Dubai is a city of excess. Dubai Flow Motion is "time lapse" excess. Rob Whitworth used the hyperlapse technique to create this masterpiece, and the footage was created with three cameras. One was attached to a baggage trolley to capture the arrival of the Airbus A330, another was on a suitcase to document the unloading process, and the third was carried by Rob. And that's how the wonderful record of this jewel of the desert that goes by the name of Dubai was created.
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Train stations are probably one of the city's most underrated attractions. Only a few tourist flyers will boast of a magnificent building, which is a kind of gateway to the city. But stations are the first impression, what city gates are for cars and airports are for countries. And in some places it is magnificent, because the metal vessel, through which the trains flow like blood through the veins, ends in a real architectural pearl. Let's take a look at some of the most beautiful stations in the world.
When we travel, it is good not to anger the locals by mispronouncing the cities and towns we are in. Fortunately, Trillophila has collected some of the most commonly mispronounced place names and shown us how they are actually pronounced correctly.
A lot of time has passed since the days when people dressed in scary costumes chased away winter by creating shacks, but the desire to brighten up the gray winter days has not disappeared. On the contrary, the reason for rejoicing has spread all over the world, even to hot tropical places. The holiday season has become the fifth season, the time when we throw away our worries and forget about the boring everyday life. Whether the reason for the Bakus carnival was the harsh winter, the desire to hide one's identity or something else, it doesn't matter today, the important thing is that during the carnival there is paradise all over the world.
Starting in December, Ljubljana is richer for the interactive theme park Minicity. The small town found in BTC's Hall A offers leisure activities with the greatest added value, which will be enjoyed not only by children but also by their parents.
Las Vegas. The city of sin, neon lights and, in recent years, the culinary capital of the world. In 1946, the Flamingo Hotel opened in Las Vegas and the rise of gambling began. Almost fifty years later, Wolfgang Puck, the first celebrity chef to try his luck in Las Vegas, did something similar with his Spago restaurant.
If we are thinking about traveling or moving abroad and our favorite means of transport is a bicycle, it would be a good idea to first check which cities in the world are the most cyclist-friendly.
Riga is the central city for night parties in the Baltic region, so it is particularly popular with young people from Western Europe, who enjoy various bachelor and bachelorette parties every weekend.
The three Baltic states, which only broke free from the shackles of the Soviet Union a little more than twenty years ago, are facing a similar problem to the countries of the former Yugoslavia. There is always speculation as to where exactly they are located, in the Baltic or the Balkans, what the main cities are, what language they speak and what their currency is. In the desire to make the largest of the three main cities more recognizable, the Latvian capital Riga is especially proud this year to share the title of European Capital of Culture with the Swedish city of Umeå.
City gates have always been important structures that made a strong first impression on visitors. Today, this role has been taken over by airports, and thus cities are competing to build superairports, which will become bigger and more pompous in the future.
Oh, Paris: the city of romance, Amelie, delicious macaroons, fine wine and Coco Chanel. And New York! The city of Frank Sinatra, the Brooklyn Bridge, Carrie Bradshaw, brick facades and high-rises - the city that never sleeps. Do you prefer Paris or New York in the comparison between the cities? Make your decision through the brilliant illustrations of the French graphic designer Vahram Muratyan.
The Economist recently published the results of a survey on living conditions conducted by the so-called intelligence unit of this famous magazine. The results showed in which cities in the world life is said to be the best and in which the worst. Interestingly, all 10 of the best cities to live on Earth have relatively low population densities. And which of the ten cities we present to you will you move to in the hope of a better life? The decision is yours!