Of Veles the pagan God and Deep Fakes
The town of Veles produces large amounts of political fake content in the world. Jonas' Book of Veles tried to bring deep fakes to the forefront.
Category Cultural
Eid in Morocco
We had doubts around visiting Morocco in the middle of Ramadan, but our experience turned out flawless and unique, especially witnessing Eid on the last day of our stay.
Gas Masks in Fez
The Chouara Tannery in Fez, Morocco, has operated in the same manual, painstaking way for centuries. A mint leaf branch is a must for visiting the place.
Summer Films in Bologna
Bologna hosts one of the largest summer film festivals in the world with shows at 10s of locations in the city, including the 15th century Piazza Maggiore.
Do you believe in Santa Claus?
As we gear up for the benevolent Santa to mine his database of kids’ privacies to deliver ads, umm, gifts to the kids, it is hard to imagine that there are others data miners who are vying for the same…
Tsukiji to Toyosu
In 1935, the world’s largest wholesale fish market opened in a neighborhood called Tsukiji, occupying prime Tokyo real estate right in the center of the city. 83 years later, on October 6th 2018, it finally symbolically shuttered its doors and…
Soccer around the World
It is the most popular sport in the world – played by over 250 million people across more than 200 countries. And there is a simple reason for it – all you need is a spherical object which can be…
Eastern European Bar Scene (Budapest, Hungary)
Imagine yourself in an alternate edgy futuristic society in the year 2050. A Blade Runner – Altered Carbon – 5th Element mash up for your cityscape. Imagine, getting off work at 6pm one cold, dark, winter evening, hopping on…
Eastern European Bar Scene (Slovakia)
Since their Velvet Revolution and Velvet Divorce (so named, because there wasn’t a drop of blood shed this time around) in 1989, bars in Bratislava (and Slovakia, in general) have poked fun at their communist past, specifically building Soviet themed…
An Austro-Hungarian State of Mind
Our experience with Ottoman (Turkish) flags in Bosnia left us a little curious about the leanings of the people of Croatia and other Yugoslav states. Were people happier in modern day states? Did they prefer the erstwhile state of Yugoslavia?…