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The 99 best summer bars – selected by locals!
One one the things that distinguishes Spotted by Locals – the series of iPhone applications, PDF cityguides and cityblogs with tips by handpicked locals in 38 cities in Europe – from other cityguides: the tips are always kept up-to-date by our locals. Summer just started, so you’ll find many tips on summer festivals, and […]
“Never Walk Alonely Planet” guidebooks
I just found out about the Never Walk Alonely Planet series, on my favorite blog about urbanism – The Pop-Up City. Never Walk Alonely Planet’s aim is to show insiders and visitors of a city not the highlights, but an insider’s view of a city. I haven’t read one yet, but it looks very interesting […]
Local Travel tips by Tony Wheeler
A slightly outdated video (2009) geared towards business travelers with Local Travel tips by Tony Wheeler – founder of Lonely Planet, but with some good local travel tips.
iPhone apps by locals
We recently improved the Spotted by Locals iPhone apps that were created by our handpicked locals (who speak the local language, live in the city and are really passionate about their city) in 33 cities in Europe. All the apps work 100% offline (including the very detailed maps), so if you visit one of our […]
Local Travel = Staying in apartments?
In the last 3 years since we started Spotted by Locals, I’ve been outside my hometown Amsterdam for about 14 months altogether. We (Sanne and myself) meet all our writers (“Spotters”) in Europe in person, so fortunately that requires a lot of traveling! When we did our first 3 month tour to 20 large Europe […]
Local Travel Quotes
Lately, I’ve been gathering some nice “Local Travel Quotes”. I’m sure there must be many more, so invite you to share them! “It is not down in any map; true places never are.” – Herman Melville “The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set […]
AFAR Magazine
I’ve had a subscription to AFAR Magazine for a while now. It’s a really interesting (paper!) magazine about experiential travel. In this video, the initiators explain how they started: You can get a free issue on their website. Worth checking out, if you’re into Local Travel!
Local Travel in KLM’s inflight magazine
We’ve been actively promoting people to travel like a local since Spotted by Local‘s launch in 2008. Last year, this not for profit website that unites businesses actively promoting Local Travel and travelers was launched. It seems the travel press is starting to get interested too. Last week, KLM’s inflight magazinepublished his article “Stay smart […]
The world’s best ethical destinations
Ethical Traveler (www.EthicalTraveler.com) is a non-profit organisation is “dedicated to educating travelers about the social and environmental impact of their decisions, showing how travel can be a potent form of diplomacy, and giving travelers a forum through which their united voices can serve the world community.” Although they’re a bit more geared towards political and environmental […]
Travel like a local in Europe with your iPhone
Spotted by Locals, a network of travel guides by handpicked locals in European cities, has just released iPhone applications for each of its 33 destinations. Check out for example the Amsterdam application in the Appstore. Find the apps in other cities by searching for “Spotted by Locals”.