Banknotes

All across the world we can find different currencies. The United Kingdom uses the Pound Sterling (£), the United States use the US Dollar ($) and Canada, Australia and New Zealand use their own Dollars. Australia was the first ever country to print on more durable and environmentaly friendly polymer. Read more…

Dolhain

In the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century sanatoria were built across the world in order to prevent the spreading of tuberculosis the dense industrialising cities. These buildings were often constructed in calm areas far away from cities. Near the Walloon city of Liège you can find the sanatorium / preventorium Dolhain. Read more…

Doel

Doel is a village located on the Scheldt river in the province of East Flanders. As it currently stands Doel is a ghost town with only a handful of people still living here. In the 1960’s the port of Antwerp wanted to demolish the village in order to build a Read more…

Antwerp

Antwerp (Du. Antwerpen; Fr. Anvers) is the second biggest city in Belgium and biggest in Flanders. It is located on the Scheldt river in the aptly named province of Antwerp. On the photo you see Antwerp Central Station (Du. Antwerpen-Centraal; Fr. Gare d’Anvers-Centrale). In its current eclectic style it opened Read more…

Greenwich & Canary Wharf

Greenwich & Canary Wharf

This photograph was taken from the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. From here you have a beautiful vista of the Old Royal Naval College and Canary Wharf. The latter being a developing financial centre in London.   © 2016 Mika Lans