Category Archives: Europe

Art Europe Time-lapse Travel Video

Barcelona in ‘flow-motion’ – [VIDEO]

Rob Whitworth’s dizzying ‘flow-motion’ tour around Barcelona.

(h/t thehighdefinite)

Europe Infographic

1914 Map of Europe – [INFOGRAPHIC]

Hugely informative Map of Europe at the start of 1914,  including a chronology of the first months of World War I.

(h/t AFP)

Europe Tilt-Shift Time-lapse Video

Cork, Ireland – [TIME-LAPSE]

Jason Keane’s beautiful tilt-shifted time-lapse film of Cork in Southern Ireland.

(h/t broadsheet)

Europe Time-lapse Travel Video

Europe At Night – [TIME-LAPSE]

Photographer Luke Shepard’s Nightvision is a stunning amalgamation of Europe’s finest architecture from 36 cities in 21 countries.

NIGHTVISION from Luke Shepard on Vimeo.

Nightvision is a celebration of the brilliance and diversity of architecture found across Europe. Over the course of three months I journeyed with a friend through 36 cities in 21 countries with the ambition of capturing some of the greatest European structures in a new and unique way. Comprised of thousands of carefully taken photographs, strung together and stabilized in post-production, Nightvision aims to inspire appreciation for these man-made landmarks.

For the full list of buildings, check lshep.com

Music: ‘Outro‘ by M83
(h/t usVsth3m)

Europe Infographic Politics

CROATIA: The 28th Member of the EU – [INFOGRAPHIC]

Tomorrow Croatia will become the 28th Member of the European Union. In preparation for this, the folks over at neurope.eu have prepared an informative infographic detailing many interesting facts and figures about Europe’s newest member.

INFOGRAPHIC: Get to know Croatia - the 28th member of the European Union
Infographic design by: Stedas dizajn – infographic design and web usability

Art Europe Travel Video

Dublin – [TILT-SHIFT]

A beautiful Tilt-shift video of Dublin created as a Student project by Olivia Ricci, Stephen Duffy, Rafal Baran & Afshin Moosavi.

Music: Hoppipolla by Sigur Ros.
For more check tiltshiftdublin.com.

(h/t thejournal.ie)

Europe Time-lapse Travel Video

Dublin 2012 – [TIME-LAPSE]

Matthieu Chardon creates a beautiful montage of Dublin and it’s historic buildings.

(via broadsheet)

Europe Infographic Spending

Ireland’s Bank Bailout – [INFOGRAPHIC]

Ireland’s disastrous bank bailout has seen the Government pump more than €64.1 billion into the majority of Irish banks. The effect of this saw the country apply to he EU and IMF for a bailout to keep the sovereign afloat. Newly elected TD Stephen Donnelly reveals the context of this bailout in comparison with other EU countries.

The graphic underlines the impact that the banking crisis has had on the average Irish taxpayer.

Bank Bailout: Unbearable

(via Stephen Donnelly)

Euro 2012 On Twitter – [INFOGRAPHIC]

Sports website TheScore have visualized the 12 million Euro 2012 tweets to produce the infographic below. The data was taken from social analytics company Sysomos and highlights a new tweets-per-second record for sports in the the final match between Spain and Italy.

Some stats from the infographic:

  • Spain had 873,000 mentions during the tournament, England 849,000 and Italy 716,000.
  • Portugal’s top goalscorer Ronaldo notched up 270,000 mentions with Italy’s Mario Balotelli scoring  213,000 mentions and Spain’s Fernando Torres 188,000.

Euro 2012 on Twitter

(h/t mashable.com)

Europe Infographic Visualizations

Consequences of a Greek eurozone exit – [INFOGRAPHIC]

The idea of a Greek exit from the eurozone looks more and more likely each day, with the consequences now  said to be ‘managable’. There has been a number of flowcharts and interactive graphics highlighting likely consequences resulting from such a scenario. Some of the most recent are outlined below. Click on the graphics for the full interactive versions.

Financial Times

This interactive graphic from the Financial Times (FT) outlines the likely consequences of a Greece eurozone exit.

Consequences of a Greek eurozone exit

Lombard Street Research / (via Guardian)

Along, with this Lombard Street Research has provided a flowchart (considering what happens in the event of a Greek euro exit) and the options ahead for the eurozone.

Greek euro exit flowchart: what happens next

BBC

The BBC also has a handy interactive graphic contemplating what could happen next if Greece leaves the eurozone.

What could happen next if Greece leaves the eurozone?

(h/t broadsheet)