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Visible through the entrance of Berns Asiatiska: Berzelii Park.

Berns opened its doors August 1, 1863, (big ups to architect Johan Fredrik Åbom).
If created today, those mega-sized chandeliers wouldn’t survive the focus groups.

The next time I’ll bring a food stylist. This mess is my first round at the Sunday
brunch at Berns Asiatiska. In the lower […]

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Gramercy Park, New York, NY ****

The lobby, designed by Julian Schnabel. “It is a study in careful
contradictions - jazzy but purposeful” says the hotel website.

So you are not staying in a suite? Then expect rooms to be nice, well designed
and coming with all the amenities you need. Also, expect them to be very small.

A typical bathroom at Gramercy Park […]

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Not all journeys start in the small village of Bayanga.
The trip has hardly any turns during the first hour. A straight road built by a logging company takes us there. A sign tells us that we’re entering the Parc National Dzanga-Ndoki. When the road finally turns, it follows an elephant path. Exactly the opposite of […]

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Nice view over the Berzelii Park. In the background: The former location of the bank
which during a robbery drama was the birthplace of the Stockholm Syndrome.

Out of 82 rooms at the Berns Hotel, three comes with a circular window with a view of the Berzelii Park.

The bathroom of room #431. Not visible in this image: […]

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OK, try to follow: The tarmac road from Lusaka was built with Japanese aid and it’s straight as an airport runway for 265 km. You drive to westwards, towards Mongu. Well into the national park, you’ll make a left just before the Kafue river and then battle the mud for about 2 km. Not too […]

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