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The project is characterized by the association of numerous instruments (sampler, synthetiser, bass, guitar, violin) including singing all performed by Edmond Eisenberg, with the finest electronic sounds selected by TVK. This alchemy is stressed by the contrast between a more classical approach and electronic music brought by the talent of the two artists.
TVK began music at the age of 7 playing the piano and studying general theory. Nowadays, he places himself as a talented, rising DJ. He began his career on the French Riviera and despite his young age, he has already played in different countries and venues.
Edmond Eisenberg is a rising musician and artist. He began piano at the age of 4, followed by the violin at 6. He then proceeded to learn bass, percussions, guitar, and singing. His musical horizon going from classical to electronic music can be felt through this project. He has won numerous and world-convoited contests within the music industry.
TVK and Edmond Eisenberg's songs are supported by famous DJs such as John Dahlback, Axwell, Bob Sinclar, Alex Gaudino, DJ DLG, Jerry Ropero, Arias, Sacha Muki, Jean Elan, Tristan Casara, Fab De Petrini, Solly Smith, Lorenzo di Grasso and many others.
They are currently on a pre-contract with Mutant Records, and are members of the « French Dj Family ».
Since its creation, Sound of Monte-Carlo has had a tremendous and mounting success: both artists have performed at prestigious venues such as: Karement, Sea Lounge, Jimmyz (Monaco), Vendôme (London), Kensington Roof Gardens (London) High Club (Nice), Papagayo (St. Tropez), ByPass (Geneva), Sound Factory (Lyon), L'Arc (Paris), MICS 2010 (Monaco) but also in Milan, Cannes, Armenia, Hermitage, Alpes d'Huez, Rascasse, Perpignan, Grenoble.
TVK and Edmond have also performed during the 2010 Monte-Carlo Grand Prix, besides Bob Sinclar and Sub Zero but have also performed for fashion shows and after-parties for D&G, ICE, De Saint Ange.
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AGENT: LUCA CARGNELLI
EXCLUSIVE BOOKING FOR ITALY
Three brothers by the name of Ruven, Ilan and Shmuel Flaishler make up one of the hottest dance acts / DJ teams around the world these days. They are better known as the 'Flash Brothers', who are the hottest dance music export from Israel to date as well as frontrunners on the international dance scene. The Flash Brothers are true pioneers in the Israeli dance music scene with regards to progressive house, Progressive trance and electro 80's house music. They don't like to be put into one distinct category, rather they consider themselves to be underground dance music producers / performers. Their ambition, hard work, and massive chart success – e.g. 2004 summer anthem 'Amen' – have paid off, as this hotly tipped trio performs all over the world nowadays at some of the most prestigious clubs and biggest events.
One of the biggest highlights / steppingstones in Flash Brothers' career to date, came at the beginning of 2001. Two of the world's most prolific DJs, namely Paul Oakenfold (Perfecto Records) and John Digweed (Bedrock Records), embraced some of the Flash Brothers' releases and this consequently lead to signing some of these tracks to their respective labels. The Flash Brothers then broke into the UK market under the Flash banner with the release of 'The Days After / Megatron' through Perfecto Records in October 2001. The release was featured on compilations like 'Perfecto presents Paul Oakenfold Ibiza 2001' and the triple mix CD compilation 'Perfecto Collection'. From here on, the Flash Brothers gained international recognition and worldwide fame was the next thing on their agenda.
The Flash Brothers have released singles with some of the leading dance labels in the world, such as Oxyd, Direction (Sony/UK), Perfecto, Bedrock, Hooj Choons, Yoshitoshi and many more. Furthermore, they have been performing as a trio live act with their music for more than six years now. They have played already all over Israel at top clubs such as Haoman 17, TLV, Dome, Octopus, Pacha, Forum, Vertigo, Hata'asiya, Ultrasound, Ku, Vox, and so on. In addition, they've performed at open-air festivals in Israel as well, e.g. Love Parades 1999 to 2003 and Heineken's Sundance Beer Festival. Add to that many successful gigs together around the world in countries like Turkey, Hungary, Sweden, UK, Holland, Poland, Romania, Greece, Cyprus, Ibiza, Croatia, Italy, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Spain, Slovenia and tours throughout Asia. With ever gig, their popularity seems to keep growing among clubbers and fans that support them all the way.
