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Explore The Norwegian National Tourist Route with Juvet Landskapshotell

When you think of Norway beyond Oslo, you’re probably thinking about the dramatic landscapes of the fjords, and with good reason — there’s nowhere on Earth quite like them! There’s a lot more to Norway’s breathtaking beauty, though, and in 1997 Parliament decided on a way to help you get to it: The National Tourist Routes. After the municipalities nominated a total of 52 roads covering 8,000 kilometers, in 2004 18 were selected to receive the distinction. You’ll find White Line Hotels Edit  Juvet Landskapshotel off Norwegian County Road 63, otherwise known as National Tourist Route Geiranger – Trollstigen.

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Inis Meáin Inspiration Weeks

Can you believe it’s already been 9 days since we rang in the New Year? While all traces of that crushing headache you had on the afternoon of the 1st are hopefully long gone, there might just be some confetti still lingering in those dark places behind the sofa — or, dare we say it? — swept under the rug. Something else from the New Year that’s still lingering but easily swept into a corner? Yep, you guessed it, it’s all those grand plans and promises you had for 2012. Bring them back out into the light! They deserve it, and so do you! No space to think, you say? Then Inis Meáin Inspiration Weeks at none other than White Line Hotels Edit Inis Meáin Restaurant & Suites is exactly what you’ve been dreaming of.

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A Vintage Weekend, Vienna Style

Chatting at Cafe Bräunerhof

The festive season will make nostalgic fools out of most of us, and I reckon even cutting edge minimalists don’t stand a chance in Vienna. And why even resist when the old-world charm is presented with such elegance and proper Austrian poshness? Relax, take it in, and let the smell of fresh coffee, the sound of horses’ hooves on the cobbled streets, the sight of mink coats and hats at every corner — the most stylish of which undoubtedly from White Line Hotels’ Collaborator Mühlbauer Hutmanufaktur — not to mention the Christmas markets and a pre-dinner tipple of Glühwein at the renowned Café Bräunerhof, lull you into submission. Good job there was no snow or we would have become hysterical with pleasure and gratitude.

Glühwein at Bräunerhof

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Julian Hakes: Shoe Reinvention

Julian Hakes, now Creative Director at Hakes, was for more than ten years a London based bridge architect with most of his work scattered across the globe. This, however, was before the global economic crisis, which led to the collapse of all his projects in 2007. There was only one way out: reinvention.

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Last Wednesday of the Month Architecture: Bathing Beach Seeburg at Küssnacht am Rigi

GKS Architekten + Partner AG studio from Lucerne, has developed this project at Küssnacht am Rigi, in Switzerland on Lake Lucerne. The project was conceived by the architects in 2006, and it was finally built between 2009 and 2010.

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