Year: 2019

Keramikos

Welcome to Athens!  Our audio guide to the Keramikos Archaeological Park in Athens offers a fascinating journey through the ancient area, which occupies an important place in the history of the city. Located northwest of the Agora and separated fro…

Audio Guide for Navapolatsk Bike Tour

Welcome to Navapolatsk!       The audio guide for a Bike Tour of one of the youngest cities in Belarus – Navapolatsk – was made as part of the Green Cities project financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Trust F…

Audio Guide for Polatsk Bike Tour

   The Green Cities Project invites you to take an exciting bike tour through the history of Polatsk, full of interesting events and mysteries. You will unravel secrets of the first city in Belarus that was the birthplace of Belarus statehood …

Red River Floodway

Discover Red River Floodway in Winnipeg, Manitoba: A marvel of engineering built to prevent annual floods from devastating the city of Winnipeg.

Dubai. A walk around the Burj Khalifa

Welcome to Downtown, a unique area in the heart of Dubai, which is the most impressive construction project in the Middle East. Originally it was part of an old army base, but today it is a real jewel in the crown of Dubai. Not only the world’s ta…

Violet Volcanic Tea

Discover Violet Volcanic Tea in Furnas, Portugal: When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

The Luck of Edenhall

Discover The Luck of Edenhall in England: At over 600 years old, this enchanting glass has a long history, and its name, the Luck of Edenhall, reflects just how enchanted it just might be.

Seaweed Pie

Discover Seaweed Pie in O'Leary, Prince Edward Island: Made from local Irish moss, this pie is served only in Prince Edward Island's potato museum.

The Awakening II

Discover The Awakening II in Chesterfield, Missouri: A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.

Wood County Museum

Discover Wood County Museum in Bowling Green, Ohio: Evidence from a brutal 1880s murder is on display at this former infirmary house.

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