The Flash Brothers enjoyed an outstanding 2004, with over 10 single releases on internationally renowned labels, including a remix of 'Who's that Girl' by Eurythmics, and a hot WMC Miami anthem called 'Amen'. The latter was originally released on Oxyd Records, which is a premier Italian house label, and from there on signed to Sony Music's major UK dance label Direction. 'Amen' was considered to be one of the top 20 dance anthems of the 2004 summer season in Ibiza, and got as high as no. 75 in the official UK pop charts. The smash hit can be found on no less than seven CD compilations in the UK, Canada and Italy, including Ministry of Sound's 'Summer 2004' and 'The Annual 2005'. On top of that, early 2004, the boys released a mix CD compilation called 'Flash Brothers present Fear of a Silver Planet 2' on Silver Planet Recordings, making them the first Israeli electronic music artists to release a mix compilation on a UK label. In addition, they also delivered a hot remix of Brad Carter's Ibiza 2004 anthem 'Morning Always Comes Too Soon' on top dance label Positiva Records, which is famed for releases by the Shapeshifters, Paul van Dyk, Deep Dish, Ferry Corsten, and many more. Furthermore, the Flash Brothers performed at many great clubs and high profile events in 2004, including the massive 2004 summer 'MTV Valkana Beach' festival, where they performed live on main stage with Paul van Dyk, Mauro Picotto, Richie Hawtin, and Felix da Housecat, to name but a few. On top of that, they also appeared for an interview on MTV's Dancefloor Chart show, where they played live and were interviewed by Becky Griffin, the host of the show. August 2004 saw the boys playing live at BBC Radio 1's party in Ibiza, and they joined Judge Jules live on the radio together with the fabulous vocalist of 'Amen' to perform the summer anthem 'Amen' live.
On top of that, the brothers were also prized as Israel's worldwide export artist of 2004 at the country's dance music awards.
That year has also been a very busy, yet exciting time for the Flash Brothers, combining their production work with their increasingly busy tour schedule. For example they played the massive MAYDAY 2005 rave in Budapest - Hungary, 'Renaissance UK club event in Barcelona - Spain, 'Gatecrasher' world tour across Brazil & headlined the 'Final Flash' festival in Slovenia. Also headlined the 6 weeks tour of KENT in all over Ukraine, playing big parties in the biggest cities of the country. Furthermore, they had lots of releases in 2005 including remixes, on leading dance labels such as Whoop, Oven Ready, Harlem (Steve Lawler's label), Armada Music (Armin van Buuren's label), Mondo UK etc. In 2006 some more big releases came as the vocal hit single 'Faith in love' with Tiff Lacey on top German label Supra / Silly Spider Music, that appeared as well on several top German compilations.
Other successful releases on Low riders (Holland), Flow Vinyl (Portugal), top remixes on SonyBMG UK, New state UK, Armada music & 2a sides USA, plus the new 'House of Flash' mixed album – that's titled as their very popular net radio show on San Fransisco's Frisky radio (www.friskyradio.com ).
The guys been voted at no. 23 on the dj mag top 100 voting of 2006.
Headlined the official 2006 top 100 party with Paul van dyk & Armin van buuren at the main room of Fabric superclub in London, and won the award there for the highest climber dj of 2006'. Their productions & Performances in 2007 till now continued to receive wide and frequent support from some of the biggest names in the industry, like Paul Oakenfold, Tiësto, Sasha, John Digweed, Pete Tong, Judge Jules, Danny Tenaglia, Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyk, Deep Dish, Dave Seaman, Seb Fontaine, Ferry Corsten, Steve Lawler, Markus Schultz, Satoshi Tomiie, Max graham, Robbie Rivera, Sandra Collins, Nick Warren, Hernan Cattaneo, James Zabiela, Tom Stephan, Junior Vasquez, Victor Calderone and many, many others! Since January 2007 their 2nd radio show started on the leading New York dance radio di.fm (www.di.fm ) that hosts other top shows by Armin Van Buuren, Markus Schultz, Ferry Corsten, Carl Cox etc...
