Alexander van Terheyden Blog

The internet is being censored

2021-01-11T13:59:00.003+00:00

The days of free speech on the internet are over. Technocracy has taken over the internet. I've taken myself off Twitter due to their censorship and purging of voices on the right. I am now only on Telegram, Parler and via my website www.thewonderingenglishman.com

End the Big Tech Tyranny.

Europe's Most Impressive Medieval City? Carcassonne Walking tour / Travel Guide

2020-11-11T09:43:00.000+00:00

Walking tour of Carcassonne France

Tallinn to Tartu - How to travel from Tallinn Airport to Tartu Estonia -...

2020-05-12T12:19:00.001+01:00

Travelling between Tallinn and Tartu in Estonia - then look no further

Inspired by a Black Martyr - The House of the Blackheads - Riga - Latvia - Travel Guide .

2020-03-20T23:02:00.001+00:00

In my latest video I explore The House of the Blackheads in Riga Latvia.

The below is from Wiki:

House of the Blackheads is a building situated in the old town of Riga, Latvia.^[1] The original building was erected during the first third of the 14th century for the Brotherhood of Blackheads, a guild for unmarried merchants, shipowners, and foreigners in Riga. Major works were done in the early 17th century, adding most of the Mannerist ornamentation. The sculptures were made by the workshop of August Volz.

The building was bombed to a ruin by the Germans on June 28, 1941 - a week after the launching of Operation Barbarossa - and the remains were demolished by the Soviets in 1948. It was rebuilt between 1996 and 1999 with funds provided by Valērijs Kargins, the president of Parex Bank.^[2] Part of the funds was also donated from all the people who wanted participate in rebuilding process, by joining in event ''I build the House of the Black Heads'', where by donating 5 lats (7,11~ EUR) could symbolically put the brick on the wall. There were more than 5000 participants. House of the Black Heads was officially opened in December 9, 1999.

Nowadays the House of the Blackheads is a fascinating museum. In the upper level are located grand ballrooms, where historically many luxurious events happened - welcoming ceremonies for kings, queens, presidents, and also many cultural events - balls, classical music concerts, theatres, operas with many world famous guest-stars. On another floor it is possible to visit Historical cabinets - former work-space for the President of Latvia, who moved the Presidential residence to the House of the Blackheads from 2012 to 2016, while the permanent location in Riga Castle was under reconstruction. The historical cellar is the only original part of the building which survived World War II and during the Soviet Occupation times (until the 1990s) was buried underground and not visible. Historical cellar is one of the most unique places in Old Riga, where it is possible to walk through autentic ''underground of Old Riga'' where the remains - wall fragments, floor and even the wooden stairs are originals, and some of that is dated even in 14th century. This is former storage for goods and part of it was space for hypocaust - warm air furnace. Now there are interesting, interactive exhibitions relating to trading in Riga and the Brotherhood of Blackheads history.

The House of the Black Heads exhibition is open for visitors daily from 10:00 - 18:00 o'clock.

Ticket price: 6 EUR - adults, 3 EUR student/senior (65+)/pupil. /https://www.melngalvjunams.lv/en/

The First World War - The Imperial War Museum - Museum Guide - London Tr...

2020-02-26T15:53:00.001+00:00

My latest video on my Channel "The wondering Englishman". In this video, I take in the Imperial War Museum in Southwark London. With the focus being on The First World War.

Kyiv Zhuliany - International Airport (Kiev) - Advice when you arrive - ...

2019-12-05T19:46:00.001+00:00

The Techno Viking Revisited - Berlin - Germany - Walking Tour of the Greatest Meme!

2019-10-18T17:57:00.001+01:00

3 Days in Majorca - Palma / A short break in Palma

2019-09-13T11:39:00.001+01:00

In my latest video, I find myself on the beautiful island of Majorca (Mallorca).

New Post on the Other Blog

2019-06-19T23:44:00.000+01:00

A couple of new posts from my other Website The Wondering Englishman

So that they may get indexed by the Crawlers here they are.

https://www.thewonderingenglishman.com/post/prague-czechia

https://www.thewonderingenglishman.com/post/finding-oneself-on-the-internet

https://www.thewonderingenglishman.com/post/best-techno-festival-in-the-uk

An experiment - but let's see what happens

The Junction 2 Festival - is it the best Festival in the UK?

