Hi from Basel!

I’m back at the place where Alphorns resurrected everything from “Euphoria” to “The Code”, and even Remo Forrer couldn’t help but sing Loreen‘s “Tattoo”.

Messe Basel, a grand exhibition center whose stunning architecture, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, brought it to the cover of my article on free things to do in Basel, first hosted Eurovision Village as one of the ESC locations. But, just two weeks later, another great feast followed.

There was not much advertising around it, probably because superfans already snagged their tickets months ago. Only when I saw an elf walking down the street did I learn: the Swiss answer to Comic Con was in town!

Fantasy Basel is a festival for gamers, tech geeks, science nerds, art lovers, and, not least, thousands of cosplayers.

If you’re not familiar with cosplay (short for costume play), it’s the art of dressing up as characters from movies, anime, comics, video games, or other pop culture sources.

Putting a costume on is not enough; cosplayers also mimic the mannerisms of their favorite characters, bringing them to life.

I’ve seen many extraordinarily elaborate creations – Basel was definitely a European center of cosplay passion this weekend.

Whether you are into “Star Wars”, “Wuthering Waves”, “League of Legends”, “Hazbin Hotel”, “Harry Potter”, or any other major or minor fandom, Fantasy Basel was the place to find like-minded spirits.

But who am I to convince you it was an extraordinary gathering? Take a look at the gallery of visitors, and let me know if you have a favorite!

Did you ever put on a costume outside of the carnival season? (Or local money heist?)

Eight years ago, I was organizing Bestiarum, back then the largest fetish feast in the Balkans.

Even though that’s another story, the lesson is probably similar: there is something restorative in abandoning the usual constrictions of society and, let’s say, being a Snow White for a day.

In these crazy times of fear, when we require people’s faces to be always visible and clearly identifiable, walking around in masks shows that a world without bad intentions is still possible.

It’s probably just a short-term illusion, as laws in Switzerland do ban wearing masks and helmets in public spaces.

But for these three days, an exception was made. And we allowed the universe of furries and warriors, “Silent Hill” Pyramid Heads and “Squid Game” Pink Guards to spill into the streets.

Dystopian characters in a utopia where everyone can co-exist next to each other.

If that’s not a special lesson, I don’t know what is.

Have a tolerance-filled week!

Ivan Kralj        
Pipeaway.com

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Hi from Lac de Derborence!

What do a walking torso, a moldy frame, and a phallic shoe have in common? They all somehow explain the 69th Eurovision Song Contest.

In post-Eurovision week, I drove away from Basel, back to southern Switzerland, to give my head a deserved break in the mountains (above and underground – more on that soon!).

Away from all those milkshakes, espresso macchiatos, and poison cakes, I had to treat myself to something truly delicious – a blueberry pie.

But still, spending 10 days in the Eurovision host city, surrounded by half a million passionate fans and never-absent controversies, does leave a mark.

Before leaving the town, I revisited one of my favorite museums in Basel – the Kunstmuseum. I thought the best cure against the songs stuck in my head (many of which will surely have a short expiry date) was to reflect on art masterpieces that have been occupying our attention for centuries.

Kunstmuseum Basel, as the world’s oldest public art collection, displaying the best creatives from the Renaissance to our time, seemed the right place to go.

But then, I couldn’t help it. I saw Pablo Picasso‘s “Two Brothers” and couldn’t kick Eurovision out of my head. No, it wasn’t a toddler looking at me from the canvas. I clearly saw Red Sebastian, sadly undervalued ESC representative of Belgium, piercing me with his eyes.

From there on, it just continued. I was walking through the museum, trying to evict Eurovision acts out of my brain. The museum was responding, though: What if the contestants stayed permanently? Think Kusama meets Poland, “How Much Time Do We Have Left” sang by a seal, or Sweden‘s sauna anthem predicted more than four centuries ago!

So, that’s the background of how I came to match this year’s most memorable performances with iconic artworks from Kunstmuseum Basel.

I find some pairings disturbingly perfect. Others required more thought on the alignment.

