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Cava del Balestrieri in San Marino, San...

November 27, 2023

Very few countries still have a corps of crossbowmen as an official part of their armed forces, but the tiny Republic of San Marino does. Although now an exclusively ceremonial part of the army, there are some 80 members of the Crossbow Corps. They show off their skills and hold competitions in the art of firing the heavy form of this ancient weapon at the Cava del Balestrieri. Their uniforms are traditional medieval in pattern. In addition to the military...

Beeldenroute Willem Arntszkade in Utrecht, Netherlands

November 27, 2023

Due to reconstruction and development in Utrecht, many sculptures were left without homes. Although they were loved at the location they held for many years, when a street, square, or neighborhood is changed more than once the sculptures are not welcomed back. These sculptures will end up at a depot and are easily forgotten. A local resident, Tini Chamboné-Mooij, a former resistance fighter, had other ideas. She saw a statue of the Pied Piper of Hamelin made by Paulus Reinhard in...

The Fairy Flag of Dunvegan Castle in...

November 27, 2023

Walking through Dunvegan Castle’s restored rooms filled with Clan MacLeod’s heirlooms and treasures, visitors will pass a frame containing what looks like a tattered piece of cloth hanging on the wall. This is the Am Bratach Sith (Fairy Flag), a small square of ancient silk with supernatural origins. Its powerful magic is believed to have protected the clan for centuries. At least three versions of the flag’s origin story exist. The first tells of a Clan MacLeod ancestor who...

Minato City Local History Museum in Tokyo,...

November 27, 2023

Generally speaking, local history museums in Tokyo’s special wards are not considered must-see attractions, either for tourists or locals. That doesn’t mean that they’re not worth visiting, of course, and many of them are either free or cheap to enter, if small in scale compared to the national museums in Ueno Park. Minato City’s local history museum, on the other hand, is a gem worth seeing even just from the outside. Housed in a grand, castle-like seven-story estate built...

Mid-America Air Museum in Liberal, Kansas

November 27, 2023

One of America’s largest aviation museums can be found in an airport just outside of Liberal, Kansas. The Mid-America Air Museum has a collection of more than 100 planes, a tribute to both the site’s history and the life of its greatest benefactor. The museum is located at the edge of town, next to Liberal Airport. The airport was first used as an Army airfield during World War II, specifically as a training base for B-24 Liberator pilots. After...

Area di Servizio Villoresi Est in Lainate,...

November 27, 2023

On one of the busiest stretches of the Milano-Laghi motorway, a silver volcano reaches 30 meters into the sky. At night, it lights up bright red. This distinctive building is a more recent addition to a roadside service station that has been standing on this highway since the 1950s. The service area originally opened in 1958 as a parking lot on the Autostrada dei Laghi, the current A8 and A9, direction from Milan to Como for the roadside restaurant on...

Dominica's Sperm Whales Have a Surprising Superpower:...

November 27, 2023

There are about 800,000 sperm whales in the world, but the 250 or so that live off the Caribbean coast of Dominica are unique. They have their own dialect and social structures, and, while most sperm whales migrate, whales in Dominica tend to stay put, hanging out near the shores of the island nation year-round. “There’s no real good explanation based on ecology or movement,” says biologist Shane Gero, who has studied the Dominican population for nearly 20 years...

Podcast: Nue

November 27, 2023

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit a restaurant in Seattle’s Capitol Hill that pushes diners to eat beyond their borders through its embrace of global street foods. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear...

The Atlas Obscura Crossword: Twelve Faces

November 27, 2023

Atlas Obscura‘s weekly crossword comes to us from creator Laura Braunstein and editor Stella Zawistowski, members of Inkubator, which publishes crossword puzzles by women and nonbinary constructors. You can see more puzzles in their book, Inkubator Crosswords: 100 Audacious Puzzles from Women and Nonbinary Creators. You can solve the puzzle below, or download it in .pdf or .puz. Note that the links in the clues will take you to Atlas Obscura pages that may contain the answer. Happy solving!

Top Tips for Hotels Participating in Special...

November 27, 2023

Question for Our Revenue Management Expert Panel: What are the advantages of participating in special OTA deals? What advice can you offer to maximise your ROI? Are there any pitfalls to avoid? (Question by Chaya Kowal) Our Revenue Management Expert Panel Connor Vanderholm – CEO, Topline The post Top Tips for Hotels Participating in Special OTA Deals appeared first on Revfine.com.

4 Tips for a Smart Overbooking Approach

November 26, 2023

While data certainly supports the practice under the right circumstances, overbooking is a subject that can easily put hotel staff on edge without careful implementation. No one is thrilled by the prospect of needing to relocate or “walk” a guest to another property because a statistically likely cancellation never materialized. 4 Useful Tips for a The post 4 Tips for a Smart Overbooking Approach appeared first on Revfine.com.

Housekeeping Job Description: Key Duties and Skills...

November 25, 2023

Housekeeping jobs are some of the most vital positions within any business in the hotel industry, but there is sometimes some confusion about what these jobs entail and the skills needed. In this article, you will be able to read a detailed housekeeping job description so that you understand the role itself and the qualities The post Housekeeping Job Description: Key Duties and Skills Required appeared first on Revfine.com.

Upselling Examples Restaurant: 12 Tips to Increase...

November 25, 2023

There are a number of upselling examples restaurant owners, managers and other employees should be aware of, as they allow restaurants to boost key performance metrics like average revenue per customer and increase the overall revenue generated by the business. In this guide, you can learn about 12 of the most important upselling strategies. Table The post Upselling Examples Restaurant: 12 Tips to Increase Your Revenue! appeared first on Revfine.com.

Why We Couldn’t Describe a Flavor We...

November 25, 2023

What if suddenly there were five cardinal directions, Snow White had the company of eight dwarves, or there were thirteen months in the year? What if a number that seemed eternally fixed became augmented by a quality or quantity that had been hiding in plain sight all along? Sweet, bitter, salty, sour—and umami Something like that happened in the culinary sciences not too long ago. For most of history, humans knew and named no more than four taste qualities:...

Fort Bridger in Fort Bridger, Wyoming

November 24, 2023

Jim Bridger was a well-known 19th-century trader, scout, explorer, and promoter who established many trails based on his knowledge of Native American routes. He and a partner built a wooden stockade trading post here in 1842. By this time the “mountain man” era was passing swiftly, and the post traded not just with Native Americans but with the emigrant trains that were starting to stream westward. Here the westward-bound Emigrant Trail split into the Mormon Trail (and later the...

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