Lambic will let you leave with a purchase you've always really wanted to have, but you´ve just not realized until owner Klaas pointed you on it. On holiday in Amsterdam or just nearby? Make sure you make a visit this to special comic shop.

You can find this old comic shop at the Kerkstraat in the heart of Amsterdam. And rightfully it may be called old! Lambic is the oldest antiquarian comic shop throughout Europe and was founded since 1968. Since that time the store has become a worldwide center for comic strip lovers. The shop name is due to comic hero 'Lambic' from the famous comic strip Suske & Wiske.

This king of comic stores, offers, besides classical and hard to get titles (both in Dutch and English), the most modern and recent strips. Even t-shirts and dolls are sold, as long as it has to do with one of the many comic book heroes. If there is a title not present, there is the possibility to order.

Ask advice to Klaas or one of the other employees, if you have questions. As one client said:

''Do you say: my brother is looking for something about creative ways for rabbits to commit suicide, then sais Klaas' Andy Riley! "and he rushes to the shelf of comic books about creative ways to commit suicide for rabbits. Or you say 'do you have anything like Persepolis, but then another dictatorship anywhere in the world? "Klaas then turns the graphic novel "Pyongyang" by Guy Delisle out. For antiquarian comic Lambic has that sort of thing. Like everything else you can think of, and more.''

Even if you're not going to buy a comic book, or you really not like comics, still Lambic it's worth to visit. Klaas and his staff will still surprise you. Dive into the world of comics and make a quick visit to the website.

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When dreams come true!

It's a pleasure when you can write about something you really love.

I want to tell you about something I always have on me now, as part of my tastes and  personality. Its name is Sultan, a very recognizable collection of jewelry: earrings, rings, necklaces, bracelets, pendants, hair clips, and much more…

But what makes it so fascinating? Maybe be the irregular, simple, bare shapes.

Big dimension of jewelery always attracts the attention. You don't need fashion clothes, neither colorful ones. You don't need hairstyles details, neither make up effects: trust me, with the right Sultan object on you, games are made.

Furthermore, what distinguishes this new line is the uniqueness of the material. It is, in fact, a particular alloy called "Zamak", which is composed of 4 metals: Zinc, Aluminium, Magnesium and Copper, all wet silver. The collection is completely free of nickel, then tolerated by people allergic to metals.

An huge choice of stuff, finally in a shop in Rome! (Before I used to find just Sultan section in other shops). 

My friends well know that for any celebration nothing makes me happier than a small Sultan packet.

Plus the prices are really affordable, so normally I use the same ideas for gifts, and all women I know always appreciate a lot!    

Sultan Store Collection

Via Frattina, 61

00187 Roma – RM – Italia

tel. +39 06 6784536

fax +39 06 41792332

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Vegetarian Philosophy between Food and Art

Have you ever listen to the old song Via Margutta? Probably not, you should be Italian, or even from Rome… Anyway, it's a romantic song speaking about the homonymous romantic street in Rome.

Via Margutta, in fact, is a charming, quiet lane.

Although it is fully in the city centre, it still maintains its garden atmosphere, perfumed by trees and vineyards, which has made it a perfect choice for artists, painters, sculptors, and antiquarians.

The Margutta RistorArte, as you can imagine, is located right there.

Born in 1979, it is much more then a restaurant. Its name in fact suggests with a word play the whole philosophy of this place. The Margutta RistorArte is a vegetarian restaurant, a cultural center, a meeting point for people of alternative culture, a fashion point in town.

All with a common directions: the pleasure of food, the respect for nature, the love for art and nature and the need to protect and respect the rights of all animals.

In those 30 years of experience Margutta RistorArte has preserved its values ​​and has consolidated its offer.

Vernissage, books launches, jewelry collections, catering, events, art gallery.

But most of all: the elaborated food, with high quality products and a great variety in the menu. Options for vegan as well.  

Try it, if you like to discover new places and new ideas.

Il Margutta RistorArte

Via Margutta 118, 00187 Roma – Tel :  +39 06. 32650577

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Experience a totally new way of dining, help young people to work at their future and enjoy in the meantime plenty of luxurious dining.

Enthusiastic by the concept ''good food and improve the world'' Sarriel Taus and Coen Alewijnse opened the restaurant Fifteen in 2004 in Amsterdam. A similar restaurant at the famous Jamie Oliver restaurant in London, where underprivileged youth training is offered in the horeca.

Fifteen in Amsterdam offers this unemployed group also the chances of a successful career in the horeca industry. The young people in the restaurant are constantly being under the supervision of competent and passionate professionals. Jamie Oliver himself has attached his name permanently to the restaurant by leaving his signature on one of the walls.

In this restaurant the people work probably twice as hard for you to give you the night of your life. The work is taken very serious and they do their best to operate as fast as they can and give you the best possible service. With passion and joy they like to tell you about the food which is served.

Fifteen wouldn´t be Fiteen if the interior did not fit with the youngsters who work there. It is a hip restaurant, but with style, with a wall full of graffiti and beautiful chandeliers hanging from the ceiling. There is a friendly and lively atmosphere where you certainly going to be excited about.

The menu is set in advance, but will definitely not result in lower quality and originality. Meet the staff  or take a look at the menu on the website. Reservation is necessary.

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Where

International Airport:  the exhibition center is only 5km from “Leonardo da Vinci”, 12 min by taxi, 6 min by train (two stops) through FR1 Regional Railway, departures every 15 min.

Motorway: with two lanes that run parallel to the Autostrada Roma Fiumicino, to and from the exhibition center, direct access is granted by car to the G.R.A. (the Grande Raccordo Anulare di Roma) connecting to the motorway network around Roma as well as to all the “consular” roads accessing the city.

Railway: the railroad FR1 allows simple and immediate connection through the exhibition center and city center, with dedicated stop "Fiera di Roma" for people coming from Fiumicino Airport and main city stations (Trastevere, Ostiense, Tiburtina).

When: 18-26 February 2012

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