'Da Flash' show gained more fans & success, and broadcast on the Progressive Channel every monthly 2nd wednsday between 12pm-2pm (New York time). The following years had the Flashers gaining more success with top gigs, as on Creamfields Festival Poland (together with Swedish House Maffia), The Carnival tour in Brazil & historic NYE open air show in Mombassa - Kenya (Africa). On the musical side the guys released the ELEMENTS remix album on Baroque Records UK, Remixed the mighty pop star BEYONCE ("smash into you"), and been remixed by top Dj / Producer Steve Angello for the release 'Palmito' on Steve's label Size Records.
In short, the trio can hardly be labeled as a 'flash in the pan', as they continue to tour their amazing Flash Brothers' show (live act + DJ set) around the world and keep delivering smash productions and hot remixes on top labels, which are featured on countless compilation CDs. The Flash Brothers are here to stay and expect to hear many more great things from them in the future!
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Nederland, Amsterdam ,6 oktober 2014.
Internationale Medewerkers van Booking.com in een vergadering op het hoofdkantoor in Amsterdam.
Booking.com is an online booking website established in 1996, based in Amsterdam, Netherlands and since 2005 owned and operated by United States based Priceline.
Booking.com offers online accommodation booking. It claims to have over 540,000 properties globally under contract[2] and that it deals with more than 650,000 room nights reservations per day.[3] In 2013, it accounted for more than two thirds of Priceline's revenue.[4] Booking.com is available in more than 41 languages.[5].
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Central Booking is where all adult arrests are handled. For a while, our politicians and police commanders thought they could arrest their way out of our high crime and murder rates.
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Millennium Hotel and Resort Manuels Taupo
The Millennium Hotel and Resort Manuels Taupo is one of Lake Taupo’s shore-front properties. Guests can walk along the waters edge or take the 10 minute stroll into the central shopping, dining, and entertainment districts of the main town area. It is 10 minutes from the Millennium Hotel and Resort Manuels Taupo to the airport. Transfer service can be arranged with the front desk.
The rooms of the Millennium Hotel and Resort Manuels Taupo are decorated in a lush modern style. Rooms have heating and cooling elements, mini bar, ironing set, radio alarm clocks, telephones with free local calls, and bathrooms with Jacuzzi tubs and hair dryers. Smoking or non-smoking rooms are available. There are 73 rooms in all.
The Millennium Hotel and Resort Manuels Taupo is a luxury business and leisure property. The hotel’s main restaurant, the Edgewater, serves award-winning locally inspired cuisine. There is also a brassiere on the beach that uses only locally sourced produce, and a Lakefront bar. For relaxation, the hotel has a swimming pool, tennis courts, a sauna, and a fitness room with gym equipment. Parking is available to guests.
Jumbo WASGIJ Original 5 Retro - Late Booking
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MUNDIAL RUSIA 2018- GRUPO E: BRASIL, SUIZA, COSTA RICA Y SERBIA
MAMUTRIP quiere que conozcamos juntos los lugares desde donde viene cada selección participante de este Mundial de Futbol. Hoy conoceremos las que integran el Grupo E: Brasil, Suiza, Costa Rica y Serbia.
En BRASIL muy cerca de RÃo de Janeiro está Arraial do Cabo, conocida por tener la arena más blanca de toda la región. Uno de sus puntos a favor, es que se encuentra muy cerca de Búzios y Cabo FrÃo, por lo que se torna ideal para quienes gustan recorrer ciudades vecinas y no quedarse quietos. Sus playas son como pequeñas ensenadas, rodeadas de morros cubiertos de vegetación y cerradas al mar abierto, formando piscinas naturales gigantescas, perfectas para los aficionados del buceo.
