24 December 2025 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Category: Portrait
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Frank Gehry
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Frank Owen Gehry was a Canadian and American architect and designer known for his
postmodern designs and use of unconventional forms and materials. A number of
his buildings , including
his private residence in
Santa Monica, California , have become attractions. His most famous works include the
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain, the
Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and the
Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris. These buildings are characterized by their sculptural, often undulating exteriors and innovative use of materials such as titanium and stainless steel.
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12 October 2025 | Author/Destination: Around the World / Rund um die Welt | Category: General , Bon appétit
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Scallops from London, UK © flickr.com – Ewan Munro/cc-by-sa-2.0
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Scallops are characterized by offering two flavors and textures in one shell: the meat, called “scallop”, which is firm and white, and the roe, called “coral”, which is soft and often brightly coloured reddish-orange. Sometimes, markets sell scallops already prepared in the shell, with only the meat remaining. Outside the U.S., the scallop is often sold whole. They are available both with and without coral in the UK and Australia.
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24 June 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , Environment , UNESCO World Heritage
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Rainforest at work © Billyshiverstick/cc-by-sa-4.0
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Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve is a
UNESCO Biosphere Reserve situated in
Clayoquot Sound on the west coast of
Vancouver Island in
British Columbia ,
Canada . A diverse range of ecosystems exist within the biosphere reserve boundaries, including temperate coastal rainforest, ocean and rocky coastal shores. The nearest city is
Tofino .
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24 May 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General
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Underground Railroad map © lccn.loc.gov
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The Underground Railroad was an organized network of secret routes and safe houses used by
freedom seekers to escape to the
abolitionist Northern United States and
Eastern Canada . Enslaved Africans and
African Americans escaped from slavery as early as the 16th century, and many of their escapes were unaided; however, a network of safe houses generally known as the Underground Railroad began to organize in the 1780s among
Abolitionist Societies in the
North . It ran north and grew steadily until the
Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863 by President
Abraham Lincoln . The escapees sought primarily to escape into
Slave states and free states”>free states , and potentially from there to Canada.
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1 April 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , Hotels
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The Fairmont Empress, formerly and commonly referred to as The Empress, is one of the oldest hotels in
Victoria ,
British Columbia , Canada. Located on 721
Government Street , it is situated in
Downtown Victoria , facing the city’s
Inner Harbour . The hotel was designed by
Francis Rattenbury , and was built by
Canadian Pacific Hotels , a division of the
Canadian Pacific Railway company. The hotel is presently managed by
Fairmont Hotels and Resorts , part of
AccorHotels since 2016. It is owned by Nat and Flora Bosa of
Vancouver .
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4 February 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , Shopping
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Chandelier © Canmenwalker/cc-by-4.0
🔊 Listen to this Post Square One Shopping Centre , or simply
Square One , is a
shopping mall located in
Mississauga ,
Ontario ,
Canada . It is the largest shopping centre in Ontario and the second largest shopping centre in Canada, after
West Edmonton Mall . It has over 2,200,000 square feet (200,000 m²) of retail space, with more than 360 stores and services.
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1 February 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet 106-Year-Old Virginia McLaurin during a photo line in the Blue Room of the White House prior to a reception celebrating African American History Month © Lawrence Jackson
🔊 Listen to this Post Black History Month is an annually observed
commemorative month originating in the
United States , where it is also known as
African-American History Month . It began as a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the
African diaspora , initially lasting a week before becoming a month-long observation since 1970. It is celebrated in February in the United States and
Canada , where it has received official recognition from governments, and more recently has also been celebrated in
Ireland and the
United Kingdom where it is observed in October.
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7 December 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , Bon appétit , Shopping
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Vancouver & Granville Island © flickr.com – La Citta Vita/cc-by-sa-2.0
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Granville Island is a
peninsula and shopping district in the
Fairview neighbourhood of
Vancouver ,
British Columbia ,
Canada , across
False Creek from
Downtown Vancouver , under the south end of the
Granville Street Bridge . Formerly an industrial manufacturing area, it was named after
Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville .
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15 November 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: 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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