Crafts and design

When traveling, one often discovers handicrafts and design that are typical of the travel destination. There you will find souvenirs that you will also be happy about at home. Do you remember the experiences you had on your travels? However, that's not the only reason craftsmanship is of interest to slow travelers. Rather, it also gives an impression of everyday life and of the things that determine the life of the local people. We hope you enjoy browsing.

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Discover old Erzgebirge folk art

A journey on which you will discover Erzgebirge folk art. Erzgebirge folk art Seiffen is famous. Erzgebirge folk art Manufacturers of candle arches, pyramids, smokers, nutcrackers and other wooden figures have a long tradition in Saxony. In other words, the region in Saxony is known for the Erzgebirge wood art and its handicrafts. Along the border with the Czech Republic, these belong to ...
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Advent market at the Hohensalzburg Fortress

Christmas on the fortress Hohensalzburg

Merry Christmas at Hohensalzburg Fortress The Christmas market at Hohensalzburg Fortress is an experience. Salzburg is a city that, with its historic old town, palaces and castles, is almost predestined to shine at Christmas. She does this in the truest sense of the word. There are quite a number of Christmas markets held in...
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Blueprint in the Koó blueprint in Steinberg

Creative craft in Burgenland I can still remember well. My grandmother liked to wear blue-print aprons when she was working in her kitchen. For me, these blue fabrics and the scent of fresh pastries are among my earliest childhood memories. The aprons were made of durable cotton. They grew older ...
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Shell jewelry made in New Brunswick

Amazing the shell jewelry they make in New Brunswick. We love to get a behind the scenes look at local life on our tours, and our favorite way to do this is to meet people and see how they live. It is not always easy, because such experiences often only arise ...
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Amber fisherman from Binz

A guest at the Irish amber fisherman from Binz Bernstein is also known as the "gold of the Baltic Sea". That was reason enough for us to take a closer look at this stone during our stay in Binz. And so we set out to visit the Irish amber fisherman in Binz In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Finbarr Corrigan ...
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Lizard made of stone - make sculptures yourself

Sculptures make themselves on the Main

You can make your own sculptures in the small village of Dorfprozelten on the Main. The stonemason and sculptor Alexander Schwarz offers workshops for this. We had heard of him during our first visit to Churfranken in the spring. That made us curious. That's why we got him on our trip along the route ...
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Chesterman Beach Ravens Michael Becker - Crafts and Design

Art close up in Tofino on Vancouver Island

Indian handicrafts Indian handicrafts in Tofino? But yes. We discover that during our visit on the occasion of the Pacific Rim Whale Festival. Although we stay at the Long Beach Lodge, we also visit other hotels because events take place there. One of the top hotels in Canada, the Wickaninnish Inn employs sculptors and Native American carvers ...
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Wool and felt from Prince Edward Island

Wool and felt from Prince Edward Island from Belfast Mini Mills Did you know that the muskox undercoat provides the finest fibers from which wool can be spun? The product is called Quiviut, and we found the wonderfully soft wool that is made from it on our journey through Prince ...
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Smaland Sweden Landmarks: The Kingdom of Crystal

Smaland Sweden Sights - the Kingdom of Crystal We were on a car tour through southern Sweden on a route through the Kingdom of Crystal in Smaland Sweden. Visitors to our blog have known that we like glass at the latest since we reported on our visit to Simon Pearce's glass factory in Vermont. This time ...
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Green bowl made of precious turpentine by Otto Potsch

Arts and crafts in Burgenland

Handicrafts in Burgenland: beautiful things made of fine turpentine Admittedly, we had never heard of fine turpentine until we visited the rock museum in Bernstein in Burgenland. And we did not know at all that it is a semi-precious stone and what beautiful things can be made from it. On our trip to ...
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