The Turks and Caicos Islands
29 May 2014 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General Reading Time: 6 minutes The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union consisting of two groups of tropical islands in the Caribbean, the larger Caicos Islands and the smaller Turks Islands, known for tourism and as an offshore financial centre. read more…Jost Van Dyke
9 May 2014 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General Reading Time: 5 minutes At roughly 8 square kilometers, and about 3 square miles Jost Van Dyke is the smallest of the four main islands of the British Virgin Islands, the northern portion of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands, located in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Jost Van Dyke lies about 8 km to the northwest of Tortola and 8 km to the north of Saint John. Little Jost Van Dyke lies off its eastern end. read more…The British Library
30 April 2014 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General, London, Museums, Exhibitions, Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries Reading Time: 7 minutes The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from many countries, in many languages and in many formats, both print and digital: books, manuscripts, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, videos, play-scripts, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings. The Library’s collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial holdings of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 2000 BC. The British Library is the largest library in the world, with the second largest being the Library of Congress of the United States in Washington, D.C.. read more…The Eden Project in Cornwall
12 April 2014 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General, Museums, Exhibitions, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time: 5 minutes The Eden Project is a visitor attraction in Cornwall. Inside the artificial biomes are plants that are collected from all around the world. The project is located in a reclaimed Kaolinite pit, located 1.25 mi (2 kilometres) from the town of St Blazey and 5 kilometres (3 mi) from the larger town of St Austell. read more…The European Garden Heritage Network
5 April 2014 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, EU blog post series, European Union, Living, Working, Building, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time: 7 minutes The European Garden Heritage Network is a nonprofit organization established in 2003 within the EU-Programme INTERREG IIIB NWE to foster transnational co-operation in regional development and cultural heritage. It brings together garden experts, government services, foundations, and tourism agencies to preserve, develop, and promote gardens of historic interest within northwestern Europe. read more…The Somerset House in London
22 March 2014 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General, London, Museums, Exhibitions, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time: 8 minutes Somerset House is a large Neoclassical building situated on the south side of the Strand in central London overlooking the River Thames, just east of Waterloo Bridge. The building, originally the site of a Tudor palace, was designed by Sir William Chambers in 1776, and further extended with Victorian wings to the north and south. The East Wing forms part of the adjacent King’s College London. read more…Agatha Christie’s Greenway Estate
15 March 2014 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General, Museums, Exhibitions, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time: 8 minutes Greenway is an estate on the River Dart near Galmpton in Devon. It was first mentioned in 1493 as “Greynway”, the crossing point of the Dart to Dittisham. In the late 16th century a Tudor mansion called Greenway Court was built by the Gilbert family. Greenway was the birthplace of Humphrey Gilbert. The present Georgian house was probably built in the late 18th century by Roope Harris Roope and extended by subsequent owners. The gardens may have been remodelled by landscape gardener Humphry Repton. read more…The Tate Gallery
5 March 2014 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General, London, Museums, Exhibitions Reading Time: 13 minutesThe Tate is an institution that houses the United Kingdom’s national collection of British Art, and International Modern and Contemporary Art. It is a network of four art museums and a complementary website. One of the Tate’s most publicised art events is the awarding of the annual Turner Prize, which takes place at Tate Britain. read more…