Category Archives: curiosity

Ammappa l’Italia is the name of a new project created by Marco S Perfido. The name is a pun on the term map and the idea is essentially to map the Italian territory. What’s new about that? You may ask, the first maps of this area date back to centuries ago, B.C. And you’d be right: […]

VenTo: from Venice to Turin by bike Italy will finally have one long bike trail featuring state of the art security, thanks to VenTo. The bike path runs for 679 km and connects Venice and Turin, crossing Milan via the picturesque path of the Navigli, the area of canals designed by Leonardo da Vinci in […]

3, 2, 1…0! The winter solstice is here and that means that temperatures will drop dramatically for the next three months. Sunday 21st December, 11.03 pm This is when the Sun will reach the highest point along its ecliptic journey in the sky. And though we take it for granted, let’s just remember the Sun […]

Due to the position of our planet, this is the day when we have the fewest daylight hours in the whole year, but it’s also the sign that the days will slowly start getting longer, almost unnoticed at first. Nordic countries are used to “welcoming back” the light and it’s not unusual to go to […]

Since 400 years the Bald Ibis is extinct in throughout the wilds of Europe, and even the few natural colonies in the Middle East and in North Africa are struggling to proliferate, at the risk of extinction. Fortunately, however, the partnership between WWF and Waldrappteam, an Austrian association that deals with Ibis breeded in captivity, […]

In modern society important techniques and ideas to reduce every day wasting have become increasingly important, in fact the consumer lifestyle, that is common among most of the world’s population, brings us to produce a lot more of waste than is not really necessary. Just think about the world production of waste, which is, per […]

Milan: as busy as the city itself It was 1774, at the peak of the Enlightenment, when Empress Mary Therese commissioned the Botanic Garden of Milan on the grounds once owned by the Jesuit Company. The aim of the garden was to produce medicinal herbs for the Spezieria di Brera, the local pharmacy. Hidden behind […]

How about visiting one of the 6,000 ghost towns in Italy? Whether you are looking for a ghostbuster tour or a more detailed look before buying one of the ghost towns that are up for sale, let me introduce you to some of the most mysterious abandoned villages in Italy. Gibellina, the little hill The […]

Everything comes between a coffee and a cappuccino, a morning like any other, while Claudio chats with customers of his small bar in the province of Venice. Daniel enters the bar and offers her crazy idea to his friend: arrive by bicycle to Copenhagen to promote the everyday use of the bicycle and to stop climate […]

Swap party: shopping with no money and a big smile When I first saw my Etro stilettos sinuously floating in midair, in the busy hall, my heart skipped a beat. Then my eyes ran from the slim fingers that were holding them, to the delicate shoulder and upwards, to the lovely smile lingering on the […]