Category Travel
Circular economy salong with Ellen MacArthur at KTH
The auditorium at KTH – Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm – was packed on Monday night and Ellen Mac Arthur, invited to Sweden by Cradle Net, KTH and CITIES the Magazine, opened the Circular economy salong. Ellen first became famous when she broke the world record when she sailed solo nonstop around the world in 2005. When […]
Never Greyhound again!
A more appropriate name for the Greyhound company could be “Slowhound” or “Stayhound”. I have travelled twice with a Greyhound bus in the last 3 years and both times the bus has broken down before we have reached our destination. Three years ago it was on the way from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Minneapolis, Minnesota and […]
Celo Inn an oases in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Celo Inn is a one of the places on earth where I feel in tune with the universe. Somehow this place nestled in the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina embraces me so warmly. It is a little strange since I usually want to be close to the ocean to a get a “home feeling”. At Celo […]
Busboys and poets
When you travel trough Washington DC by car you drive by places of power and places of control. For me the area around the national mall has always been a scary place. For me the city has been important as a base for family gatherings. I also love the warm dark nights (sammetsnätter) which we […]
Café N tar gatan i besittning
På Blågårdsgade i Nørrebro i Köpenhman finns ett cafe som heter Cafe N. Det stället har för mig blivit en ledstjärna för hur man kan ta gatan i besittning och göra den till sin fast förutsättningarna inte är de bästa. Under åren 2007 – 2009 var Blågårdsgade både centrum för upplopp och gängkrig med anknytning till Köpenhamns […]
Med picknicken firar vi livet – We celebrate life by having picnics!
[English below] Vi stuvas in i motorbåten Olla någon gång i början på 1960-talet med min pappa som kapten och styr färden mot ön Brita i Ekenäs skärgård. Ett av de första minnena jag har är alltså av en utflykt med båt. Det blev många sådana utfärder under barndomens somrar och min viktigaste uppgift på […]
Ylva Rancken-Lutz
"I am linked therefore I am" 