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English Language Art

06 Saturday Sep 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in photography, photowalking, random, Stockholm, Travel, urban

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English, language, photography, photowalk, random, sticker, Stockholm, Sweden, Travel, urban

Real eyes realize real lies

The things that make English such a complicated language to learn for some people is also the source of cool word play. Spotted this is Stockholm last month.

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Cobblestone streets

05 Friday Sep 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, history, photography, photowalking, Stockholm, Travel, urban

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architecture, HDR, history, photography, photowalk, random, Stockholm, Sweden, Travel, urban

Cobblestones

A snapshot from the old Gamla Stan quarter of Stockholm.

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Check out this guy’s set of pipes!

27 Wednesday Aug 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in music, Oslo, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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art, music, Norway, Oslo, photography, photowalk, random, street, Travel, urban

Making music (II)

This guy was making some cool music on Karl Johans gate in Oslo a couple of Saturdays ago, using a musical instrument constructed of different kinds of PVC pipe.

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Flush with national pride: Toilets to celebrate Norwegian independence

26 Tuesday Aug 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, history, Oslo, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Tricoloured relief

What I thought at first was a quaint gag in this Oslo park turns out to be a permanent (and functional) art exhibition to celebrate 100 years of Norwegian independence.
Indeed, these are three original Parisian automated toilets renovated and reinstalled in Oslo in 2005, together bearing the slogan most associated with the French republic.
Read more about the concept behind this unusual art project at this link here.

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Walking all over the opera

25 Monday Aug 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in iPhone, Oslo, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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iPhoneography, Norway, Oslo, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

Singing on the shore

This is Oslo’s opera house, which is built in such a way that you can fully explore its bright white rooftop. Scamper up the sloped roof and it makes for a cool lookout with a view of downtown Oslo.

Looking from the rooftop

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Leafy shade

21 Thursday Aug 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in iPhone, Oslo, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Hipstamatic, iPhoneography, Norway, Oslo, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

Strolling under leafy shade

This was a nice, quiet walk on the way to the royal palace in Oslo last week.

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Political ascent

18 Monday Aug 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in photography, photowalking, random, Stockholm, Travel, urban

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Political ascent

So I was walking past Stockholm City Hall today, when all of a sudden … this happened. Some guy decides he wants up the walls of power.

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Taking a peek

18 Monday Aug 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Copenhagen, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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art, Copenhagen, Denmark, photography, photowalk, poster, random, street art, Travel, urban

Peeking

Some perfectly placed poster art in Copenhagen.

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Arches and squares

15 Friday Aug 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in Amsterdam, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Amsterdam, architecture, art, design, Holland, Netherlands, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

Arches and squares

Easily overlooked, tucked in behind the Centraal Station in Amsterdam, is this transit bus terminal with its fine curved glass roof modelled after the train shed next door.

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Sunday morning

10 Sunday Aug 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in Amsterdam, iPhone, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Zondagmorgen

A quiet street in the De Pijp neighbourhood of Amsterdam on a cloudy Sunday morning.

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