SUIZA tiene un lugar conocido mundialmente por su festival de jazz y ese lugar es Montreux sinónimo de hogar de la música. Está situado en las orillas del lago de Ginebra, en el corazón de la Riviera suiza, la ciudad es considerada el paseo más hermoso de Suiza. Salpicadas de palmeras y rodeado de viñedos, la propiedad ha inspirado a muchos artistas y escritores, entre ellos Delacroix y Courbet, Jean-Jacques Rousseau y Lord Byron.
En COSTA RICA podemos visitar el Parque Nacional Volcán Arenal y La Fortuna, que solÃa ser uno de los volcanes más activos de Costa Rica. El Arenal sigue siendo sin duda un hermoso espectáculo para la vista. La Fortuna, es un pequeño pueblo cerca de la base del majestuoso volcán espectacular belleza. Mientras permanezcamos aquà no hay que dejar de visitar las maravillosas Aguas Termales, un paraÃso tropical donde podemos relajar mente y cuerpo.
El tren de más famosos de SERBIA es el Å argan Eight, es un tren histórico de trocha angosta (760 mm) y locomotora a vapor que debe su nombre a la figura que forman las vÃas vistas desde el cielo. Un ocho entre las montañas que une el pequeño pueblo de Mokra Gora con la estación de Å argan Vitasi. Ya de por sÃ, el proyecto es singular: la idea de un trazado con esta figura sirvió para sortear los 300 m de diferencia entre las estaciones. Pero más allá de esta particularidad, su historia está rodeada de mitos.
MAMUTRIP te lleva a conocer Brasil, Suiza, Costa Rica y Serbia, reservando ya en booking.mamutrip.com o a través de mamutrip.com.ar/
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Artwork by Sean "Digestor" McGrath, Chris Oxford, Ross Sewage
2/03/2012
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We made a short notice booking to Copenhagen, Jayne had the first week in September booked off and we wanted to try and do a city break. Five nights hardly seemed enough but the short flight was ok. We flew over home heading east on a beautiful morning. I love flying over an area that I know and being able to see it from above. We had been warned that Copenhagen was expensive-it was! I hadn’t done any research before we set off but on the flight over, I read that taxis were expensive, so it was best to use the Metro from the airport, it isn’t far in to the city and the Metro was fairly easy to use. However! We should have caught the train, I read this whist we were sat on the Metro it has to be said! The nearest Metro stop, which I was frantically trying to work out, using my phone, travelling in and out of tunnels, turned out to be a 1.5 mile walk from our hotel, the rail station was .5. Never mind we were there to walk-subject to my lately diagnosed arthritic ankle, we just didn’t want to be towing suitcases over cobbled pavements at the same time.
We were staying in the Tivoli Hotel which was described as central, it is near Central Station but you wouldn’t describe it as central to the city. Our room wasn’t ready but we could upgrade for a modest amount plus we realised it would be a good idea to include breakfast in the upgrade deal. A good move as it turned out. Our room overlooked the train lines-all twelve of them!! We could already hear train brakes squealing along with the thump thump of steel wheels rolling over points and joints. It’s true to say that Central Station is a 24/7 operation. The overnight noise didn’t bother Jayne but I could hear it all night.
We dumped our stuff and I loaded up with the backpack and camera and we were straight out there. Copenhagen is a relatively small city but there is a lot to see. We were soon finding out that it has an extensive network of canals and bridges and these are a major feature of life in the city. Pan flat, the cyclist rules, There appeared to be twice as many bikes as residents, with countless thousands propped up everywhere you went. Where ever you looked there was silent conveyor of sit up and beg cycles being ridden in all directions. You soon got used to looking over your shoulder before making a move. The vast majority of bikes are left unlocked and almost no one wears a helmet ( I’m a no helmet man, much to the annoyance of the helmet zealots). Copenhagen is reputedly the happiest place in the world and it certainly came across as friendly and relaxed. It is, though, one of the most expensive cities in the world and two burgers and two small glasses of wine at Nyhavn cost us £50. Comically, there were four people, local to us, shouting out Jayne’s name, they had seen us going past and we had a laugh about the prices, They were sat drinking beer at £8.50 a pint. Despite the expense, the place was packed with people parting with their money. Wages are very high locally, as are the taxes. The high wages and high costs must feed each other in an upward spiral I would have thought.