Check out this Eurovision-museum crossover, and do let me know what you think! Some connections will do just that (make you think), but hopefully, some can also bring a smile to your face.

Have a refreshing week!

Ivan Kralj        
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Hi from Basel!

The Eurovision ended, not without controversy.

I’ll still be reflecting on this popular televised festival of music, just because I find it a fascinating window into the world of today. Hopefully, you can bear with this focus before I return to the usual unusual travel content.

Until then, just a short newsletter presenting you with a few YouTube shorts (check out the Pipeaway channel for more videos)… I filmed these while attending the largest public viewing of the song contest at the Arena Plus, with 35,999 other ESC fans.

Here’s what you missed if you were not one of these:

– opening with the alphorn players

– Luca Hänni, Swiss Eurovision act 2019 – “She Got Me” finished fourth

– Kate Ryan, Belgian Eurovision act 2006 – performing her cover hit “Ella, elle l’a”

– Baby Lasagna, Croatian Eurovision act 2024 – “Rim Tim Tagi Dim” finished second

– audience reactions to ESC 2025 representatives of Finland, Malta, Israel, and Switzerland (beautiful song that somehow managed to finish with zero televotes)

– audience sing-along – ABBA‘s “Waterloo”

– Marc Sway, Swiss-Brazilian musician – performing “Colorblind” with the Sunnsite Yodelers

Enjoy the sounds!

Have a united-by-music week!

Ivan Kralj        
Pipeaway.com

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Hi from Basel!

I’m a bit late with the newsletter, but hopefully it’s excusable. The Eurovision week has just started, and I already had a sleepless night right after the opening.

Oh, no, I didn’t go partying. Just me and my laptop, trying to bring you a fair report on what happened at the Turquoise Carpet event that opened the greatest music competition ever televised.

Already, a YouTube short showing pro-Palestine protests before the opening ceremony caused quite a stir among the commenters.

If you, however, want to get the full picture, I strongly recommend watching the newest Pipeaway Walks video, which follows the contestants who cross the town in trams, surrounded by fans and protesters requesting a Eurovision boycott over Israel‘s participation. Don’t make my sleepless editing night go in vain 🙂

Eurovision Song Contest continues to be a controversial competition, with actions that tend to ignore political realities. One of these is its flag policy, which, to avoid politics, makes rules that sometimes create more issues than solutions.

One of these rules is not allowing artists to carry any flags at the main ESC events besides the official flags of the country they represent. Fun fact: the organizers also claim that the artists represent broadcasters, not countries.

But these artists come with such diverse backgrounds that it’s becoming harder to label them, which national flags tend to do. Just take a look at who is representing whom at this meeting of post-national musicians! From Dutch-Congolese singing in French to Norwegians going all in for Ireland… Even the Swedish favorites are actually from – Finland!

The first Semi-Final is tonight (Tuesday), the second one on Thursday, and the winner will be chosen in the Grand Final on Saturday. Here’s where to follow the event even if you don’t have a ticket for the live shows.

If you happen to be in Basel this week, I’m attaching a few more resources on extraordinary things to see and do (that have nothing to do with the Eurovision):

– free things to do in Basel
– best museums in Basel
– Vitra Design Museum (if you want to hop over the border briefly, to Germany)
– Basel Zoo

Well, that’s it for now.

Have a Eurovisionary week!

Ivan Kralj        
Pipeaway.com

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Hi from Savièse!

I’m still in the canton of Valais, but looking at the Rhône Valley from above. Some of the vineyards belonging to this Swiss mountain village are so high that, historically, they have had problems with access to water.

So, this week, I’m taking you for a ride in a time machine. Direction? Five centuries ago, when Savièse had 20 times fewer inhabitants than today, and they had to work 20 times harder to survive.

And so we come to the bisse, a remarkable story of reliance on self-sufficiency, where every hardship teaches you that, when trouble knocks on your door, you are usually the one who can change the course of action.

The ancestors of these people changed the course of water, by creating one of the most famous irrigation canals in the region – Bisse du Torrent Neuf.

