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The Museum of Applied Arts contains one of Budapest’s most interesting art collections. The Museum was the third museum to be built in Europe after fellow institutions in London (1857) and Vienna (1864). This beautiful building was designed by Odön Lechner and completed in 1896. It houses a number of interesting exhibitions with a permanent display of arts and crafts and furniture in the upstairs area.
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The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2008, in England is now open to the public. The spectacular structure – designed and engineered in collaboration with Arup.The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion is one of the most anticipated events in the international design calendar.
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After ambitious initiatives such as Dubai Internet City, Dubai Media City, Dubai International Financial Center, Jumeirah Beach Residence, Dubai is creating another multi-billion dollar project to add to its portfolio of extraordinary developments. Dubai Business Bay set to be the biggest and best business hub in the Middle East, it is going to be the financial center of Dubai’s growing economy. Business Bay will be a free zone business, commercial and residential district that will cover an area of 64 million square feet. It will be located next to Burj Dubai and extend along a new creek from the edge of Dubai Creek (Ras Al Khor), all the way to Dubai’s coast.
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Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city’s other names were Petrograd and Leningrad. Founded by Emperor Peter the Great on May 27, 1703, it was the capital of the Russian Empire for more than two hundred years. Saint Petersburg ceased being the capital in 1918 after the Russian Revolution of 1917. It is Russia’s second largest and Europe’s fourth largest city (by city limit) after Moscow, London and Paris. 4.6 million people live in the city, and over 6 million people live in the city’s vicinity. Saint Petersburg is a major European cultural center, and important Russian port on the Baltic Sea. It is often described as the most Western European styled city of Russia.

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Ibiza attracts a lot of people of every age and demographic from London fashionistas to French bobos and ministers. But when the club season shut down on oct. 1, this spanish island got back into its Mediterranean groove. Ibiza offers plenty of laid-back after party spots like yoga retreats, trekking or lounging by turquoise blue water and white sand beaches.
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This is a spectacular exhibition in the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. The artist is Anish Kapoor, Indian – born, London –based sculptor. The exhibition displays his dispense multiple visual thrills and mysteries. ”Past Present Future” contains 14 works that concentrate on the last 15 years.
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As summer approach, New York slowly has been rearrange by Europeans over the last few weeks. This is exactly ‘’Moore in America’’ – a exhibition which opens in the New York Botanical Garden and is the largest outdoor collection of his work. The place is very attractive and peaceful. It’s good idea to spend a summer afternoon, as well as a museum in itself, one of flora.
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