Published by Sergi on 20th August 2009 in social
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Next week some of my friends are going to Amsterdam (at the moment they are visiting me in London). It’s not the first time they’re going there, so they know several places to visit and to party at. However, they would like to discover more and other cooler places than the ones they already know.
Like me, they don’t like to use conventional tourist guides when they travel, so I advised them to take a look at the go find it map.
While we were browsing the map we quickly found lots of cool stuff. As they’re only staying in Amsterdam for a short while they wrote a list with several places to visit. Here’s the list:
Do you have any other suggestion for them? Please share them on the comments, they’ll really appreciate it!
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Published by Ana on 11th August 2009 in social
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Last weekend the sun came out (finally!) and so I decided to try Frank’s Cafe and Campari bar, located on the top floor of a car park near Peckham Rye station. I know there are many roof gardens in more popular areas, but none of them offer a view like this one.
Finding Frank’s is an adventure, because there are no signs. I had to walk around the car park until I found an entrance; inside, I took a lift (that stoped at the 5th floor) then walked to the top of the building.
The bar feels like a “barraca de praia” (typical Brazilian beachside restaurant) – an improvised and temporary shelter – and there’s a grill serving fish and meats, as well as salads. There are art installations and abstract sculptures around, but the the main attraction is the view.
Looking over South London, you can see all the famous landmarks and buildings that line the Thames: from Battersea Power Station in the West, past the Houses of Parliament, London Eye, Tate Modern, St Paul’s Cathedral, the Gherkin, City Hall, Tower Bridge, Canary Wharf, to the Millenium Dome in the East. It would be hard to find a better view anywhere else.
While the weather is still good, this would be the perfect place to watch the sunset; so don’t miss the opportunity to take your camera to Frank’s Cafe and Campari bar before it closes on September 30th.
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Published by Melina on 8th August 2009 in design, social
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I’ve always wanted to visit Edinburgh and I’ll try to do it as soon as possible. Hopefully I can get some friends to come along as I know they want to visit Edinburgh as well.
Since none of us have been in Edinburgh before I was browsing the Go Find It map for cool things to do (thought I’d use this to convince my friends to come with me). To my enjoyment I found a lot of places I wanted to visit: if the weather is nice I really want to go to Oloroso, a rooftop restaurant and of course I would like to visit Armstrong’s vintage shop (as you already know I like vintage and retro things, so this looks like the perfect place for me). Also, since we’re probably going to stay a whole weekend I thought we might need a good bar to go to so I found Cabaret’s cavern which sounded quite nice.
So, what do you guys think, does this sound like a good weekend in Edinburgh or do you have any other tips of what we should do?
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Do you know any cool places in Amsterdam?