Imagine taming all that water coming from high up in the Alps, traveling over dug-out waterways, or even those impressive wooden structures clinging directly to the rock face, just to reach thirsty pastures, orchards, and fields…

But you don’t have to imagine it. You can admire the mastery of medieval engineering in the just-published Pipeaway Walk video. Walk this way only if you can handle daring cliffs and dangling bridges!

Switzerland loves its Alps, so much in fact that its yodeling mountains have inspired the entire event and even the staging of Eurovision, the greatest TV music feast arriving in Basel, its 2025 host.

You’ll be able to follow the live shows on TV and social media next week, but I’ll be heading there these days already, so let me know if you’re around.

In the cultural capital of Switzerland, the melodies will flow towards audiences as thirsty as the agricultural fields of the Middle Ages. Maybe demanding bisse and demanding bis are not that different concepts after all.

Whether you’re among the passionate ESC fans or among those who boycott Eurovision, you can’t deny that it is an event that always keeps people talking.

Well, hopefully not just talking.

Have a yodeling week!

Ivan Kralj        
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Hi from Basel!

Thanks to last year’s Nemo‘s victory in Malmö, in just two weeks, the Swiss town of Basel will become a Eurovision stage, an epicenter of the most groundbreaking music competition in TV history.

While nominally apolitical, the Eurovision Song Contest continues to provoke a crucial political question: Is it ethical to provide a microphone to a country actively engaging in ethnic cleansing?

Slovenian (RTV SLO) and Spanish (RTVE) public broadcasters were joined by the Icelandic EBU representative RÚV last week, in asking a quite relevant question: Why is Israel in Eurovision?

“Events like Eurovision are meant to remind the world of what it can look like at its best. It’s about what connects us – not what divides us”, the ESC’s director, Martin Green, said in an interview with the Euroverse Mysteries podcast.

While, in the past, it wasn’t unusual for Eurovision to question hidden song messages and attempts to instrumentalize its stage for countries’ (prop)agendas, Yuval Raphael, the survivor of the October 7 Hamas attacks, managed to pass under the ESC’s political radars, claiming her song “New Day Will Rise” is all about “hope and love”. Very similarly, last year’s Eden Golan‘s controversial “Hurricane” (ex “October Rain”) was about a young woman going through a “personal crisis”.

But in an interview with Israel Hayom, Yuval Raphael didn’t leave much room for romantic interpretations: “I know some people won’t want me there. But that’s exactly why I have to go. I want to stand on that stage, wrapped in the Israeli flag, and make sure the world hears our story.”

We have also heard that other massacre survivors will join Yuval’s “our story” in Basel (surely fueled only by their love for music festivals), while heavily booed Eden Golan was confirmed to read out Israel’s votes in the final.

How will Basel welcome Israel’s music project that screams politics par excellence? One shouldn’t rely on Switzerland’s nominal political neutrality to align with EBU sweeping issues under the rug. For example, the other day, Swiss fencers turned their backs on the Israeli team during the medal ceremony, protesting the Gaza genocide.

Not everyone is afraid of easily disseminated “antisemitic” labels against those who question that the “chosen people” can never commit a mistake (which is a rather polite way to call the catastrophe in Palestine). Tragedies that we went through in history don’t secure impunity for inflicting pain on others. The world is not divided into sinners and saints.

Just look at last week’s newsletter on photography that crosses the ethical line. The death of the Pope showed that, after all, you don’t need to be Chinese to practice cultural insensitivity when photographing religious rituals. Disturbingly, Catholics arriving at the Vatican to pay respects did just the opposite – by taking inappropriate selfies with the Pope’s corpse, as if it were a tourist attraction.

Nota bene, even in his final hours, Pope Francis, who was also accused of antisemitism by Israeli officials, continued delivering clear messages on the Gaza Strip, believing in the power of speaking up.

Basel streets could hear more than just cheering to the tune of music. Swiss broadcaster has already confirmed it would allow Palestinian flags in the audience, even if the EBU still bans them on stage.

We will see how all of that will develop. I’ll certainly be there to report on it.

What’s your say on the Eurovision Israel boycott?

