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Tag des Denkmals 2008

Sep 29th, 2008 by Thomas | 0

Yesterday the Tag des Denkmals 2008 took place in various locations all over Austria. This year also Fürstenfeld took part in this event offering guided tours around the town’s historic fortification buildings. I decided to join the afternoon tour which started at the Pfeilburg which houses the city museum as well as a tobacco museum. [...]

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Last month and so…

Aug 1st, 2008 by Thomas | 1

So now another time it’s been quite a while (over a month) since I last posted on this blog. And maybe you have asked yourself what I did in that time. Well actually the end of June also was the end of the EURO 2008 European football championships. And for that event I went to [...]

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Dirtpark Fürstenfeld Opening

Jun 26th, 2008 by Thomas | 1

Finally, the opening of the dirtpark in Fürstenfeld will take place on 26/07/2008. Go here for more information and here for directions. See you all there…   

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Campusrock 2008 Review

Jun 10th, 2008 by Thomas | 0

So well last Saturday I was at the Campusrock 2008 at the Stadthalle in Fürstenfeld (the venue had been changed due to the weather conditions). And this year they had great bands again. Well there could have been more people there but well it was OK. So now I’m really not in the mood now [...]

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Viennese weekend (The last one for now)

Jun 2nd, 2008 by Thomas | 2

This weekend (Fri & Sat) was really great and interesting. Friday evening/night the “Lange Nacht Der Kirchen” took place in various churches all over Vienna (and also in other places in Austria). So I went to the Altlerchenfelderkirche which is quite close to where I currently live in Vienna and I hadn’t been there before. [...]

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“Preparing” for Campusrock

May 28th, 2008 by Thomas | 0

It is only nine days now until Campusrock 2008 starts (see previous post for details). To mentally “prepare” for it, I uploaded three videos to Flickr last night. There is one video of TNT Jackson who are going to play this year’s festival and videos of The Bishops and Binder Krieglstein who played there last [...]

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Campusrock 2008

May 23rd, 2008 by Thomas | 2

Only two weeks to go until the 2008 edition of the Campusrock festival in Fürstenfeld. This time they are going big again!! In the sixth year of its existance the festival is two days long and open air on the Fürstenfeld air field for the first time. And also the bands playing are bigger than [...]

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Flickrtreffen Wien 2008

Apr 30th, 2008 by Thomas | 0

On Sunday the somehow annual meeting of Flickr people in Vienna – mainly from the “Guess Where Vienna” group – took place. As I’m on Flickr just for half a year or so it was the first time I was at one of that meetings. So the first part of the meeting was a photo [...]

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One day in Graz

Apr 9th, 2008 by Thomas | 1

From Monday to Tuesday I went on a one-day trip to Graz. I went there to meet some friends of mine and go to the concert of The Wombats at the P.P.C. Before that I payed a visit to Graz’s finest cafe Tribeka, the best and trendiest place to go for a coffee. While sitting [...]

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Springeight Lineup

Mar 16th, 2008 by Thomas | 1

My brother just sent me an email this morning, telling me that the line-up for this year’s Springfestival – the Springeight – which will take place all over Graz between 21st and 25th May, is finally online now. Go check it out here. Here are just a few artists, that I’d particularly like to see: [...]

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