Escaping the city is squarely on trend. As renters grew tired of living and working from cramped homes, applications for urban properties dropped 23 per cent in August. While, between April and June, 41 per cent buyers from cities bought a home in a town, suburb or countryside location. Some went a step further, opting …
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In Italy, more and more villages are depopulated to the advantage of large cities or foreign destinations: television now offers a chance to revive. Back to the village is the project of a group of international broadcasters who want to bring together couples of young people from different European countries, to put them to the …
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Many worldwide businesses have surpassed months of empty office space as workers moved off-site to do their jobs remotely amid the coronavirus pandemic. For most, the arrangement has been working out well — maybe a little too well. Now some companies are considering downsizing their office space or giving workers more flexibility to work off-site …
Rinascerà a breve il piccolo borgo di Slapnik, nel Collio sloveno, a pochi chilometri dal confine con l’Italia. Grazie ad un particolare constest, arriveranno qui coppie da tutta Europa. Avranno il compito di ristrutturare le antiche case abbandonate nel secondo dopoguerra lasciate all’oblio del tempo e della memoria. Il bellissimo servizio di Ivan Bianchi.
Slapnik, a settlement with 17 houses that once had around 80 residents, mostly farmers, lost its population to larger towns in the region, as well as to immigration to the US and Australia after WW2. Since 1985 is has been designated as part of Slovenia’s immovable cultural heritage, and become a curiosity for visitors, and …
Dobrovo – Slapnik, a picturesque tiny village on Slovenia’s western edge, is set to come alive again this year after lying abandoned and being left to decay for decades. The idea is to renovate the village and shoot a reality show in the process, using couples from different European countries to do the work… Source: …
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