In Venice!

In Venice for the first time. Like a virgin! To experience the, I must say, B-E-A-UTIFUL city and the exhibition Venice Biennale! Both were amazing and if I ever get the change, I’ll go there again!

Ciao!

/Niklas

Visit from Denmark #1

Visit from Denmark! My sister and her boyfriend visit me from friday to monday. We spend our time shopping, experience the most important part of Milan and I introduced them to the spritz - which apparently wasn't a hit! Anyway, it was really nice to see them. See you again in Christmas guys!

Ciao!

//Niklas

On the market at Navigli

To experience Milan - and Italy in general - you need to go on one of the many markets where you can find tons of different things. If you're lucky you might find something you actually want to buy. In that case, you can easily get what you want for a good price. A nice way to spend a couple of hours on a sunny saturday or sunday. I bought a necklace my self :)

//Niklas

The New Trade Fair - On the edge of Milan

The New Trade Fair is not only a big project for the Milan region - its dimensions make it one of the biggest buildings in Europe. Massimiliano Fuksas conceived the site on the outskirts of the city as a new landscape with its own geography. The project is structured by a central axis that connects the service centres, offices and the exhibition halls. A roof covers the whole complex with a surface area exceeding 46.000 square metres, over 1300 metres long and approximately 32 metres wide. Made up of a mesh structure in prefinished steel profiles, it is connected via spherical nodes and covered with laminated glass attached via plates to the profiles below. It is supported by 183 steel columns, which branch into smaller supporting arms above 12 metres. Unfortunately the building is guarded so my pictures of this extraordinary structure are very limited. Therefore I added some new photos from the internet that gives a better understanding of the structure in size and the phenomenology impact.

Ciao!

//Niklas