Oslo’s quirky borough along the banks of the Akerselva River, Grünerløkka used to be a gritty industrial area. Now, it’s where the cool kids go to shop and play. Løkka (as locals call it) brims with retrofitted, century-old buildings, public squares, and parks. Its current cache of indie-owne[...]
Posts Tagged ‘local food’
Food Fridays: Tabasco in the Age of Maya
It may be the end of one calendar era, but the people are still hungry. Tabasco has served as a crossroads for cultures and cuisine ever since the Olmec civilization advanced astronomy, calendar keeping, and other scientific activities that paved the way for the Maya reign. (Photograph by Monica Mul[...]
The Radar: Best of Norway, Cancun for Locals, Top 7 World Markets
The Radar: The top travel news, stories, trends, and ideas from across the web. Got Radar? Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTraveler and tag your favorite travel stories from the Web #ngtradar. Check back on the blog for our roundups. [...]
Food Fridays: Deep-Dish Chicago
Chicago’s deep-dish pizza—a manly pie, thick enough to lose your car keys in—has more to do with the city’s hearty meat-and-potatoes past than its stylish, locavore present. But Chicago’s love for its deep dish hasn’t dimmed, and neither has the local debate over the best version of the [...]
I Heart My City: Job’s London
As the world prepares for the Summer Olympics (the opening ceremony is this Friday), we thought we'd do a special, hyped-up edition of I Heart My City to give you three very different takes on this year's host city. We've asked three unique Londoners -- a television producer, a luxury bikini design[...]
I Heart My City: Job’s London
As the world prepares for the Summer Olympics (the opening ceremony is this Friday), we thought we'd do a special, hyped-up edition of I Heart My City to give you three very different takes on this year's host city. We've asked three unique Londoners -- a television producer, a luxury bikini design[...]
The Radar: See Johannesburg, Delicious Dishes, Crime Fiction Fun
The Radar: The top travel news, stories, trends, and ideas from across the web. Got Radar? Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTraveler and tag your favorite travel stories from the Web #ngtradar. Check back on the blog for our roundups. Photograph by RachelF2SEA, Flickr.[...]
Food Fridays: A Slice of Heaven in Salamanca
In a country where ham is king, Spain’s jamón ibérico reigns supreme. Though other dry-cured Spanish hams abound, the pricey, rosy-hued, and deeply flavored Ibérico ham comes from a unique source: native Iberian pigs raised in Salamanca province and two other regions in Spain.[...]
A Warm Willkommen in Columbus
Ohio’s often underappreciated capital city celebrates its bicentennial this year. One of Columbus’s longest standing—and most welcoming—pockets lies just south of downtown: German Village. [...]
The Neighborhood: Buenos Aires Soul
In the mid-19th century, Buenos Aires’s wealthiest families lived in San Telmo, south of downtown. But an 1870s yellow fever epidemic sent the well-to-do packing, their former digs repopulated by Spanish and Italian immigrants. The resulting cultural stew gave rise to tango and a robust street lif[...]