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Mónica Boixeda
According to social anthropologists, all human groups create microworlds in their habitable spaces, among them, those secret places which joins couples and which generally look to differentiate themselves from the rest or escape power and its ability to co-opt uniformity. Maybe because of that, Barcelona is a city full of secret places, since we have to remember that this city has distinguished itself for being one of the cradles of anarchism in Spain and being culturally open to all avant-gardes, even to present ones. So, down to the point, let´s tell you how to get to know Barcelona and understand its culture and history from those secret worlds which attract us like a magnet. One of these places with a whiff of clandestinity is ´Tintorería Dontell´. Behind rows of hung clothes there´s an enigmatic door which takes us to the best guarded secret by its owners, the restaurant. Founded in 1909, it´s located on Carrer Aribau. It´s a place of prestige and its visitors play with this wonderful clandestine complicity. You can take your clothes to be washed, but disappear in the back shop and see its complete and special services. To their Mediterranean cuisine they add private concerts, secret wine tastings and other activities. To access this place there are two ways: one is that you integrate as a member in the clandestine network and that has privileges in discounts, and the other is to go as a normal citizen with your clothes to the dry cleaners and go to the restaurant through the secret door. From Monday to Thursday you can order a complete ´lavado´ (menu) for...
Mónica Boixeda
What city would you like to go to? Participate in our first competition on Facebook until December 31st, 2011. To be Only-apartments fan has its perks. We want to thank you for your trust and raffle off 3 days and 3 nights whichever city in which we have apartments (there are more than 200 to choose from). You pick which one you like best. What do I have to do to participate? Look for our page on Facebook (become fan) and click on the tab “Promotion” or follow this link. Once running the application for the promotion you will be asked to answer the question: Where you love to travel to and why? Everyone that has completed the previous two steps enter the raffle for 3 nights in one of our Apartments. The city you select when winning doesn’t have to be the one of your answer to the question (keep in mind that transportation is not included). How is the winner selected? To select a winner we will enter the number of participants in random.org to pick the winning number. When will I find out whether I won? On January 2nd, 2012 we will inform you all over Facebook and Twitter as well as over our blog Only-apartments.com/news who the winner is. You have time until December 31st to participate. Good luck! (^_^)/ Miss Moci apartments in Barcelona Translated...
Mónica Boixeda
Everything is ready, and only a few days are missing to live the most exciting night of the year. Tickets are on sale and the clock has begun its countdown. The Matinée Winter Barcelona 2012 Festival is here! There are several ways to start the new year and to live a New Year´s Eve, but if you want to do it in style and experience a night that will stick in your mind for life, a celebration of Matinée group is what you are looking fo. Matinée Group is no baby in the the subject of clubbing. The group has a tour of festivals across and throughout the world, in cities such as Milan, New York, Las Vegas or Rio de Janeiro. Their festivals are crowded and are very original. Other events they have organized are :La Leche! Festival, Matinee Summer Festival Circuit and of course, several editions of the Matinée Winter Festival. This year the festival has changed its old location and will take place in a luxurious setting. The Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona will host the orgy of the year, which will deploy no more and no less than 500 000 watts of sound and 800.000 watts light to accommodate over 120 artists and performances that will have you dancing , screaming and having fun non stop all night long. Thousands of people will be attending giving everything they have until the sun comes out The deejays of the Matinée All Stars will play the best mixes of all musical styles. Inside the Palau Sant Jordi´s the music sounds of Jose Luis Soler, Jonathan Gonzalez, Flavio...
Mónica Boixeda
To visit an unknown city is one of the most beautiful adventures one can undertake. Arriving and deciding what places to go to, which places to see, which parks to visit and even talking to local people is a great experience. If you´re in London and you like marine wildlife, a place you can´t miss out on is the Sea Life London Aquarium which, as its name points out, it´s a marine aquarium. The Sea Life London Aquarium is located in the County Hall in South Bank, close to the famous London Eye, and it opened for the first time in March 1997, and it´s visited by millions of people every year thanks to the large amount of species which it presents, around 500. The aquarium includes two classrooms which are there to dictate campaigns for the preservation of the species, and it receives over 40,000 children every year, although they´re also open for any public who wants to attend these classes. This aquarium in the English capital quickly became one of the main attractions of the place and, for that reason, it receives so many visitors every year. If you want to get to know it, you just have to rent apartments in London and enjoy all the beautiful places that it...
Mónica Boixeda
Until January 15, 2012 the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam exhibit East-west: Japan and Japan-ism that ventures into the influence that Japanese artists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries had in European painting and the art market of that time . The show will consist of 40 works, among which are some belonging to Vincent Van Gogh and other artists of the era who were influenced by these works of art. The arrival of Japanese paintings marked a turning point in European art due to the lovely images introduced in the imaginations of the artists of the time, besides the new use of certain of paintings ideas and engravings, such as the use of colors and pattern compositions that impacted many artists in Europe. Among the works on display are those made by Japanese artists Hiroshige and Utagawa Kunisada Utagawa and paintings by artists such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri Rivière, Felix Buhot and Vincent Van Gogh. The Utagawa School of painting was developed in Japan and was very popular until the mid-nineteenth century. This movement is described as the forerunner of the genre of Ukiyo-e imprinting . The founder was Toyokuni Utagawa or Toyoharu III, who was born in 1735 whose first artistic knowledge was acquired in the Kano School. However, in the course of his work he started to develop his own technique and color management, ultimately creating the school that made him famous beyond Japan and times. The earliest known works of Utagawa fall in the style of Suzuki Harunobu, with the application of certain technical features of the Utagawa school that give a graceful special...
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