16 November 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Museums, Exhibitions
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Nationaal Holocaust Museum © Ceescamel
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The Dutch National Holocaust Museum (
Dutch : Nationaal Holocaust museum) is the first official museum on
the Holocaust in the Netherlands . It is located in an historic building in the Jewish Cultural Quarter of Amsterdam, near a former
child care center that played a role in rescuing Jewish children. The museum tells the story of the Holocaust through the lives of individual victimised men, women, and children. There is a floor-to-ceiling display of all the laws limiting and obliterating the rights of Jews in the Netherlands, who since the eighteenth century had been Dutch citizens with equal rights.
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15 November 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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‘Changing the Guard’ in front of the Canadian Parliament Building © Yann Fauché & Alma Mulalic/cc-by-sa-2.5
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Ottawa is the capital city of
Canada . It is located in the
southern portion of the province of
Ontario , at the
confluence of the
Ottawa River and the
Rideau River . Ottawa borders
Gatineau, Quebec , and forms the core of the Ottawa–Gatineau
census metropolitan area (CMA) and the
National Capital Region (NCR). As of 2021, Ottawa had a city population of 1,017,449 and a metropolitan population of 1,488,307, making it the
fourth-largest city and
fourth-largest metropolitan area in Canada.
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14 November 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Le Grau-du-Roi (
Occitan : Lo Grau dau Rei) is a
commune in the
Gard department in southern
France . It is the only commune in Gard to have a frontage on the
Mediterranean . To the west is the
Herault department and
La Grande-Motte village, and to the east is the
Bouches-du-Rhone department.
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13 November 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Vermilion Inn © Larry D. Moore/cc-by-4.0
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Lafayette is the most populous city in and
parish seat of
Lafayette Parish in the
U.S. state of
Louisiana , located along the
Vermilion River . It is Louisiana’s
fourth-most populous city with a
2020 census population of 121,374; the consolidated city-parish’s population was 241,753 in 2020. The
Lafayette metropolitan area was Louisiana’s third largest metropolitan statistical area with a population of 478,384 at the 2020 census. The
Acadiana region containing Lafayette is the largest population and economic corridor between
Houston ,
Texas and
New Orleans .
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12 November 2024 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: General , Cruise Ships , Miami / South Florida
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70000 Tons of Metal (officially stylized as
70000TONS OF METAL ) is an annual
heavy metal music festival that takes place on board a
cruise ship . The event is a five-day festival, including one shore day at a select
Caribbean destination.
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11 November 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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Royal Palace © Diego Delso/cc-by-sa-4.0
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Dam Square or
the Dam is a
town square in
Amsterdam , the capital and most populated city of the
Netherlands . Its notable buildings and frequent events make it one of the best-known and most important locations in the city and the country.
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10 November 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Bon appétit
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Homemade panettone © flickr.com – N i c o l a/cc-by-2.0
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Panettone (
Milanese : panetton) is an
Italian type of
sweet bread and
fruitcake , originally from
Milan , Italy, usually prepared and enjoyed for
Christmas and
New Year in
Western ,
Southern , and
Southeastern Europe , as well as in
South America ,
Eritrea ,
Australia , the
United States , and
Canada .
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9 November 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Hamburg
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Memorial plaque to the Voyage of the Damned at St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken, Brücke 3, Hamburg, Germany
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MS
St. Louis was a
diesel -powered
ocean liner built by the
Bremer Vulkan shipyards in
Bremen for
Hamburg America Line (HAPAG). She was named after the city of
St. Louis , Missouri. She was the
sister ship of
Milwaukee .
St. Louis regularly sailed the
trans-Atlantic route from
Hamburg to
Halifax, Nova Scotia , and New York City, and made cruises to the
Canary Islands ,
Madeira , Spain; and
Morocco .
St. Louis was built for both transatlantic liner service and for
leisure cruises .
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8 November 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Louisiana State Capitol © flickr.com – thepipe26/cc-by-2.0
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Baton Rouge (
French : Baton Rouge or Bâton-Rouge;
Louisiana Creole : Batonrouj; English: Red Stick) is the
capital city of the
U.S. state of
Louisiana . Located on the eastern bank of the
Mississippi River , it had a population of 227,470
as of 2020 it is the
seat of Louisiana’s most populous
parish (county-equivalent),
East Baton Rouge Parish , and the center of Louisiana’s second-largest metropolitan area and city,
Greater Baton Rouge .
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