Venice by Venetians

18/05/202124/05/2021

WALKING AROUND VENICE!

Italy is gradually starting to wake up from the long semi-lockdown which has paralyzed the country for the past months. However, things are slowly changing; more and more people are getting vaccinated and the virus, even if it is still around, seems to have weaken a bit. So, why don’t take advantage of the good weather and go to Venice? Today we are going to take a long relaxing walk, giving a look around and visiting places which are always so nice to see!

03/04/202103/04/2021

INDUSTRIAL ART IN VENICE: MAGAZZINI DEL SALE

INDUSTRIAL ART IN VENICE: MAGAZZINI DEL SALE

magazzini del sale, venice, italy, industrial art, sunset,history

This month we host another post of our joyful collaboration with Venice in Pattern.

As usual, we will try to link a special person to a place, telling a story of emotions.

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Personality: Roy Lichtenstein.

Place: Magazzini del Sale.

21/03/202121/03/2021

THREE MUSIC VIDEOS SHOT IN VENICE

Venice does not only represent the main attraction for tourists worldwide, but it has also been chosen as setting for several events and performances of the show business(concerts, music videos , movies, …). Especially singers seem to have developed a passion for shooting their works in the floating city. Let’s find out together which artists have discovered Venice as the best place for their exhibitions, reviewing how the landscape of Venice has contibuted to their shows.

06/02/202106/02/2021

INDUSTRIAL ART IN VENICE: MANIFATTURA TABACCHI

Last month we decided to re-start our joyful collaboration with Venice in Pattern writing about the wonderful Cotonificio Olcese, here the link.

This month we will stay nearby with another incredible tale about some special people and a crazy place, telling a story of emotions.

25/01/202125/01/2021

WHAT IS CARNIVAL WITHOUT “FRITTELLE”?

Everyone knows that, due to the pandemic, this year Carnival is going to be different. Even Venice will have to adapt to restrictions, that’s why one of the most important periods for the city will be held virtually for the first time in history (more specific news are coming soon). However, nothing can stop the spirit of Carnival, and even if at home, it’s always good to think about some ways to celebrate it. That’s why eating Venetian Frittelle can be a good option.

24/01/202124/01/2021

FROM BRUSSELS TO VENICE: LAURE’S EXPERIENCE

I met Laure many years ago, during the Carnival in the famous parade of Festa delle Marie. I have always been very curious about her experience and that’s because we interviewed her last week, in order to discover what took her from Brussels to Venice!

So…who is Laure Jacquemin and what has taken her to move from Brussels to Venice?

Laure is a Belgian girl that has lived in Venice for 10 years and as happened many times, she moved in Italy for love..not for the love of Venice, but for the love of her Italian husband.

If you see her Instagram profile you can see that Laure is an amazing photographer, but surprisingly I discovered that she started her path as photographer here in Venice…ten years ago!

Laure a Belgian photographer in Venice — ©Laure Jacquemin

04/01/202104/01/2021

THE JEWISH GHETTO IN VENICE

The Jewish Ghetto in Venice is a very particular area where I often go …it is near Santa Lucia, immediately after Ponte delle Guglie.

Did you know that the word ‘ghetto’ derives from the Venetian word ‘geto’?

In the early Middle Ages, in this part of the city there was an ancient foundry (a “geto” in Venetian) which was used to forge the bombarde, the small cannons of Venetian ships. When, for political reasons, in 1516 the Republic of the Serenissima established by law that all Jews should live and reside here, the population came mostly from Central Eastern Europe and it was precisely because of their pronunciation that the Venetian term “geto” , was crippled into “ghetto” (German read), originating the term we use today all over the world.

how to arrive to the jewish ghetto in Venice

31/12/202031/12/2020

GOODBYE 2020, WE WILL NOT MISS YOU!

Goodbye 2020! I think that everyone in the world is happy that you are finished…you have been so difficult and complicated. You took away some freedoms, like the freedom to travel, the freedom to stay with our friend, to hug our grandparents.

You took away legends like Maradona, Ennio Morricone, Kobe Bryant, Ezio Bosso, Gigi Simoni, Mario Corso, and many others…

You took away the job to many people, the concerts, the games at the stadium on Sunday, the family holidays.. you covered our smiles with masks and many other things that I prefer to not remember 🙂

Do not be angry, but we are really happy that you are going away, written in the pages of history, and we are so happy to say:

28/12/202028/12/2020

SPORT IN VENICE , YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING!

In Venice there are a lot of museums, churches, bacari and shops but if you stay for a long time here it could be useful to know how to do sport in Venice and keep yourself fit.

Many times walking through the campi (Venetian square) you can find children that play on the streets, people that do jogging, but are there fitness centers and football pitches in Venice? Yes, maybe they’re hidden, but you can find everything!

Stadio P.L. Penzo - Venezia F.C. — ©VeneziaFc – https://www.veneziafc.it/impianti/stadio-p-l-penzo/

19/12/202027/12/2020

COCAI EXPRESS: FOOD DELIVERY IN VENICE

Last Monday we had a call with two founders of Cocai Express, a new food delivery start up born in Venice during the lockdown with the aim of helping local restaurants to deliver food for Venetian citizens.

Don’t be scary, you’ll not receive your food through seagulls (in this case I don’t think that you’d receive anything 🙂 ), but Cocai runners are guys that will take you the food that you’ve ordered through the App.

cocai express food delivery venice — Cocai Express App