Unfortunately the cost of entering buildings to go up towers etc. for a higher view of the city was also very expensive (to us). The tower at Christiansborg Palace is free but restricted by the lift system and you don’t get to the top, it does also open later than the others so you have a chance of seeing sunset over the city. Unfortunately the lifts were out of order on one of our best weather days. We did get to go up the day after but it was dull and I wasn’t overly impressed. The spiral tower across in Christiana, The Church of Our Saviour, was far more impressive. We climbed the tower here just after it opened on a stunning morning and the views are fantastic. There will be incredible bottlenecks when it’s busy though on the corkscrew stairs that get progressively narrower towards the top. Some people hog it to take endless selfies at the top and it is extremely tight up there, you can’t move up until they come down.
As usual, we tried to get to some out of the way places, with only five days and mixed weather though we had enough mainstream destinations to see. We had a day of heavy rain so we went back to the rail station which was a good indoor (and free!) destination, and made umbrellas and the rain the focal point of that days photos. The entire Danish navy seemed to be at anchor, we just missed an open day on one ship. Some I could photograph, others were guarded and had restrictions, I got the evil eye from a couple of guards as the spotted the big Canon in my hand. I can’t imagine that they could police the Japanese and stop them from getting their photos and selfies though. I always act very openly with the camera and if people look at me suspiciously I smile and give them the thumbs up. In a rail station I usually ask the police. In Central Station the police were in their station and I never saw one move out, it is covered by extensive CCTV but there were some very unpleasant people, drinking and watching for people being careless with their belongings. We were lucky to be in the station on Sunday as a tourist steam train arrived, it sat at the platform belching smoke and steam for fifteen minutes, it was also coming back in an hour so we had an expensive coffee and waited to see it again. There was big military event outside the Christiansborg Palace on Monday, with a parade through the city that came past just as we were in a good spot to view it. The area was full of soldiers wearing their medals. We haven’t discovered the reason, although someone suggested a passing out parade for new recruits. Maybe the ships were in port for this as well.
Tivoli Gardens is another big draw and we went in, again it was fairly expensive, it had been a stunning day and the biggest problem was contrast, with deep shadows and a bright blue sky. We stayed until dark, it opens late and is very colourful. We went on the world’s highest carousel and got flung around 260 odd feet in the air. Luckily, we also found a bar that served wine at ‘only’ £5.60 a glass so we sat and watched people have fun screaming and shrieking above us.
There are many buildings with copper domes, entire copper roofs, even modern buildings are often clad in either brass or copper to blend in with the ancient buildings around them. Like every city we have visited, tower cranes are in abundance. There is a lot of development going on and unfortunately a lot of it is around buildings that you would want to photograph. We walked 12 to 14 mile every day and took in most of the sights. We didn’t really do any interiors, only towers and the railway station. At the time of writing I haven’t looked at what I’ve got, I have around 3000 shots, some on the G1X which I used when it was raining heavily as it easy to put in a pocket. I have a lot less time for editing these days so it will be a long process I think. To save time I am going to create a list of generic tags that I can copy and paste to each upload – the time saving is enormous – so apologies to anyone who gets a photo of a canal when they wanted a steam train or vice versa.
We made a short notice booking to Copenhagen, Jayne had the first week in September booked off and we wanted to try and do a city break. Five nights hardly seemed enough but the short flight was ok. We flew over home heading east on a beautiful morning. I love flying over an area that I know and being able to see it from above. We had been warned that Copenhagen was expensive-it was! I hadn’t done any research before we set off but on the flight over, I read that taxis were expensive, so it was best to use the Metro from the airport, it isn’t far in to the city and the Metro was fairly easy to use. However! We should have caught the train, I read this whist we were sat on the Metro it has to be said! The nearest Metro stop, which I was frantically trying to work out, using my phone, travelling in and out of tunnels, turned out to be a 1.5 mile walk from our hotel, the rail station was .5. Never mind we were there to walk-subject to my lately diagnosed arthritic ankle, we just didn’t want to be towing suitcases over cobbled pavements at the same time.