2019-06-14T23:58:00.001+01:00

Now in its 4th Year - Junction 2 Festival is it now better than every other festival in the UK? It certainly is if you Love Techno :)

Rolex Robbery in Central London - Smash & Grab by Moped Thieves

2019-06-05T14:48:00.001+01:00

A Gang of Moped Thieves targeted The Hour House Watch shop in Central London this last week. The Hour House in Duke Street, Marylebone was struck by armed robbers at 10:30am in the morning. They made off with Thousands of Pounds worth of Jewelry - including many Rolex.

The London Mayor Sadiq Khan is failing Londoners. The Man needs to be sacked but we all know he is part of the establishment so that will never happen.

2 Days in Prague - Czechia

2019-06-02T22:58:00.001+01:00

I recently found myself in the Bohemian Capital of Prague - I was there for 2 Full Days in the Czech Capital (3 nights in total). I, of course, made a video about that adventure. If you are thinking of visiting Prague anytime soon - check out my video and maybe it will inspire you on some of the things you may or may not do.

The London Cabaret Club - What's it like?

2019-05-16T13:26:00.001+01:00

The New White Hart Lane - Tottenham Hotspurs

2019-04-08T11:21:00.001+01:00

An Englishman in Dnipro - Ukraine

2019-04-01T23:02:00.001+01:00

Latest video - This time I visit the City of Dnipro in Ukraine

An Englishman in Odessa �� — Part 1 of 2

2019-02-04T21:17:00.001+00:00

The Wondering Englishman Website

2018-12-11T15:51:00.000+00:00

I've created a New Blog and Website - It's called "The Wondering Englishman" .

Why you may Ask? Well I've now created over 225+ YouTube Video's and I wanted a website where all those video's could be found + extra information that can't always be added to a YouTube Video.
I've even created a Shop which will slowly grow over time. All in very experimental stages right now. However, I'm going to attempt to be more active over there than I am here.

I've discovered this Picture Triggers a few people. That's OK with me as I don't think anyone should dictate where you can and can't have a picture taken especially if your ancestors survived the Nazi's.

As always my YouTube Channel is where to get the most up to date video's.

Wondering Englishman in Tartu

2018-11-23T01:41:00.001+00:00

This article was written about one of my YouTube Videos.

https://foreignpolicyi.org/tartu-by-the-wondering-englishman/

You can find my YouTube Channel @ www.youtube.com/vanterheyden

I have Copy & Paste the Article Below for prosperity purposes>>>

Tartu by the Wondering Englishman

Published on November 22, 2018 in Entertainment by Ricardo Minesotor

The Wondering Englishman, whose real name is Alexander van Terheyden is a traveller who recently posted on his YouTube Channel “A Weekend in Tartu – Estonia!” The Englishman started his weekend break flying into the capital of Estonia Tallinn from London England, before driving with a friend Southeast to Tartu. Over the course of the 30-minute video, the Young Englishman really blitzed the city, taking in the Natural History Museum, Art Galleries, and Tartu’s famous Science Museum. Despite the obvious bad weather it was clear he warmed to the city the more he explored the place.

The video seemed to have been very well received when I stumbled across the video. 99% of viewers have liked the video, a rare thing on Youtube these days. People are hard to please in 2018! Maybe it’s the way Alex van Terheyden brings the viewer on his inquisitive exploration of the isolated Estonian city.

Tartu may be dominated by students, but it doesn’t roll off everyone’s tongue when it comes to places to visit – it would seem Vloggers like Alex van Terheyden may change that – bringing a beautiful historical city drenched in history to the attention of the Social Media generation.

SOURCE:MYWORLD.UNL.EDU

Alex got to Estonia via Ryanair an airline not loved by many but thankfully opening up the more isolated destinations to the wider world. The Wondering Englishman clearly wondered what Estonia would be like so he took himself there to explore (at least according to his YouTube Channel) the capital Tallinn, the coastal resort Parnu and my favorite Estonian city – Tremendous Tartu. Once in Tallinn, he drove, but upon returning to Tallinn, he got the train back. The connections between Tallinn and Tartu and frequent and reliable making the city more accessible than people may think.

I reached out to Alex van Terheyden and asked him what he liked most about Estonia and the city of Tartu. “The Estonian people are some of the nicest most amazing people I’ve ever met – I have a special place in my heart for them thanks to their hospitality and warmth. Tartu really surprised me it was a city I really knew very little about before I got there but its beauty captivated me from the minute I arrived if you can ignore the odd modern building on the outskirts!” I asked him if he would be returning to Estonia – he responded “Without a doubt – I would very much like to see the rest of the country – hopefully in the summer! And I need to try more of your Beer as everyone I sampled was delicious!”

Whether its a weekend break to Estonia or taking the wider country in for a longer period of time I think it’s clear Estonia and Tartu have something to offer those who may have previously overlooked the Baltic Gem.

