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Dublin Fringe Festival 2018

In the period between September 8th and September 23rd, the annual Fringe Festival will be arranged in Dublin. Are you a fan of culture, art, and discovering talent, the Fringe Festival might be something for you.

Every year there are Fringe Festivals arranged all across the world. In Dublin, the festival brings more than 30,000 people to the city, and every year they see performances and groups they have never seen before. After all, that is often what a fringe festival is about.

Few people go to the theatres, and tickets for such well-known theaters can be very expensive. At the fringe festival, smaller theater groups and artists get the chance to bring their work and acts out to a greater audience. This is a fantastic opportunity, not only for the artists but also for the audience to see and demystify the world of actors and theaters.

You can see these girls as well during the Fringe Festival in Dublin.
You can see these girls as well during the Fringe Festival in Dublin. Source

A Fringe festival definition

“Fringe festivals are all about providing an accessible avenue for independent theatre artists to produce and perform their work in front of an audience. The Fringe is really the essence of theatre; virtually anybody can submit a show to the Fringe and the festivals place no limits on content so shows can be bold, raw and uncensored.” (source: Huffington Post)

Dublin Fridge Festival 2018

It will be held between September 8th and September 23rd. Some of the topics that will be covered during the festival are Cabaret, Circus, Club, Comedy, Dance, Gig, Installation, Live Art & Visual Art, Music, Party, Radio, Spoken Word, Talks, Theatre, Young, and Radicals.

You can read more about the actual artists and program for the festival at the official website of the festival.

Enjoy your stay in Dublin. For more information about the most famous attractions in Dublin, the most popular activities, and other topics, look around in our Dublin Guide.

Erection in the Intersection and other cool stuff in Dublin!

Are you coming to Dublin for the first time? Are you looking for ideas on what to discover, what to see and what to do?

There are lots of information on such topics on the Internet, including our Dublin Guide which you are visiting right now. Here you can read about some of the most famous attractions in the city, you can find out more about how to take part in a pub crawl, and how to visit the Guinness Storehouse.

Discover Dublin
Discover the beautiful city of Dublin – Source: Pixabay

But, there are other sources available online as well, and recently we discovered a very good article on Steemit discussing what to do in Dublin. In the article, you can see some great pictures of the city, and read a lot about programs and activities. The article also contains some historical data and other interesting information.

Did you know that there is an attraction in Dublin that is titled “Erection at the Intersection” by the locals? And did you know that there is an attraction that will bring you luck if you touch its breasts?

There are lots of stuff worth experiencing and seeing in Dublin. Look around in our Dublin Guide for further inspiration, or check the article referred to earlier!

 

Can I watch ZDF/ARD online in Ireland?

Is it possible to watch ZDF/ARD online in Ireland? I live here, but would love to watch German TV, and especially the upcoming FIFA World Cup on ZDF/ARD. Can that be done from abroad?

That is a brilliant question, and the answer to your question is yes. It can be done, but you need to trick around a bit. The upcoming FIFA World Cup will be broadcasted in Ireland as well, so you can watch the matches on Irish TV, but if you want to watch them on German TV (which is understandable as you cheer for Germany), you will need to give the ZDF/ARD website the impression that you are in Germany.

zdf live in Ireland

To do so, you will need to make the ZDF/ARD website believe that you are in Germany. The best way to do so is by using a VPN service. Such a service will let you connect to a server in Germany, which will result in you getting a German IP address, which again will make you able to watch German TV online in Ireland.

For this purpose, I recommend using the VPN services of IPVanish. That is an American VPN service with servers all across the world, also in Germany. Sign up, connect to a server in Germany, and you are good to go.

If you later move back to Germany and miss Irish TV, you can also use IPVanish to get an Irish IP address, in order to stream RTE and other Irish TV channels from abroad.

Blockchain and cryptocurrency meetings in Dublin

Would you like to know more about the blockchain industry in Dublin and Ireland? Want to meet fellow traders and cryptocurrency enthusiasts? There are lots of programs taking place in Dublin.

We are writing this article in February 2018, and in the coming months, there will be lots of programs taking place. If you read this article at a later time, you might want to visit this site in order to see a calendar presenting upcoming blockchain and cryptocurrency events in Dublin.

bitcoin meetup in dublin

So, what’s coming up in Dublin in the coming weeks?

Have you invested in cryptocurrencies and maybe made a fortune? How are you supposed to pay taxes? On February 20th there will be a meetup arranged by the blockchain association of Ireland, and the subject will be: “Guidance on the Regulatory and Tax Treatment of Cryptocurrencies in Ireland.”

On February 28th there will be a meetup for Ethereum developers in Dublin, while March 15th and 16th will be more for the general crowd. On those days there will be a “Cryptocurrencies 101” meetup, and there will also be a meetup where they will speak about mining, ICOs, news, trading and similar topics. The latter which is referred to as “Dublin Crypto Talks” is a monthly event, so if you miss out on it once, simply check it out one month later.

Visit the link mentioned above for an up to date schedule on blockchain and cryptocurrency programs in Dublin. If you want to know more about cryptocurrencies and read interesting articles on the subject, you should visit the CoinTelegraph, the IPAddressGuide or the CryptoCoinsNews.