Leisure
From 7- 11 February the HEL YES! event took place in Stockholm. The event was a combination of gastronomy, design and dance. The organisators of the event are restaurateur Antto Melasniemi, designer Mia Wallenius and artist Klaus Haapaniemi. Visionary Antto Melasniemi, whose food restaurants have the position of the most interesting in Helsinki, created vega and vegetarian menus that were sold at the event. The HEL YES! events were organized in London and Helsinki before.
GoFun is the first travel organisaton of the Netherlands that makes it possible for young people to book their travel through Facebook. GoFun provides advice and special vacation and entertainment offers. GoFun is a popular organisation among young people and known for the many pub crawls and party holidays they organise.
- Spotted: Telegraaf
- Website: Facebook GoFun
On March 3th and 4th the New York Vegetarian Food Festival will take place at The Pavilion Metrpolitan. This event is about healthy living, sustainability, vegetarianism and nutrition. Besides de present of vegetarians, vegans and people who (try) to eat healthy, a chain of restaurants and suppliers of vegetarian products are present. There will be also some musical performances.
- Spotted: Inhabitat
- Website: New York Vegetarian Food Festival
How easy can it be to decorate your dining table! You only need wine glasses, candles and roses or other flowers! For more inspiration check the website of The Little Round Table.
- Spotted: Pinterest
- Website: the Little Round Table
During the second edition of the Food Film Festival there will be more than 20 movies about food, debate, cooking workshops, art & music. The Food Film Festival takes place in Amsterdam on 16, 17 and 18 March. Check the website of the Food Film Festival for the program!
- Spotted: Trendslog
- Website: Food Film festival
At the Stockholm Furniture Fair the Share Portable Park Chair was presented by designstudio Thomas Bernstrand's (Stockholm). It is a combination between a public bench and a shopping cart. Like a shopping cart, there must be a coin ins to get a chair released from the chain.
- Spotted: Pop-up City
- Website: Meest Gastvrije Stad
Today photographers of the website Citysessies make the whole day free professional photos at some branches of the Coffee Company in the Netherlands. Citysessies make pictures of copples, but you also can be photographed alone and send the foto to your Valentine. The best photos will be mailed the same day. The photographers are in Amsterdam, Utrecht, The Hague and Amersfoort.
- Spotted: Dutch Cowgirls
- Website: Citysessies
- Spotted: Pinterest
- Website: Opulentitems
Zwolle (city in the Netherlands) skatingcanal committee organizes, together with local hospitality entre peneurs a skating event on February 11th. Participating companies provide catering posts next to the stamp posts, which are along the route, and a terrace which is placed on ice. Participating in the skating event is free.
- Spotted: Zwolsegrachtentocht
- Website:
Mastercard, Hoyts (cinema) and the Commonwealth Bank in Australia designed in cooperation the QkR app. With this app people can order food from their seats in Hoyts. Watch the video to see how it works!
- Spotted: Springwise
- Website: Hoyts
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Caffeine Zone app
The "Caffeine Zone ' is an app that counts the average of caffeine you take in. It also makes you aware of the consequences of to much caffeine consumption. The app can be downloaded via iTunes app store for iPhone, iPad and iTouch for free.
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