Below is the video The Wondering Englishman made about Tartu.

A weekend in Collioure - France

2018-11-15T21:00:00.000+00:00

A weekend in Collioure

I highly recommend Collioure as a weekend destination.

An Englishman Discovers Helsinki - Finland

2018-10-24T14:44:00.002+01:00

An Englishman Travels to Morocco

2018-09-02T21:30:00.000+01:00

An Englishman in Kiev - Ukraine ��

2018-01-30T17:41:00.001+00:00

Check out my latest video - this time I'm in Kiev

2018-01-30T17:37:00.001+00:00

An Englishman in Kiev - Ukraine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Ig6cRI6HY

Check out my latest video

Let's See the rest of Europe.

2017-04-03T00:47:00.000+01:00

Time to complete Europe - I was born in Europe, I have lived in Europe most of my life. And yet I still haven't managed to visit every single European Country - I have less than a hand full I need to visit so I figured over the next few months I am going to finally complete or tick off all the countries I haven't yet visited in Europe. Along with visiting a few new places I'm going to take in some old favourites while touring Europe. Stay tuned for video updates and blog updates.
Mico Updates of my travels can be seen on www.twitter.com/vanterheyden
Video Updates of my travels can be found on youtube - subscribe at www.youtube.com/vanterheyden

Earn and Save Money with your Smart Phone

2016-05-03T14:05:00.001+01:00

Earn and Save Money with your Smart Phone

Now unless you are living a minimalist existence in the Himalayas with some rather chilled out Monks the chances are I’m going to presume you have a smartphone. Now these devices while turning us all into Zombies (it also pays to look up once in awhile and put the phone down) can in turn earn you some easy money. Now while I can’t promise to earn you enough to buy that Lamborghini I can promise to put some currency back into your pocket.

Now I'm a iPhone User - however all the apps I am going to mention are available on Androids and all other phone devices. The first thing to maybe sort out on your phone is the clutter - If like me and you like apps - you're going to probably have pages and pages of apps - this is all very well - but keeping track of the apps that can make you money or save you money is imperative if they are ever going to amount to anything. I like to categorise my apps - See the Below Picture - Yes I know it’s a little crazy but it's the way I like things organised and I guess it’s the way my brain works - you have to do what works for you.

If the apps give you a discount - then label them under discount. If they are apps that require you to do a little work maybe call them jobs and so on. It’s your phone so you are in control but make sure you remember these apps otherwise they will never make you any money.

So let us begin.

Saving/Earning Money when making Bookings.

Ok While you have to spend money to make money - it can add up overtime - We all have to buy things even when trying to live minimalistic lifestyles. Well by having the app on your phone - it allows you to make that purchase of flights, hotels, takeaway that little more affordable. For example - I know I have to book a hotel in Las Vegas - And I have already decided on which hotel I’m going to stay at. Now the key here is to establish where the Hotel is cheapest - to do this you are going to need 1 of 3 apps - either the Trivago, Kayak or Tripadvisor app. Personally I prefer the Trivago app for the pricing of hotels and Tripadvisor for the Ratings of hotels. Going with Trivago App - I go seek out which Travel Agent can offer me the best price for staying at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas in August. I Search on Trivago and then I see the cheapest rate is Amoma.com are offering the hotel at £98 a night.

Now this is where I utilise TopCashBack or Quidco. Usually these two are pretty much the same. However - I’ve generally discovered TopCashBack offer consistently slightly better cash-back. But by having both apps on your phone - it means it doesn't take a moment to check. At the time of writing this article - as you can see TopCashBack are offering 8% Cash-back and Quidco are offering me only 6% cash-back.

Topcashback

Quidco

Now while 8% isn’t the best I’ve seen it isn’t bad. It’s worth checking to see if there is much of a price difference between Amoma and all the other travel agents - for example - it's not a rarity to see Expedia offering sometimes close to 20% cashback - but they can do that because their prices are generally going to be higher - however when they are about the same or cheaper - then it’s a no brainer to use Expedia. So the next step is obviously to access Amoma via the the TopCashBack app. You click though - and it takes you to Amoma. I find the Price via the phone - and then if I book the price would be £388 for 4 nights.

Now with 8% cashback from TopCashBack that gets paid to you usually within 30 days - that’s £31.04 in your pocket. Now TopCashback usually improve this by 1-2% depending on promotion. Now while it doesn't sound like a lot of money. It’s money you wouldn't have received if you had just booked the Hotel normally. Hence in my mind that’s Money made from a Booking. And if you book the hotel with your credit card - you will likely also earn air-miles, cash-back or points depending on what credit card you are set-up with.

