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The Nine Streets Loft apartment is located in the heart of the Nine Streets area in the Grachtengordel in Amsterdam.

The Nine Streets Loft apartment is a modern stylish apartment up to 6 people. The apartment has 2 floors. On the lowered ground floor you will find the cozy open kitchen with the dining area. Also there is a double bedroom and a seperate toilet located. On the upstairs ground floor level there is a spacious living area which is perfect to relax after a hole day in Amsterdam with a light bathroom. The apartment is just located a few steps from the old centre of Amsterdam. In the centre there is a lot to find like many restaurants, cafes and unique trendy shops.

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When bread is not only to accompany, but becomes the protagonist: [H]arina Bakery in Madrid        

James Joyce told "mistakes were the portals of discovery".

The oldest and most original form of leavened bread was probably discovered by a big mistake.

Do you know what sourdough is? Basically, you have to mix wheat flour with water and let it sit in the open air at room temperature.  Then wild yeasts in the air will settle in the mix, eat the natural sugars and convert them into lactic (and other) acids which give it a sour flavor. The process needs to be treated for several days, but it is still the simplest and most natural way to get yeast you can employ for bread.

First time I tried this kind of bread, I definitely realize the enormous difference, and the high quality it has. It’s so tasting, easy to digest, different: such an amazing discovering!

This is why I am always looking for bakeries that use this type of procedure for their products. It's totally natural, lighter, more tasting and healthy. And the bread, while not having any kind of preservative, it retains much without getting old.

In Madrid, my favorite one is [H]arina. In this lovely place, with a magnificent views to Puerta de Alcalá, you can sit in or just buy and take away. And you will definitely find an amazing handmade bread using sourdough seven days a week.

Bread lovers will choice between: large loaf, baguette, rural bread, bread with five seeds, nuts and raisins bread, olive bread, bread made of dried tomato, onion bread, garlic bread…

And if it seems not enough, at Harina they prepare salads, sandwiches and tasting cakes. Everything strictly homemade!
Enjoy it.

Harina Website

Plaza de la Independencia, 10 – Madrid

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In the centre of Amsterdam, between The Jordaan and the Red-light district, you will find theater bar-restaurant ‘t Sluisje.

These ´t Sluisje is a nice, cozy and comfortable restaurant perfect for a big group of friends and family who wants to experience a pleasant evening in the centre of Amsterdam. There is a big range of varied cuisine so for everyone there is something perfect on the menu! Also there is great animated group of transvestites available who´s gonna entertain the guests. During the 3 course Show menu you will be entertained by several Drag-acts and/or live singing.  Each time there are other artists besides Corrie Camping and Miss Belle Retouche! The Show Girls and the rest of the Crew will make sure you’ll have an unforgettable evening in Amsterdam! You can make you´re reservation here.

The Showgirlz

Adress: Torensteeg 1 Amsterdam

Phonenumber: +31-(0)20-6240813

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Bar Nomads is a bar in Amsterdam with an exotic touch.

Bar Nomads in Amsterdam is named after the Bedouin wanderers of North Africa and Arabia. The bar has a low floor and is decorated very exotic. Detailed with beautiful curtains and cushion seems like you are in the east. The food is a spicy Mid – East and North African mix and costs a bit, as do the cocktails, but then you'd pay a lot more for a flight to Jordan or Morocco. Your order would be served by beautiful exotic waitresses. It´s a nice spot to see and be seen and it´s always attracs a large crowd. The bar has the same owner as the Supper Club. Also, there are belly dancers and flying carpets present. It´s definitely a must to go to this bar!

Adress: Rozengracht 133-I Amsterdam

Dates: Sunday – Thursday 18:00 till 1:00 hr (kitchen till 22:30)

            Friday – Saturday 18:00 till 3:00 hr (kitchen till 23:00)

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Things to do in Barcelona 2012

Thinking of you we have designed this little calendar of special events in Catalonia for this year, this way you can plan your trip and enjoy the main festivals of the province. Check our 2012 Calendar!

Agenda Barcelona in February

Sitges Carnival

February 16- 22 2012

Sitges Carnival is an amazing spectacle. This parades is a true display of aesthetic and artistic creativity. Wealth of costumes, makeup, feathers, sequins, bold fantasy models, improbable scenarios over mobile platforms theater.

