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Espoo (Sketch in Swedish) is a city located on the south coast of Finland, and belongs to the Helsinki Metropolitan area, away at about 20km. The Nuuksio National Park is located in the northwest of Espoo. Among the many curiosities is the hometown of Formula 1 driver Kimi Räikkönen.

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Traditional religious congregations, in addition to Their own rites and events, sometimes make their facilities available for sacred or classical music events. This is the case of the first Church of São Francisco de Assis, founded in 1252, near the Křížovníks convent, which is the only exclusively male religious order in Czech lands. The bases of the Gothic church are visible in the crypt of the current building. The temple that we can contemplate today, is located at the access to the Charles bridge, coming from the old city. The church was built in the context of Baroque architecture, by Jean-Baptiste Mathey. Be aware of local currency.

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Parque Monceau covers an area of more than 8 hectares. It is an elegant park, with a romantic layout, opened in 1779, where you can find everything from a miniature of an ancient Egyptian pyramid, through a Roman colonnade, ancient statues, a lake of water lilies, a Tatar tent, a farm, a Dutch windmill , a temple of Mars, a minaret and an Italian Vineyard, an enchanted cave and "a Gothic building that serves as a chemistry laboratory", as described by Carmontelle.

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The designation of Teatro Carlos Alberto, former National Auditorium Carlos Alberto, intends to evoke the king of Sardinia, who died in exile in Porto in 1849, and who had been welcomed in the Palace of Barão do Valado, in whose garden the theater was built by initiative scored by Manuel da Silva Neves. The Theater was renovated in 2003 and its diversified program has been dedicated to collaboration with companies in the city, still constituting a fundamental circulation point for much of contemporary Portuguese creation. Check schedules and prices.

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At about 450 meters from the Plaza de Armas and to the south of it, is the Municipal Theater of Santiago, a building of neoclassical architecture, designed by the French architect Claude François Brunet de Baines (1799-1855), who arrived at the Chile in 1848 and was responsible for the design and architecture of several public and private buildings, with the Municipal de Santiago being his most significant work. Nowadays, the programming at this cultural space is of the highest quality. The Municipal de Santiago has the resident artistic bodies of Ballet, Philharmonic Orchestra, Choir and Chamber Orchestra, which allows the production of a wide range of works. The Municipal de Santiago also provides training within its areas of work and also summer courses. You can also visit the theater. Programs not to be missed. Photographs: Municipal de Santiago.

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Cabo da Roca is the westernmost point of mainland Portugal, as well as continental Europe. It is located in the parish of Colares, about 40km from Lisbon.

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Portuguese synagogue in Amsterdam. After the expulsion of Jews from Spain by the "Catholic Kings" and around the year 1596, many Portuguese families of Jewish descent, tired of oppression in Portugal and desiring to return to openly practice their religion, headed for Amsterdam. The Iberian Jews (the so-called Sephardi) in the Netherlands obtained the status of educated people with a reflection on local life, whether in commercial, scientific or artistic life. The Synagogue was built in 1675 and is a Baroque building, where, in addition to religious ceremonies, you can attend concerts and cultural events. Portuguese Jews played an important role in the cultural and economic development of the Republic of the Netherlands. There they enjoyed the freedom of worship and expression, enviable by most Jews in the rest of the world. The Portuguese Jewish community would produce many figures of national and international renown, rabbis, scholars, philosophers, bankers, founders of international trade companies: Gracia Nasi, Isaac de Pinto, David Ricardo, Menasseh ben Israel, Isaac Aboab da Fonseca, Uriel Acosta, Baruch de Espinoza, among others.

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At 20 minutes by train form the Vienna city center, you will find the Schönbrunn Palace. By the end of the seventeenth century Emperor Leopold I commissioned the Baroque architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, who had received his training in Rome, to design an imperial hunting lodge for his son, Crown Prince Joseph, later to become Emperor Joseph I. Replacing the château de plaisance built on this site for the dowager empress Eleonora of Gonzaga in 1642, it was to grow into a palatial imperial residence over the course of the eighteenth century. Check prices and timetables. Photos: Schönbrunn Palace.

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One hour is what you need to go from Melbourne to Ocean Grove. Leave Melbourne and take the M1, then the A10 to Geelong. Continue on the A10 and then the B110. In Wallington take the C129. You have arrived at your destination. The main beach at Ocean Grove forms part of a 10 kilometer stretch of sand from “The Rip” at Point Lonsdale to the mouth of the Barwon River at Barwon Heads. It is a relatively safe beach due to its gently sloping sandy bottom, producing an evenly graded surf break. It´s a family beach, available for surfers to, although the best surf breaks at nearby 13th Beach generally attract more experienced surfers.

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In the Plaza de España, next to Fonte da Barca, Via dei Condotti develops, a narrow but very commercial street, where several renowned brands in fashion are represented, such as Dior, Prada, Giorgio Armani, Ferragamo, Ermenegildo Zegna and many others . Right at the beginning of the street, you will find Antico Caffè Greco, a historic cafe, opened in 1760, the oldest in Rome and the second oldest in Italy, after Caffè Florian in Venice. Meeting and meeting point for various personalities from the arts, letters and politics, such as Stendhal, Goethe, Arthur Schopenhauer, Bertel Thorvaldsen, Mariano Fortuny, Byron, Franz Liszt, Keats, Henrik Ibsen, Hans Christian Andersen, Felix Mendelssohn, Wagner, Levi, María Zambrano, and James Joyce, make this space a place to taste delicacies and to visit.

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The museum island has more than half a dozen museums with different types of collections and themes. It is located in the center of Berlin's oldest district, Mitte, between the River Spree and the SpreeKanal. Take the metro line U6 or U8 (see the App under Useful Information) and find, at the north top of the island, the magnificently designed Bode-Museum is home to two collections: the Sculpture Collection and Museum of Byzantine Art and the Münzkabinett. In addition, the museum also contains paintings from the Gemäldegalerie, which are presented alongside the European sculpture to form a dialogue between the two art forms. Closed on Mondays. Photographs: Bode Museum and Museumsinsel.de

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At about 9 minutes from central London, traveling by Underground, heading southwest, you will find the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, with its 326-acre (132 ha). The collections at Kew and Wakehurst include over 27,000 taxa of living plants, 8.3 million plant and fungal herbarium specimens, and over 40,000 species in the seed bank. Royal Botanic Gardens, From Victorian glasshouses to an Alpine rock garden, there's something to see in every corner. Check prices in pounds.

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Ready for a walk by foot along The Meguro River course, in Tokyo, from Vantan Game Academy ? It meanders nearly 8 kilometers through several chic neighborhoods before emptying into Tokyo Bay. Generously landscaped walking paths along its banks and easy access to drinking and dining make it popular year-round. Much of the Meguro Riverside area provides pleasant walking and a mellow atmosphere that marks a contrast to the capital's urban buzz. The stretch between Nakameguro and Gotanda Stations is renowned for its pretty greenery and easy access to the hip Nakameguro neighborhood with its many restaurants and bars. Just beside the river, the Meguro Museum of Art focuses on modern Japanese artists and is worth checking out if you get caught in the rain. So is the quirky, squirmy Tokyo Parasite Museum just a couple blocks from the river. The gift shop alone is worth a look. Enjoy

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The Cerralbo Museum houses an old private collection of art, archaeological artifacts and other antiques collected by Enrique de Aguilera and Gamboa, XVII Marquis de Cerralbo.

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An example of neoclassical architecture, the work of Architect Miklós Ybl, was opened in 1791. Open only on Sundays.

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