The above technique can be done for flights, car rental, packages and all types of shopping.

And just so you can see I'm making money from Topcashback here is a screenshot from my account:

that's almost £1200 in extra income in 1 year.

You can sign up to TopCashBack Online or via the Phone - http://www.topcashback.co.uk/ref/vanterheyden - TopCashBack will pay you £10 to Sign Up with that Link.

http://www.quidco.com/user/1076444/2181464/ - Quidco will pay you £5 when you sign up using that link.

Obviously each app is available on the App Store and also on Google Play.

So how else can we utilise the apps on our phone to Earn us money?

Be My Eye - This is a new app I recently discovered - you basically take on the task of a secret shopper. Jobs will appear in your local neighbourhood - and you can choose to accept them by clicking on them. Now they don’t pay you a fortune but it can be anywhere between £3 and £20 a job for a few minutes of your time. The last job I accepted on this app I had to walk into a William Hill Bookmakers - Take a Picture of the Outside of the shop and then 2 pictures of the inside of the shop - I then had to ask a staff member if they knew anything about the William Hill app - once I had done this I had to evaluate their knowledge in a couple of sentences - submit the details on the app and then for this job that took me less than 5 minutes I was paid £3.20 for the pleasure. Now obviously this isn’t going to pay the bills - but in my mind it’s pocket money.

App available on the app Store

Similar app - doesn’t seem to have as many missions is Clic and Walk. Also available on the app store.

Another App similar to Be My Eye and Clic and Walk is Roamler - the only problem with this one - you have to be invited to join the community - it actually has more missions than any of the other apps (hence bigger earning potential) - but like I said it requires a invite. Follow me on twitter @vanterheyden www.twitter.com/vanterheyden and Message me and I will personally invite you to the community. As Roamler is invite only!

Zeek

Another way to Save Money via your phone is via the App “Zeek” Basically if like me you shop on Amazon, Use iTunes and Drink at Starbucks from time to time (remember don’t drink there all the time - spread your Coffee cash everywhere). Then it makes sense buy vouchers on Zeek from this app. I can generally Save 30%+ buying a Starbucks Voucher on this app than if I were to just top up my Starbucks account manually. And of course if you pay for Coffee with the Starbucks app it acts as a rewards card by giving you free Coffees.

https://www.zeek.me/promo/uk/?value=5&code=2DNS7J - Use this Link and Zeek will give you a £5 Voucher for free. Not Bad really.
Why pay more when you can pay less!

Apps that will earn you money for clicking on them and logging on.

Swagbucks

An Online rewards and cashback programme - similar to Topcashback but simply by doing surveys and signing up to things you will earn Swagbucks. Swagbucks can be converted into Paypal and Amazon vouchers. You should download the Swagbucks TV App for your phone. Simply by running some videos during the day on your phone you will also earn Swagbucks.

To Sign up to Swagbucks - click the following link: http://www.swagbucks.com/p/register?rb=19131841 - using this link will give you extra Swagbucks.

Cashpoint

A nice little app that simply wants you to login every day and click on a few things - if you spend a few minutes every day on this app by the end of the week you will have Amazon or Paypal Vouchers paid to you very quickly and easily. Spin the Wheel - collect Coins, Check in every day - Collect Coins, http://mszqg.imeigoo.cn/ - using this link will give you 50 Free Coins.

Earn Money “App”

Similar to "Cashpoint" App - although admission it’s a little slower to earn the cash - however it is very simple and it takes up only a couple of minutes a day. You Login, Check in each day and you will earn 25 Coins, You Watch a video you earn 3 Coins, You Get shown an Advert you earn 1 coin, and so on and so on. The App Can be found on the App Store “Earn Money” - Type the Code “QEYOOR” and you will earn an additional 50 coins. Coins of course can be converted into Amazon and Paypal vouchers.

Receipt Hog

A very clever marketing app - the Receipt Hog Team will pay you coins which can be converted into Amazon and Paypal vouchers. It pays you because it expects you to take pictures of all your shopping receipts - obviously this takes some getting used to remembering to do but if you get into a habit of taking a picture of your receipt via the app after every time you have been to the local supermarket in no time at all you will be earning Money fro Nothing. The App is available on the all the Mobile App stores. Download - Sign Up and use the Code: bag63652 - using this code will give you 5 free spins which entitle you to more prizes.

There are more apps available - but the above ones I feel are the best available at the moment - however if you disagree and know of more apps - let me know in the comments - would love to hear your thoughts and tips on other innovative apps.

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