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the City Hall tour

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In most case our appreciation for Art Nouveau architecture stops at the outside, because most buildings are private, or companies that not necessarily encourage you sneaking inside. Occasionally, we do manage to get inside some of those buildings, invariably somewhat illegally, I think, and in doing so we get a glimpse of what Art Nouveau [...]
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10. Subotica

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Soleil soleil!! We woke up to a bright sunny day, blue sky. Our strategy, going ever further east, has paid off. But the first surprise in Subotica we got the night we arrived, and checked in in the Artist Hotel. A really nice place, with modern art everywhere – walls covered in large paintings, and [...]
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04. Ljubljana

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We have been to Ljubljana once before, but that was close to 30 years ago, and only briefly, maybe less than a day, transiting to Croatia. Coming from Tirana in Albania at the time, we thought Ljubljana was wonderful, but we probably would have thought that of any city, coming from Tirana at the time. [...]
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25. Liepaja

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Liepaja was not in the plan, but our Latvian friend suggested we go here (and I do listen to others, occasionally). And we didn’t regret it. For starters, I have been going on about wooden houses for a while now, and guess what? The apartment we booked in Liepaja was in one of those wooden [...]
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more Riga Art Nouveau

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Riga being called the capital of Art Nouveau, there are lots of buildings that deserve to be included in this blog, beyond the main Riga entry. However, even I know some limitations, so I try to curtail the number of photos to what is just about manageable. A mix of facades, decorations, windows, balconies, all [...]
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19. Riga

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There are two parts of Riga that are of interest to the casual visitor, or three, actually. The big two are Central Riga, with its long, straight streets lined with Art Nouveau buildings, and Old Riga, the old town with its cobbled, twisted and turning alleys, and chaotic mix of architectural styles. Although we intended [...]
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07. the churches

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We have already seen a few curious churches, amongst them the dug-out Temppeliaukio Kirkko in Helsinki and the spectacularly modern-design St. Henry’s Ecumenical chapel outside Turko. But now we are in for some more traditional countryside churches, as well as the fabulous cathedral in Tampere, taking us back to the Art Nouveau era. First, just [...]
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more Helsinki Art Nouveau

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There is really no end to the range of fabulous buildings, everywhere in Helsinki. I have just selected a additional few photos of facades, windows, the occasional balcony, to provide a taste of what there is to see. Then there is the Central Station, another grand Art Nouveau building. The locals are proud of what [...]
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03. Helsinki

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Having decided last minute to travel via Helsinki to the Baltics, we haven’t prepared ourselves very well. The only thing I have read so far was a brief account of a Dutch travel writer, who assessed that there was really nothing to do in Helsinki. How wrong! Helsinki is a fabulous city. It doesn’t have [...]
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38. Kecskemet

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Totally unexpected, and not what we came for, but we found a whole range of interesting architecture in Kecskemet. On our way to Szeged, in the south of Hungary, we pass Kecskemet. And because this town has a museum of naïve art, not unattractive from the photos we have seen, we decide to get off [...]
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