Due to its enormous size, Argentina is immensely diverse in terms of landscapes. The country consists of different climate zones from subtropical along the Brazilian jungle border in the north, to subpolar in the south with Ushuaia located about 1000 km from Antarctica. In between, the terrain offers the green Pampas and swamps, the Andes
Not long ago, all students got the opportunity to join a joint field trip to the construction site of the first public sustainable school in Argentina. The school, a so called “Spaceship” construction, is not only made of dark soil and timber, but recycled materials like cans, car wheels, beer bottles and cartons. Or 25
Weekends in Buenos Aires means time off for city exploration, not to mention the gastronomic variety. For four years producers of fresh vegetables, delicious cheese, honey, conserved tomatoes and olives, baby plants and ceramics have gathered to make a direct market with their consumers in the neighborhood of Agronomía, vest of the city center. Only
Last week, Their Majesties King Harald and Queen Sonja officially visited the Argentine Republic for three days. Never before have Their Majesties visited Argentina, and the last and only visit by the Norwegian crown to Argentina was in 1967 by King Olav. Wednesday, the Royal Couple went to Plaza de Noruega in the neighborhood Belgrano,
A semester in Buenos Aires is a thrill and a one time experience. Understanding how the Argentine society works is a study full of suprises. This information below might be handy to start with. 1. Do not order packages from online and expect it to get to you during your stay in Buenos Aires. This
Buenos Aires has a thriving nightlife with chock-full restaurants at midnight and bounteous possibilities for 24-hours partying. If you head to the neighborhood Palermo you will find crowded nightclubs, or boliches, as the Argentine call them. The custom is to meet your friends at a pre party, la previa, around 9 or 10. Then, when
Argentine football is a theater of fanatical supporters cheering their players nonstop with emotion and songs, drums and smoke machines at the tribune. The so-called los hinchas or the supporters, also assault them swearing and saying that they play like they were dead and even worse things, but worshiping is far more normal. In the
In Buenos Aires’ oldest neighborhood, Monserrat, with building mostly being more than a hundred years old, you do not only find the utterly important public edifices as the Casa Rosada seating the Argentine government and president, the Libertador Building housing the Ministry of Defense, and the famous avenue Avenida de Mayo connecting the Plaza the
Latin America is the most unequal region in the world. It has the biggest gap between the many poor and few rich. Argentina is no country of exception, though it’s economy was long considered to have one of the lowest relative inequality in Latin America. As a matter of fact, the inequality has deteriorated over
“The amazing thing is that every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t
