As you may have noticed, we love cemeteries here at Atlas Parasite. Well, another one of our less creepy, but definitely more nerdy, obsessions is libraries! And let me tell you, when I walked into the Amsterdam Public Library last month, I was totally, gleefully nerding out.
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Sofia Kasviki
Athens, Greece
In Greece you will not find any shiny contests like the Oscars, so actors learn to be more humble. They still aim high but they don’t turn out to be conceited…or at least some of them! So, if you are a Greek artist and you like performing at the theater, your dream [...]
You might have heard of Lyon as the gastronomic capital of France, the second largest city in France, the home of the Olympique Lyonnais football club, which was undefeated for seven (!) straight years between 2002-2008…or maybe you haven’t even heard of it at all! You should only be really ashamed of this last option [...]
Café Slavia, or Kavárna Slavia, is probably the most famous café in Prague. It is located across from the National Theater, and both the café and the theater have been there since 1881. Because of its perfect location by the cultural hotspot, the café naturally became a meeting for artists and intellectuals over the years, [...]
I was only turned on to sushi a few years ago, being forced to eat it by a couple of friends (Jeremy Piven was not one of them) who really wanted to go to a sushi restaurant when we found ourselves shopping in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles. The moment the shrimp tempura roll touched [...]
Map of Location – Google Maps
Buen Retiro Park – Wikipedia
Belgium is known, on the cultural identity subject, to be a very divided country. For those who don’t know, the country is essentially virtually split in half, with the northern half being predominantly Flemish and Dutch-speaking, while the southern half is mainly Walloon and French-speaking. Flanders and Wallonia, besides being home to two different sets [...]
Map of Location – Google Maps
Glen Coe – Wikipedia
When most kids nowadays think about bookstores, they most likely think of the big stores like Barnes & Noble, FNAC, or even virtual ones like Amazon. I mean, I can’t blame them, they’re accessible, easy to browse through and affordable, although books don’t tend to vary much in price from store to store. Maybe I [...]
