Specials – Travel & Lifestyle

Drag Artist Mademoiselle Bijou: The jewel of the night life

2021-12-052021-12-07 GastmitarbeiterInnen / guest contributions androgyny, Bijou, Bohème Sauvage, Burlesque, Cologne, drag, drag artist, Drag Artist Mademoiselle Bijou, drag king, drag kings, drag queen, drag queens, Drag Race, dressed as girls, fashion, Freakademy, Freakademy Haunted Houses, Gallery, gender-bending, Germany, Interview, interviews, Köln, life style, Lifestyle, photo gallery, photos, special, vintage fashion, visual art, visual artist

Thanks to several popular TV- and streaming service shows, the genre of drag (“DRessed As Girls”) is so popular that

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Fantasy Basel 2021

2021-10-112021-10-11 Klaudia Weber 501stLegion, Artists, authors, Avengers, Batman, Cara Dune, Comic, Comic Con, Cosplay, Cosplayer, cosplayers, Darth Vader, Enie Cosplay, event, event photography, event photos, event report, Events, FaBa 2021, FaBa2021, fair, Fantasy, Fantasy Basel, Fantasy Basel 2021, Fantasy Con, Fantasy Convention, Fantasy-Film, festival report, films, Game of Thrones, Gamer, Games, Geeks, Ghostbusters, Harry Potter, Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Mandalorian, Marvel, Messe Basel, Messen, movies, music, Nicoles Art, Review, Schweizer Autoren, Sounce Cosplay, Spiderman, Star Wars, Stormtrooper, Superman, Swiss 501st Legion, Swiss Comic-Con, Switzerland, Wonder Woman

08.10.-10.10.2021 @ Messe Basel, Switzerland When you see Batman listening intently to the Dark Side of the Force, perhaps to

Features Specials Travel & Lifestyle

“Great memories are worth the pain”: The Story Of 2 Rockumentaries

2020-12-072020-12-07 Klaudia Weber concert documentary, concert film, crowdfunding, documentary, Film, filmmaker, filmmaking, Finland, Finnish Band, Finnish Bands, Finnish Metal, Finnish Metal Band, Finnish Metal bands, Japan, Kimmo Kuusniemi, Korpiklaani, Lifestyle, live documentary, Live in Japan, Made in Russia, Metal documentary, Rockumentary, Russia, Siberia, special, special report, tour documentary, travel, travel documentary, Waltari

A very special year that has forced us to enjoy concerts and festivals via “second hand” digital means. Many people

Interviews Specials Travel & Lifestyle

Buhurt knight Joona Hämäläinen: “You have to be a little bit loony”

2020-09-142020-09-14 GastmitarbeiterInnen / guest contributions armor, armour, Buhurt, Buhurt Sport, combat sport, Finland, Häme Medieval Festival, Hämeen keskiaikafestivaali, Historical Medieval Battles, HMB, IMCF, International Medieval Combat Federation, Interview, interviews, keskiaikafestivaali, knight, Lifestyle, MCSF, medieval armour, medieval combat sport, medieval weapons, Mittelalter, Mittelalter Waffen, Muurinmurtaja, Ritterduelle, special, sword, sword and shield, sword fight, swords, Tampere, Turniere, weapons

Whilst visiting the medieval festival in Hämeenlinna in Finland (full report here), I discovered a new and magnificent sport of

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Häme Medieval Festival: A feast for a timeless romantic

2020-09-082020-09-08 GastmitarbeiterInnen / guest contributions battle riding, battles, Buhurt, duels, festival, festival report, festival review, Festivalbericht, Festivalreview, fights, Finland, fire performance, fire show, Häme castle park, Häme Medieval Festival, Hämeen keskiaikafestivaali, Hämeenlinna, horse performance, horse show, keskiaikafestivaali, knights, live, Open Air Festival, open air performance, Review, Rohan Stables, summer festival, Taikatuli, tournament, Vikings

14-16 August 2020, Hämeenlinna, Finland Coming from Germany and having experienced themed high-end events at renowned Gothic castles throughout Europe,

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FAME: Heavy Metal as museum-material?

2020-08-032020-08-03 Klaudia Weber editorial, FAME, Feature, Finland, Finnish Metal, Finnish Metal bands, Finnish Metal Export, Finnish Music, Finnish Music Hall of Fame, Finnish Music Museum, Heavy Metal exhibition, Heavy Metal Museum, Helsinki, Lifestyle, Metal Export, Metal Export exhibition, Museum, Musiikkimuseo, special, travel

In Finland, where Metal is mainstream, you can indeed get surprised. For example during a visit to the National Museum

Interviews Specials Travel & Lifestyle

Bonsart Bokel: Recreating the history that never was

2020-04-092020-04-09 GastmitarbeiterInnen / guest contributions Alex van Hoogstraten, Alternate History, Bonsart Bokel, Cosplay, Dankaert A. H. J. Lexicon, Holland, Interview, interviews, Lifestyle, Radio Retrofuture, Retro Futurism, Retrofuture, Steampunk, Steampunk subculture, The Netherlands, Youtuber

Dutch Steampunk activist, blogger, writer, columnist, actor, model: Bonsart Bokel is the artistic pseudonym of a prominent figure in European

Specials Travel & Lifestyle

Steampunk fair in Bochum

2020-02-242020-02-24 GastmitarbeiterInnen / guest contributions Bochum, Cosplay, cosplay competition, cosplay contest, Cosplayer, cosplayers, costume contest, event, event report, fair, Feature, Gallery, Germany, Jahrhunderthalle, Jahrhunderthalle Bochum, Lifestyle, photo gallery, photos, report, Review, special, Steampunk, Steampunk Jahrmarkt, Steampunk Jahrmarkt Bochum 2020

February 15th, 2020, Jahrhunderthalle, Bochum, Germany The fair in Bochum is actually a two-week-long festival of antique and retro funfair

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Jean Paul Gaultier: “Fashion Freak Show”

2020-02-102020-02-12 Klaudia Weber Circus, Concert Hall Oktyabrsky, fashion, Fashion Freak Show, Fashion Show, Jean Paul Gaultier, JPG Fashion Freak Show, Marion Motin, Performance, photos, press conference, revue, Russia, show, St. Petersburg, Tonie Marshall

31/01 – 02/02/2020, Concert Hall “Oktyabrsky”, St. Petersburg, Russia He just celebrated his last show after 50 years in the

Interviews Specials Travel & Lifestyle

Tschinderella: Live authentically!

2019-12-052019-12-05 Klaudia Weber Austria, Birgit Tschinder, fashion, Henry Welisch Photography, interviews, Lifestyle, online store, Photos are my story, Rockabilly, Rockabilly fashion, Rockabilly fashion store, Simone Attisani Photography, Tschinderella, Van Gaugi Photography, web shop, web store

A brand and a person – Austrian Rockabilly fashion Web-Shop Tschinderella run by a power woman. The website is in

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