How do you travel on a budget in Sweden? You take the bus. There are buses to and from almost every single town and village in all of Sweden. Given that a bus may not be the optimal choice for transport if you are going from Malmö to Kiruna, but for more humane distances…

[English] Hur gör man för att bäst resa billigt i Sverige? Ta bussen. Det går bussar från nästan varje liten by i hela Sverige. Självklart kanske det inte är optimalt om man befinner sig i Malmö och ska till Kiruna att åka buss hela vägen. Däremot om man ska lite mer överkomliga sträckor… Att åka [...]

Last week, I was chatting with a friend about what makes a site “a keeper”: what makes your visitor come back/stay longer/bookmark it/blog about it/refer to it? I think, your website should offer few-but-good outside resources beside your own content.

[English] Zi toridă de vară, tocmai ai aterizat pe aeroportul Băneasa din București, România. Habar n-ai unde să te îndrepți, cu ce mijloc de transport ori ce ai să vizitezi într-un weekend cu suma modestă pe care o ai la dispoziție. Citește mai departe, s-ar putea ca acest articol să îți dea câteva idei. În [...]

It’s a hot summer day, and you’ve just landed at Băneasa Airport in Bucharest, Romania. You have no idea where to go, how or what to visit in one weekend, with the little money in your wallet. Read on, this article might give you some useful tips.

Here we continute our Thank God It’s Friday Selections. Here we give you a great sendoff into the weekend with articles, blogs, pictures and lots more we have come across during the week. Stuff we found interesting or amusing and thought it would be nice to share.

I was considering giving up on writing this article about license plates, because I thought it would just end up being boring. After all, what is so special about license plates?

[English] Estava pensando seriamente em desistir de escrever um artigo sobre as placas de carro no Brasil ou na América Latina, porque pensei que seria um assunto chato. Afinal, o que as placas tem de especial? Porém, ao ler os textos dos meus colegas do Lexiophiles sobre as placas de veículos nos seus países eu [...]

In France, the plate is linked to the vehicule. The official colors are white in front and white or yellow at the rear.

[English] France En France, la plaque est associée au véhicule. Le modèle homologué, ce qui signifie que (normalement) tout le monde a la même couleur de plaque : blanches à l’avant et jaunes ou blanches à l’arrière. La numérotation est ainsi : 1111 AAA 22 c’est-à-dire 3 ou 4 chiffres suivis par 2 ou 3 [...]