Have a speak-up week!

Ivan Kralj        
Pipeaway.com

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Hi from Lalibela!

While I’m still in the European Alps, where record-breaking April snow (Montana measured 58 cm in a day!) brought unexpected spring surprises like this one, I’m mentally transporting myself to this Ethiopian town sometimes nicknamed African Jerusalem.

I didn’t think of hopping to Lalibela just because it was Easter, but because it’s a place where I ended up questioning myself – am I a racist?

While taking photographs at Bete Giyorgis, a spectacular underground church with a ground plan of a Greek Orthodox cross, I conflicted with a group of Chinese photographers who treated this sacred site as their private photo studio. With local believers attending mass as puppets, objects they can manipulate any way they want, to get that National Geographic glow in their albums.

I described several more examples of my encounters with camera-armed Chinese tourists in that article, if you wish to read it.

So naturally, when I attended Thaipusam in Penang, Malaysia, and experienced a photo-conflict with ANOTHER pushy Chinese, one that sent me “back to my country” because my backpack allegedly made him “almost fall”, it did make me think about why our universes on appropriate behavior in culturally sensitive areas clash so much.

A reader wrote in: “What was jarring as I read the article was the encounter with the aggressive and racist photographer. I am of Chinese ethnicity, and I am ashamed of the behaviour of many others of this ethnicity who behave inappropriately for their own purposes. I was at Sydney‘s Mardi Gras parade this year, a couple of months ago, and 2 younger Chinese guys were taking pictures in the crowd and acted in a similar way. This approach, I am ashamed to say, manifests itself with people of this kind in varying degrees all over the world as I observe their behaviour, especially in tourist spots. My apologies!”

Now, nobody should feel ashamed because of other people they share ethnicity with. There is no collective guilt for the sins of other people, even when we manage to recognize a pattern. I would love to not reinforce stereotypes, but on the other hand, I also believe that writing on cultural differences can be educational.

Of course, when I reported on the Thaipusam incident, I could have just said “one photographer” instead of calling him a “Chinese photographer”.

But that morning, this parking lot felt packed with photographers of Chinese descent, so much in fact, that my Caucasian face was a part of a minority. So even if I didn’t practically speak a word in that constructed verbal conflict, it felt so natural for him to call me “f***ing rude” and send me “back to my country”.

I just published a new Pipeaway Walks video from the Thaipusam procession in Penang. It’s a three-hour-long thing, made only for those who have a stable combination of patience and passion.

If you switch your focus from the rituals of the devotees to the behavior of the photographers, I’m sure you’ll notice a line or two or a dozen crossed.

One example where I intervened, with a minimal mime behind the camera, was ethically disturbing to me because it involved a child being exploited for photography, without any empathy or feeling for measure. You can see this (Chinese) photographer in action if you jump to 01:11:20.

This woman notices a pretty girl about to take a selfie with her family, and takes her out of the private situation by literally pulling her aside and suggesting a pose for her gigantic lens. The girl complies with a smile at first, but 45 seconds later, as other Chinese photographers join the session, she starts rolling her eyes awkwardly.

At the 50th second (01:12:10), the girl has had enough and decides to walk away to reunite with her family, but the lady photographer gesticulates, “no, no, no, we need more”.

And now this unpaid model has to stand and pose, with body language clearly saying she doesn’t feel like it.

As much as the photographer squats, adorning the situation with her own smile, the moment is ruined. She cannot get the picture she imagined. Any photographer would give up, say ‘thank you’, and walk away. But this one… At 01:12:33, she decides to take her backpack off and go down to serious photo business.

The tension doesn’t stop, and now even the girl’s family cannot cheer her up, to participate in an utterly dehumanized photo rape.

At 01:13:05, I try to wave my hand to get the girl’s attention and gesticulate to her that it’s okay to walk away. The girl is confused, but her family interprets my mime. The girl runs into an older woman’s sari to hide away from the world.

These two minutes must feel like an eternity when you’re a victim. They certainly felt like eternity to me, as an observer.