We were staying in the Tivoli Hotel which was described as central, it is near Central Station but you wouldn’t describe it as central to the city. Our room wasn’t ready but we could upgrade for a modest amount plus we realised it would be a good idea to include breakfast in the upgrade deal. A good move as it turned out. Our room overlooked the train lines-all twelve of them!! We could already hear train brakes squealing along with the thump thump of steel wheels rolling over points and joints. It’s true to say that Central Station is a 24/7 operation. The overnight noise didn’t bother Jayne but I could hear it all night.
We dumped our stuff and I loaded up with the backpack and camera and we were straight out there. Copenhagen is a relatively small city but there is a lot to see. We were soon finding out that it has an extensive network of canals and bridges and these are a major feature of life in the city. Pan flat, the cyclist rules, There appeared to be twice as many bikes as residents, with countless thousands propped up everywhere you went. Where ever you looked there was silent conveyor of sit up and beg cycles being ridden in all directions. You soon got used to looking over your shoulder before making a move. The vast majority of bikes are left unlocked and almost no one wears a helmet ( I’m a no helmet man, much to the annoyance of the helmet zealots). Copenhagen is reputedly the happiest place in the world and it certainly came across as friendly and relaxed. It is, though, one of the most expensive cities in the world and two burgers and two small glasses of wine at Nyhavn cost us £50. Comically, there were four people, local to us, shouting out Jayne’s name, they had seen us going past and we had a laugh about the prices, They were sat drinking beer at £8.50 a pint. Despite the expense, the place was packed with people parting with their money. Wages are very high locally, as are the taxes. The high wages and high costs must feed each other in an upward spiral I would have thought.
Unfortunately the cost of entering buildings to go up towers etc. for a higher view of the city was also very expensive (to us). The tower at Christiansborg Palace is free but restricted by the lift system and you don’t get to the top, it does also open later than the others so you have a chance of seeing sunset over the city. Unfortunately the lifts were out of order on one of our best weather days. We did get to go up the day after but it was dull and I wasn’t overly impressed. The spiral tower across in Christiana, The Church of Our Saviour, was far more impressive. We climbed the tower here just after it opened on a stunning morning and the views are fantastic. There will be incredible bottlenecks when it’s busy though on the corkscrew stairs that get progressively narrower towards the top. Some people hog it to take endless selfies at the top and it is extremely tight up there, you can’t move up until they come down.
As usual, we tried to get to some out of the way places, with only five days and mixed weather though we had enough mainstream destinations to see. We had a day of heavy rain so we went back to the rail station which was a good indoor (and free!) destination, and made umbrellas and the rain the focal point of that days photos. The entire Danish navy seemed to be at anchor, we just missed an open day on one ship. Some I could photograph, others were guarded and had restrictions, I got the evil eye from a couple of guards as the spotted the big Canon in my hand. I can’t imagine that they could police the Japanese and stop them from getting their photos and selfies though. I always act very openly with the camera and if people look at me suspiciously I smile and give them the thumbs up. In a rail station I usually ask the police. In Central Station the police were in their station and I never saw one move out, it is covered by extensive CCTV but there were some very unpleasant people, drinking and watching for people being careless with their belongings. We were lucky to be in the station on Sunday as a tourist steam train arrived, it sat at the platform belching smoke and steam for fifteen minutes, it was also coming back in an hour so we had an expensive coffee and waited to see it again. There was big military event outside the Christiansborg Palace on Monday, with a parade through the city that came past just as we were in a good spot to view it. The area was full of soldiers wearing their medals. We haven’t discovered the reason, although someone suggested a passing out parade for new recruits. Maybe the ships were in port for this as well.
Tivoli Gardens is another big draw and we went in, again it was fairly expensive, it had been a stunning day and the biggest problem was contrast, with deep shadows and a bright blue sky. We stayed until dark, it opens late and is very colourful. We went on the world’s highest carousel and got flung around 260 odd feet in the air. Luckily, we also found a bar that served wine at ‘only’ £5.60 a glass so we sat and watched people have fun screaming and shrieking above us.
