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Norvège by Schenk

January 11, 2023 4:28 pm Published by

This is a French-language poster for Norway. The (unknown) artist, with the signature ”Schenk”, has used the sky to illustrate the smallness of the tourist and woman & man. Thru the poster we reverently admire the mighty mountain world. The slogan in the poster reinforces the message: Norway is a true natural wonder!

Mälaren – Le Maelar

July 8, 2021 12:02 pm Published by

A single lake – but countless sights! Lake Mälaren, or Lake Malar in English, is an amazing place. It spans 120 km from west to east all the way to central Stockholm. So, obviously, it needed travel poster of its own in the 1920s. For some unknown reason the Swedish State Railways saw it as […]

Visby Suede

November 23, 2018 11:11 am Published by

In the 1930s, Visby and Gotland poured a lot of energy (and money) trying to attract tourists from France to villes des ruines et des roses. And who wouldn’t want to visit a city with such a romantic name?