There are several parades for all ages during carnaval week in Sitges. The biggest parades are the evening parades called "Rua de la Disbauxa" – the Debauchery Parade and the  "Rua de l’Extermini" – Extermination parade. Both feature around 50 floats and thousand dancing participants.

-Sunday the 19th February 2012Rua de la Disbauxa, or the Debauchery Parade

-Tuesday the 21st of February 2012 'Rua de lExterminior Extermination Parade

Agenda Barcelona in April

Sant Jordi’s day

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April 23th

La Diada de Sant Jordi, where Chivalry and Princesses Live Forever

Sant Jordi Day is the most romantic day of the year in Barcelona, a special date similar to Valentines´s day.

St. George is the patron saint of Catalonia and he is celebrated on 23rd April every year to commerate his death on that day in the year 303.

All people go out to the streets and celebrate with roses and books, that why this day is also known as El dia de la Rosa (The Day of the Rose) or El dia del Llibre (The Day of the Book). Men gave women beautiful roses and women gave men a good book to celebrate de occasion.

Roses have been associated with this day since medieval times, but the giving of books is a more recent tradition originating in 1923, when a bookseller started to promote the holiday as a way to commemorate the nearly simultaneous deaths of Miguel Cervantesand William Shakespeareon 23 April 1616.

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Pirmavera sound festival

May  30-31 and 1-2-3 June

This festival is a true recommendation for the music lover and it might be worth to combine this event with a city trip. Every year about a hundred artists from all over the world turn up at this event. Most of them are quite unknown and the real famous bands will not show up here, but Spanish rock is very refreshing and fun. It´s a different sound from any known festival in the world.

More information and tickets

Agenda Barcelona in June

Sonar

June 14-15-16

The International Festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia held. For anyone interested in electronic music, urban contemporary art and the world of multimedia, Don´t mis this!

Sonaris a big dance festival every summerin Barcelona. The festival is during three days and focuses on electronic music: techno, house, electro, hip hop, etc. The festival is split into Sonar by Day and Sonar by Night. The daily program consists of concerts, showcases and exhibitions. Sonar by Night is the big party where everyone comes off and it takes place in different nightclubs. Go wild at the Sonar festival in Barcelona 2011!

Feast of Sant Joan

June 23th – 24th 2012

Sant Joan in Spain marks the start of the summer. This is is the midsummer solstice celebration, which is the day that has the longest period of daylight in the year. The Nit de Sant Joan celebrations in Spain and Barcelona are on the evening of the 23rd June.

The next day is 24th June which is Saint John's day and a public holiday in Catalonia and Spain. The Sant Joan festivals and fiestas are from sunset on 23/6 to sunrise on 24/6 on the eve of Saint John's day.

Agenda Barcelona in August

Gracias Festivities (Festa Major de Gracia)

Gracia fiesta always takes place towards the end of August.

On an average day, Gracia is a peaceful, residential neighbourhood north of the city centre of Barcelona, with narrow streets lined with elegant old balconied buildings and shady squares with historic churches and cafe terraces.

But for one week in August, everything changes. When the week-long ”Fiesta Major” (Gracia Festivities) takes over Gracia.  Tranquillity goes out of the window and is replaced by the Catalans' typical exuberant taste in music and mass celebration in the streets. The Gracia festival is a street festival on streets and plazas of Gracia every year from 15th to 21st of August. The Fiesta Major de Gracia is the biggest of Barcelona's neighbourhood festivals with around half a million people visiting and participating. The 2012 celebration will be the 196th edition.

Agenda Barcelona in September

La Mercé Festival (Les Festes de la Mercé)

September 24th – 27th 2012 (dates to be confirmed)

The most important festival of Barcelona, “Festes de la Mercé”, will be held from 22nd to 25th of September, this time Sant Petesburg, Russia will be the guest city. The county town is full of celebrations that bring together Catalan traditions with dances, music, street art, fireworks and sporting events.

La Mercé 2012  will take place around 24 September however exact dates of celebrations are not yet announced.

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