuda, Argentina, Argentinien, Armenia, Armenien, Aserbaidschan, Äthiopien, Australia, Australien, Austria, Autonomes Gebiet Tibet, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesch, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgien, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnien und Herzegowina, Brasilien, Brazil, Brunei, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Bulgarien, Canada, Cape Verde, Caribbean, Chile, China, Colombia, country overview, countrys, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dänemark, Denmark, Deutschland, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Estland, Estonia, Ethiopia, EU, European Union, Finland, Finnland, France, Frankreich, Germany, Greece, Griechenland, Haiti, Holland, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hongkong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indien, Indonesia, Indonesien, Iran, Ireland, Irland, Island, Israel, Italien, Italy, Jamaica, Jamaika, Japan, Jemen, Jordan, Jordanien, Kanada, Kap Verde, Karibik, Kasachstan, Katar, Kazakhstan, Kenia, Kenya, Kirgisistan, Kolumbien, Kroatien, Kuba, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Länder, Länderübersicht, Latvia, Lebanon, Lettland, Libanon, Libya, Libyen, Liechtenstein, Litauen, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Luxemburg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Madagaskar, Maldives, Malediven, Malta, Marokko, Mauretanien, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mazedonien, Mexico, Mexiko, Moldawien, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Neukaledonien, Neuseeland, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niederlande, Nordkorea, North Korea, Norway, Norwegen, Oman, Österreich, overview, Palaestina, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Papua-Neuguinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippinen, Philippines, Poland, Polen, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of China, Republik China, Romania, Rumänien, Russia, Russland, Salomonen, Sambia, Samoa, San Marino, Sansibar, Saudi Arabia, Saudi-Arabien, Schweden, Schweiz, search, Serbia, Serbien, Simbabwe, Singapore, Singapur, Slovakia, Slovenia, Slowakei, Slowenien, Solomon Islands, Sonderverwaltungszone Hongkong, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Spanien, Sri Lanka, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Vincent und die Grenadinen, Suche, Südafrika, Südkorea, Sweden, Swiss, Switzerland, Syria, Syrien, Tadschikistan, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tansania, Tanzania, Thailand, The Netherlands, Tibet, Tibet Autonomous Region, Tschechien, Tunesien, Tunisia, Türkei, Turkey, Tuvalu, UAE, Übersicht, UK, Ukraine, Ungarn, Union for the Mediterranean, Union for the Mediterranean, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, USA, VAE, Vanuatu, Vatican, Vatikan, Venezuela, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Vietnam, Weißrussland, Yemen, Zambia, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe, Zypern

Astana, Berlin in Eurasian style

20 September 2011 | Author/Destination: Around the World / Rund um die Welt | Rubric: General, Architecture Reading Time: 9 minutes

Ak Orda Presidential Palace © Amanante

Astana (translated: Capital), is the capital and second largest city (after Almaty) of Kazakhstan, with an officially estimated population of 708,794. It is located in the north-central portion of Kazakhstan, within Akmola Province, though administrated separately from the province as a federal city area. Politics and government are the main economic activities in the capital, which also forms a Special Economic Zone. Since the move, Astana has seen one of the world’s greatest building projects, as oil money has been spent on government buildings, a massive home for the president, a mosque, and numerous parks and monuments. The project is designed to make the town the centre of not only Kazakhstan, but all of Central Asia. read more…

Tags: Akmola Province, Astana, Berlin in a Eurasian style, Berlin in eurasischer Version, Capital of Kazakhstan, Fluss Ischim, Hauptstadt von Kasachstan, Ishim River, Kasachstan, Kazakhstan, Provinz Akmola

The Bering Strait tunnel linking Asia and North America

27 August 2011 | Author/Destination: Around the World / Rund um die Welt | Rubric: General Reading Time: 6 minutes

Bering Strait map © worldarchitecturenews.com

London to New York rail journey on horizon
It was first mooted as long ago 1905 by Tsar Nicholas 11, but this week the Kremlin finally gave the green light for a 65 mile (106 km) tunnel linking Asia and North America, taking the epic project a step nearer reality. read more…

Tags: Alaska, Amerika, Asien, Bering Strait crossing, Chukotka Peninsula in Russia, Der Beringstraßen-Tunnel, Jakutsk, linking Asia with North America, Nordamerika, Russland, Seward Peninsula in Alaska, The Bering Strait tunnel, Tschukotka

Sailing boats for beginners – advantages of smaller boats

19 April 2011 | Author/Destination: Around the World / Rund um die Welt | Rubric: General, Sport Reading Time: 4 minutes

You are not yet a seasoned sailor but want to experience the joys of sailing on your very own boat together with your family or friends? If you are looking to start your sailing career, small sailing boats are perfect for you. Ideally suited for sailing beginners’ needs, they offer a number of advantages compared to their larger counterparts. read more…

Tags: advantages of smaller boats, Dinghy, Einstieg ins Segeln, Jolle, Sailing, Sailing boats for beginners, Segeln, Segeln lernen auf der Jolle