Posts Tagged ‘canals’

Festive kayaks in Santa Lucia procession on Copenhagen canals

13 December marks the celebration of Santa Lucia Day in Denmark – a Christian tradition that commemorates a 3rd century martyr and a popular festival of light that helps people get through the long winter days. Traditionally, a young girl is chosen to portray the saint. She wears a crown of candles at the front […]

Sitting on the shore of Gaza, dreaming of Amsterdam’s canals

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Empty canals and idle gondoliers: COVID-19 hits hard in Venice

Rows of gondolas, traditional Venetian boats, bob up and down while moored to the banks of canals, without any hope of being used. Coronavirus and the subsequent lockdowns have hit Venice hard: its 150 canals, so admired by tourists, are empty. Gondoliers who have delighted couples are now without work and are desperate. Gone are […]

Russian Double Agent Who Exposed Anna Chapman’s Spy Ring Dead in US

“According to some information, Poteyev has died in the US. This data is currently being verified,” an informed source told Interfax early Thursday. Another source confirmed that the news of Poteev’s death has reached Moscow, but stressed that “it could well be disinformation aimed at ensuring that the traitor would simply be forgotten.” In 2010, […]

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