There are many buildings with copper domes, entire copper roofs, even modern buildings are often clad in either brass or copper to blend in with the ancient buildings around them. Like every city we have visited, tower cranes are in abundance. There is a lot of development going on and unfortunately a lot of it is around buildings that you would want to photograph. We walked 12 to 14 mile every day and took in most of the sights. We didn’t really do any interiors, only towers and the railway station. At the time of writing I haven’t looked at what I’ve got, I have around 3000 shots, some on the G1X which I used when it was raining heavily as it easy to put in a pocket. I have a lot less time for editing these days so it will be a long process I think. To save time I am going to create a list of generic tags that I can copy and paste to each upload – the time saving is enormous – so apologies to anyone who gets a photo of a canal when they wanted a steam train or vice versa.
Railway station. Original block to Hunt's Bank Approach, 1844,
for the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company (also used by the
Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company), altered and greatly
enlarged 1909 by William Dawes for the Lancashire and
Yorkshire Railway Company; altered. Sandstone ashlar office
blocks with slate roofs; cast-iron train sheds with slate and
glazed roofs. Office blocks form L-plan, the original building
on a north-east/south-west axis, and the much larger addition
at right-angles to its north end. 1844 block in Italianate
manner, now 2 storeys (originally one storey) and 7 bays wide,
with square-headed doorways to left and right, arcaded windows
to both floors of the centre, other windows with architraves
and cornices. 1909 block in neo-Baroque style, 4 storeys and
31 bays plus rounded corner at south-east end; with channelled
rustication to ground and 1st floors, pilasters to 2nd and 3rd
floors, moulded cornice, and balustraded parapet interrupted
by wide segmental open pediments over the 2nd, 6th, 19th and
29th bays, and upstands with clocks over the 4th bay and the
curved corner. Round-headed windows and doorways to ground
floor protected by delicate iron and glass canopy displaying
names of one-time destinations in Art Nouveau lettering;
windows to upper floors mostly square-headed and mullioned,
but including oriels at 2nd and Venetian windows at 3rd floor
of the pedimented bays. Fine surviving interiors to this part,
including panelled booking hall, restaurant with stained glass
dome and mosaic lettering, bookstall with mosaic decoration,
map of Lancashire and Yorkshire railway system in tilework,
etc.
Listing NGR: SJ8387298995
Source: English Heritage
Listed building text is © Crown Copyright.
We made a short notice booking to Copenhagen, Jayne had the first week in September booked off and we wanted to try and do a city break. Five nights hardly seemed enough but the short flight was ok. We flew over home heading east on a beautiful morning. I love flying over an area that I know and being able to see it from above. We had been warned that Copenhagen was expensive-it was! I hadn’t done any research before we set off but on the flight over, I read that taxis were expensive, so it was best to use the Metro from the airport, it isn’t far in to the city and the Metro was fairly easy to use. However! We should have caught the train, I read this whist we were sat on the Metro it has to be said! The nearest Metro stop, which I was frantically trying to work out, using my phone, travelling in and out of tunnels, turned out to be a 1.5 mile walk from our hotel, the rail station was .5. Never mind we were there to walk-subject to my lately diagnosed arthritic ankle, we just didn’t want to be towing suitcases over cobbled pavements at the same time.
We were staying in the Tivoli Hotel which was described as central, it is near Central Station but you wouldn’t describe it as central to the city. Our room wasn’t ready but we could upgrade for a modest amount plus we realised it would be a good idea to include breakfast in the upgrade deal. A good move as it turned out. Our room overlooked the train lines-all twelve of them!! We could already hear train brakes squealing along with the thump thump of steel wheels rolling over points and joints. It’s true to say that Central Station is a 24/7 operation. The overnight noise didn’t bother Jayne but I could hear it all night.
