Big names
The Man Who Forged Norrköping’s Industrial Soul
Gamla Torget 1, Norrköping, Sweden
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Dalhalla Quarry Concert Heaven
Sätra Dalhallavägen 201, Rättvik, Sweden
From Quarries to Icebergs: World's Most Unique Music Venues
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Austrian Floating Stage
Platz d. Wr. Symphoniker 1, Bregenz, Austria
From Quarries to Icebergs: World's Most Unique Music Venues
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Gröna Lund anecdotes
Sweden's Hollywood
ABBA concept was conceived in Cyprusʼ Famagusta years before the Eurovision breakthrough in 1974
Varosha, Famagusta, Cyprus
Big names and small islandIn 2020 Swedish pop group Abbaʼs official main web page opened with the words, “It began 50 years ago in Sweden”. Well, yes and no. It kind of, sort of, actually began in Cyprus 50 years ago
The ABBA Island
ABBA’s own studio
Number One Building on the Bund
Since 1929, The Fairmont Peace Hotel continues to be Shanghai’s most striking and legendary landmark in the heart of the Bund. It is the iconic location right in the center of the Bund and also in the unrivalled shopping area of Nanjing Road, the perfect place to explore Shanghai’s spectacular scenery and vibrant way of life.
I feel like a million dollars!
22 Salisbury Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
Stars & Suites: Legendary Hotels Behind the Silver ScreenThe Peninsula Hong Kong is a colonial-style luxury hotel located in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is the flagship property of The Peninsula Hotels group, part of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels Group. The hotel opened in 1928 and was the first under The Peninsula brand. Expanded in 1994, the hotel combines colonial and modern elements, and is notable for its large fleet of Rolls-Royces painted a distinctive "Peninsula green".
The royal family’s secret waiting room
Järnvägsstation, Centralplan 15, 111 20 Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm revealed: Norrmalm
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Paseo Maritimo Antonio Mercero
Paseo Maritimo Antonio Mercero, Nerja, Málaga, Spain
Verano Azul - Blue Summer in Nerja
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Mercero’s Chair
Camino de Burriana, 30, 29780 Nerja, Málaga, Spain
Verano Azul - Blue Summer in Nerja
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Mirador de Agatha Christie
Sit on a chair signed by a Nobel laureate
Shaken, not Stirred at Hôtel de Paris
Pl. du Casino, 98000 Monaco
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Somewhere in Milan
Piazza della Repubblica, 17, 20124 Milano MI, Italy
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Somewhere at Chateau Marmont
8221 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90046, USA
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Rendezvous at the Beverly Wilshire: A Pretty Woman's Tale
9500 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90212, USA
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Maids and Kings: the Waldorf-Astoria Chronicles
301 Park Ave, New York, NY 10022, USA
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768 5th Ave, New York, NY 10019, USA
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Some Like It Hot in Coronado
1500 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA 92118, USA
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Alfred Hitchcock's Flat: A Glimpse into the Master of Suspense's World
153 Cromwell Rd, London SW5 0TQ, UK
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The original Non-Violence Gun (NY)
United Nations Secretariat Building, 405 E 42nd St, New York, NY 10017, USA
Non-violence guns
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Olive’s for sandwiches
Black Lake Castle
Parties, duels and spy stories at Stallmästaregården
The Six Bells Pub
Дворец (усадьба) Лейхтенбергских
Дворец Лейхтенбергских, Ораниенбаумское ш., 2, Санкт-Петербург, Россия, 198504
Россия: Утраченные памятникиДворец Лейхтенбергских — усадьба, расположенная на гребне берегового уступа в северо-восточной части парка «Сергиевка» на западной окраине Петергофа. Здание построено архитектором Андреем Ивановичем Штакеншнейдером для дочери Николая I Марии Николаевны и её мужа Максимилиана, герцога Лейхтенбергского.
Château d'If - a terrible prison with a 200-year history
Embarcadère Frioul If, 1 Quai de la Fraternité, Marseille, France
Prison IslandsChateau d'If is a fortress located on the eponymous island and made famous by Dumas' work, located just a mile from Marseille and clearly visible from the city's waterfront. Since the end of the 16th century, the castle has been used to isolate and guard particularly dangerous criminals. It was from that time that the fortress received the name Chateau d'If. The dungeons held Huguenots, politicians, leaders of the Paris Commune, as well as individuals who posed a danger to France.
Robben Island - a prison-museum in South Africa
Robben Island, South Africa
Prison IslandsThe prison is located in South Africa, on Robben Island, off the coast of Cape Town. Once, seals used to live here, but then the island was settled, and for 400 years, it alternately housed a penal colony, a leper colony for the mentally ill, and a maximum-security state prison for political prisoners. It was here that the hero of the African liberation movement, Nelson Mandela, was held in chains, for which Robben Island received its gloomy notoriety in the world community.
Rikers Island - the largest correctional facility in the world
Rikers Island, NY, USA
Prison IslandsRikers Island is the largest correctional facility in the world, a prison island located in the East River strait belonging to the city of New York, in the Queens and Bronx boroughs. The distance to the opposite shore is 80 meters.
The Inn of the Souls and Don Quixote
Orson Welles’ filmmaking in Ronda
Hemingway: a place for honeymoon
The Dog, the Duck and the Animal Farm
World's greatest literary inn
Bolshevik Lenin shopping in Stockholm
The fading witness of rock-n’-roll history
Agnetha & Björn’s house on Lidingö
Frida & Benny's house on Lidingö
Frida and Benny’s home
“Mamma Mia!” Reunion
The Day Before You Came to China Theater
ABBA at the Opera
Metronome Studios