Inspiring Travel Writing from Vijai Maheshwari
Vijai Maheshwari excelled at physics in high school in Hyderabad, India and should have become an engineer like many of his classmates. Instead, he minored at Russian Studies at Columbia University in New York, moving over to high-octane Moscow in the mid-90s to work as a freelance journalist. Founder of an alternative newspaper in Moscow, consultant to Russian Playboy, and occasional DJ, he has been on the move for the last ten years, living in Berlin, Amsterdam, Tallinn and Prague, apart from Russia. His first novel is published in Russian and he is founder of B EAST Magazine, Eastern Europe's first lifestyle and fashion glossy.
Articles by Vijai Maheshwari
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Tallinn Travel Story
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Vijai Maheshwari
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Estonia
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Tallinn Region
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Tallinn
Tallinn, the capital of vibrant Estonia, must be the smallest big city in Europe. With just over half a million inhabitants and a location so obscure it makes Helsinki seem the center of the world, it still buzzes with a cosmopolitan vibe which...
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Ghent Travel
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Vijai Maheshwari
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Belgium
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Flanders
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Ghent
“The problem with Belgium,” cries Goldmember in Austin Power’s 2002 Goldmember film, “is that it’s close to Holland.” For Amsterdam residents hopping over the border into Flemish-speaking Belgium, the region’s charms lie precisely in its deviations...
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Steaming Belfast
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Vijai Maheshwari
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United Kingdom
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Northern Ireland
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Belfast
The revelers at Belfast’s mall-like Odyssey complex are ‘steaming’ ‘pumping’ ‘flying’ and ‘romping’ on Saturday nights, according to Mary Rose Gilmore, Operations Managers at the vast...
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Kaurismakis Finland
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Vijai Maheshwari
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Finland
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Helsinki and the South
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Helsinki
Jim Jarmusch’s Helsinki segment in his cult film, ‘Night Around the World,’ and spy movies from the Cold War tend to reinforce our perception of Finland as a dark cold nation doused in vodka and Nordic angst. The success of Nokia withstanding, the...
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Exploring the Polish Coast
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Vijai Maheshwari
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Poland
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Baltic Coast
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Gdansk
The tri-city chain of Gdansk, Sopot and Gdynia on Poland’s Baltic Coast are more known for their tragic history than their joi de vivre. World War II began here on a musty fall afternoon on Sep 1st, 1939 when Hitler’s troops stormed the Westerplatte...
Reviews by Vijai Maheshwari
Merchant's House Hotel | Vijai MaheshwariWhile Estonia, Skype’s headquarters, takes pride in its hi-tech infrastructure, Tallinn’s Merchant’s House Hotel, just steps away from the town’s magnificent Old Town Square, prefers to celebrate the city’s medieval grandeur. Comprising two three-...-
Three Sisters
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Vijai Maheshwari
Like the obsessive perfumist in Patrick Suskind’s famous novel, Tallinn’s Three Sisters Hotel so brilliantly distils the essence of medieval Estonia that it has quickly become the region’s top luxury destination. Comprising of three, wedge-shaped...
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Hotel Rialto
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Vijai Maheshwari
Housed in a triangular, Art Deco building that flows over two perpendicular streets in down-town Warsaw, the elegant Hotel Rialto brilliantly captures the geometric hedonism of Viennese style in the 1930s. From the giant, kaleidoscopic stained glass...