We dumped our stuff and I loaded up with the backpack and camera and we were straight out there. Copenhagen is a relatively small city but there is a lot to see. We were soon finding out that it has an extensive network of canals and bridges and these are a major feature of life in the city. Pan flat, the cyclist rules, There appeared to be twice as many bikes as residents, with countless thousands propped up everywhere you went. Where ever you looked there was silent conveyor of sit up and beg cycles being ridden in all directions. You soon got used to looking over your shoulder before making a move. The vast majority of bikes are left unlocked and almost no one wears a helmet ( I’m a no helmet man, much to the annoyance of the helmet zealots). Copenhagen is reputedly the happiest place in the world and it certainly came across as friendly and relaxed. It is, though, one of the most expensive cities in the world and two burgers and two small glasses of wine at Nyhavn cost us £50. Comically, there were four people, local to us, shouting out Jayne’s name, they had seen us going past and we had a laugh about the prices, They were sat drinking beer at £8.50 a pint. Despite the expense, the place was packed with people parting with their money. Wages are very high locally, as are the taxes. The high wages and high costs must feed each other in an upward spiral I would have thought.
Unfortunately the cost of entering buildings to go up towers etc. for a higher view of the city was also very expensive (to us). The tower at Christiansborg Palace is free but restricted by the lift system and you don’t get to the top, it does also open later than the others so you have a chance of seeing sunset over the city. Unfortunately the lifts were out of order on one of our best weather days. We did get to go up the day after but it was dull and I wasn’t overly impressed. The spiral tower across in Christiana, The Church of Our Saviour, was far more impressive. We climbed the tower here just after it opened on a stunning morning and the views are fantastic. There will be incredible bottlenecks when it’s busy though on the corkscrew stairs that get progressively narrower towards the top. Some people hog it to take endless selfies at the top and it is extremely tight up there, you can’t move up until they come down.
As usual, we tried to get to some out of the way places, with only five days and mixed weather though we had enough mainstream destinations to see. We had a day of heavy rain so we went back to the rail station which was a good indoor (and free!) destination, and made umbrellas and the rain the focal point of that days photos. The entire Danish navy seemed to be at anchor, we just missed an open day on one ship. Some I could photograph, others were guarded and had restrictions, I got the evil eye from a couple of guards as the spotted the big Canon in my hand. I can’t imagine that they could police the Japanese and stop them from getting their photos and selfies though. I always act very openly with the camera and if people look at me suspiciously I smile and give them the thumbs up. In a rail station I usually ask the police. In Central Station the police were in their station and I never saw one move out, it is covered by extensive CCTV but there were some very unpleasant people, drinking and watching for people being careless with their belongings. We were lucky to be in the station on Sunday as a tourist steam train arrived, it sat at the platform belching smoke and steam for fifteen minutes, it was also coming back in an hour so we had an expensive coffee and waited to see it again. There was big military event outside the Christiansborg Palace on Monday, with a parade through the city that came past just as we were in a good spot to view it. The area was full of soldiers wearing their medals. We haven’t discovered the reason, although someone suggested a passing out parade for new recruits. Maybe the ships were in port for this as well.
Tivoli Gardens is another big draw and we went in, again it was fairly expensive, it had been a stunning day and the biggest problem was contrast, with deep shadows and a bright blue sky. We stayed until dark, it opens late and is very colourful. We went on the world’s highest carousel and got flung around 260 odd feet in the air. Luckily, we also found a bar that served wine at ‘only’ £5.60 a glass so we sat and watched people have fun screaming and shrieking above us.
There are many buildings with copper domes, entire copper roofs, even modern buildings are often clad in either brass or copper to blend in with the ancient buildings around them. Like every city we have visited, tower cranes are in abundance. There is a lot of development going on and unfortunately a lot of it is around buildings that you would want to photograph. We walked 12 to 14 mile every day and took in most of the sights. We didn’t really do any interiors, only towers and the railway station. At the time of writing I haven’t looked at what I’ve got, I have around 3000 shots, some on the G1X which I used when it was raining heavily as it easy to put in a pocket. I have a lot less time for editing these days so it will be a long process I think. To save time I am going to create a list of generic tags that I can copy and paste to each upload – the time saving is enormous – so apologies to anyone who gets a photo of a canal when they wanted a steam train or vice versa.
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