8 February 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Florenceville-Bristol is an unincorporated community in the northwestern part of
Carleton County ,
New Brunswick , Canada along the
Saint John River . It held town status prior to 2023. On 1 January 2023, Florenceville-Bristol amalgamated with
Bath ,
Centreville and all or part of nine
local service districts to form the new town of
Carleton North . The community’s name remains in official use.
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7 February 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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German Village is a historic neighborhood in
Columbus, Ohio , just south of
the city’s downtown . It was settled in the early-to-mid-19th century by a large number of
German immigrants , who at one time comprised as much as a third of the city’s entire population. It became a city historic district in 1960 and was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1974, becoming the list’s largest privately funded preservation district, and in 2007, was made a
Preserve America Community by the
White House . In 1980, its boundaries increased, and today it is one of the world’s premier historic restorations. German Village is bound by Pearl Street on the west; East Livingston Avenue on the north; Lathrop Street, Brust Street, Grant Avenue, Jaeger Street, and Blackberry Alley on the east; and Nursery Lane on the south. Although German Village is an eclectic community, the area is known as a Columbus “gayborhood.” While there are no gay establishments within German Village, the neighboring
Brewery District and
Merion Village have several.
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6 February 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , UNESCO World Heritage
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Charlottesville, colloquially known as C’ville, is an
independent city in the
Commonwealth of
Virginia , United States. It is the
county seat of
Albemarle County , which surrounds the city, though the two are separate legal entities. It is named after
Queen Charlotte , wife of
George III . At the
2020 census , the population was 46,553. The
Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the City of Charlottesville with Albemarle County for statistical purposes, bringing its population to approximately 150,000. Charlottesville is the heart of the
Charlottesville metropolitan area , which includes Albemarle,
Buckingham ,
Fluvanna ,
Greene , and
Nelson counties.
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5 February 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , European Union
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Most of the European Union’s Brussels-based institutions are located within its European Quarter (French: Quartier Européen, Dutch: Europese Wijk), which is the unofficial name of the area corresponding to the approximate triangle between
Brussels Park ,
Cinquantenaire Park and
Leopold Park (with the
European Parliament’s hemicycle extending into the latter). The Commission and Council are located on either side of the
Rue de la Loi at the heart of this area near
Schuman railway station and the
Robert Schuman Roundabout .
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4 February 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Paris / Île-de-France
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Boulevard Saint-Germain is a major street in
Paris on the
Rive Gauche of the
Seine . It curves in a 3.5-kilometre (2.1 miles) arc from the
Pont de Sully in the east (the bridge at the edge of
Île Saint-Louis ) to the
Pont de la Concorde (the bridge to the
Place de la Concorde ) in the west and traverses the
5th ,
6th and
7th arrondissements . At its midpoint, the boulevard is traversed by the north-south
Boulevard Saint-Michel . The boulevard is most famous for crossing the
Saint-Germain-des-Prés quarter from which it derives its name.
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3 February 2023 | Author/Destination: Africa / Afrika | Rubric: General
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Kinshasa (
Lingala : Kinsásá), formerly Léopoldville (
Dutch : Leopoldstad), is the
capital and
largest city of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo . Once a site of fishing and trading villages situated along the
Congo River , Kinshasa is now one of the world’s fastest growing
megacities .
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2 February 2023 | Author/Destination: Levant / Levante | Rubric: General , Union for the Mediterranean
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Dizengoff Street (
Hebrew : Rehov Dizengoff) is a major street in central
Tel Aviv , named after Tel Aviv’s first mayor,
Meir Dizengoff .
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1 February 2023 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: Cruise Ships , Yacht of the Month
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cruise ship operated by German cruise line nicko cruises. Completed in 1993, she previously sailed for
Holland America Line as MS
Statendam , for
P&O Cruises Australia as
Pacific Eden and for Cruise & Maritime Voyages as
Vasco da Gama . In 2020, following CMV’s filing for administration, she was sold by CW Kellock & Co Ltd. at auction to Mystic Cruises’ parent company, Mystic Invest for US$10,187,000.
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1 February 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , House of the Month , Museums, Exhibitions
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The White House of the Confederacy is a historic house located in the
Court End neighborhood of
Richmond, Virginia . Built in 1818, it was the main executive residence of the sole
President of the Confederate States of America ,
Jefferson Davis , from August 1861 until April 1865. It was viewed as the
Confederate States counterpart to the
White House in Washington, D.C. It currently sits on the campus of
Virginia Commonwealth University .
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