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May 2022 turn out to be a WONDERful year full of beauty, joy and happiness!

Wikipedia readily tells us that a statue of Her was created in 1913 by Edvard Eriksen – and Ellen Price, the ballet-dancer, who was posing for the statue, lived a long a productive life...

It was on a rather nice and not even especially cold evening that I found myself strolling along St. Catherine...

The wonders I've mentioned so far are permanent - when created, be it by Nature or Man, they are there to stay...

Right in the middle of the street there is a swimming pool featuring a “helmet tree”...

A magnificent artistic creation floating high above the street level and sprawling over a perfectly laid out English garden, full of blooming flowers scattered along broad paths that led to a unique set of stairs...

The Holmenkollen Ski Museum presents a frozen history of a remarkable transformation turning two waxed pieces of wood into a social phenomenon...

The line between the concepts of "home" and "museum" is rather fine (even the very word "museum" is Greek for "seat/home of the Muses")...

Even though "men and women in period dress" provide a personal touch, Open Air Museums (and museums, in general) are a cultural phenomenon that deals first and foremost with society as such rather than with particular individuals...