There are limits to what we call documentary photography, and I don’t think that directing a subject (!) in such an intrusive way, especially against the subject’s will, serves any purpose for the outcome.

It’s a disgusting, paparazzi way of seeing the world as a shooting ground, with teleobjectives as snipers, and victim models as expendables.

If I can use Lady Gaga‘s words, they’ll “chase you down until you love them”. But do paparazzi ever produce love? Do they even say ‘thank you’ after they stop a holy mass (like in Ethiopia) or a private family ritual (like in Malaysia) for a pitiful attempt at winning a photo contest?

If you have time to watch the video and give your opinion on how we, the photographers, treat the subjects of our craft as objects, I’d appreciate your feedback.

And don’t ever feel guilty, no matter your origin.

Have an empathetic week!

Ivan Kralj        
Pipeaway.com

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Hi from George Town!

That’s only in spirit because, last week, I tried my best to focus on finishing my long-awaited report on Penang Thaipusam, a gigantic Hindu festival that only India makes bigger than Malaysia does.

While my body is still in Central Europe, this is my new reality. Locking myself behind a desktop and catching up with my too-fast travel itineraries. You can expect content from Southeast Asia in the following months for sure, too.

Thaipusam is a festival that’s been going on for centuries, and it has this evergreen flavor anyway. I kind of like the fact that I’m pushing it out during the Holy Week for Christians.

Religious stories are different, but they all come to something very similar – the good will prevail over evil.

You could have learned about Thaipusam’s extreme nature in my 2017 and 2019 reports from Batu Caves. Thaipusam in Penang has its own peculiarities, great hospitality included. I, just like 1.5 million other visitors, didn’t have to pay a dime for food during Thaipusam days. Meals were free, but also very good. I didn’t expect anything less from this island known for its gastronomy.

As for Thaipusam’s body practices which include enduring the piercings and other physical challenges in honor of Lord Murugan, don’t think that radical penitence belongs only to Hindus, or those self-harming Taoists in Phuket.

Christianity also has its own quirky enclaves, where devotees live the pain as a path to enlightenment. Just this week, some people in the Philippines will willingly go through real crucifixion, honoring Jesus‘ suffering on the cross. You can read more about the Maleldo Festival here.

So whether you belong to Eastern or Western civilization, the roots of our quest for salvation can be freakishly similar.

The topic is complex, but I don’t think these extreme acts are just about attention-seeking. Well, read on about the Thaipusam in Penang, and let me know what you think!

Have a painless Holy Week!

Ivan Kralj        
Pipeaway.com

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Hi from Pont-de-la-Morge!

I said “Hi from Sion” last time, but it felt wrong. Even if it is part of Sion municipality, ‘Bridge of the Morge’ is closer to Conthey than Sion Town. It belongs more to the rural outskirts with vineyards than to the historic center of Valais.

But the fact is – you don’t remember what I said last week. Right? Our attention span is quite limited.

That’s exactly what I think about this (surely fleeting) social media trend that ghiblifies photographs in the signature style of Hayao Miyazaki. If you haven’t seen images of people pretending that Totoro is their real first neighbor, you must be living under a rock. Maybe somewhere remote, on the outskirts of attention. Like Pont-de-la-Morge.

After OpenAI enabled everyone to pretend to be worthy of a Studio Ghibli model, ethical discussions on style copyright and exploitation flooded online space. Even Miyazaki’s old words on technologies that quickly mimic years of effort surfaced – it’s an insult to life, he said.

When I published my most recent article on strange hostel experiences, and illustrated it with AI images, a reader sent me this comment: “Thanks for stealing artists’ work for these AI slop illustrations. They suck.”

I agree that the regurgitating AI models will never be able to replace human expression. But I don’t know if the discussion about the digital society we live in can be solved in one blog’s comments.

The frustration of art lovers is understandable. I love art myself. I dedicated a big part of my life to it. But even if AI models might have trained on my photographs as well (just like yours, or Miyazaki’s drawings), even if large language models might have exploited my journalistic work too, anything I say may sound defensive.

In some happier place, I would be paying artists for exclusive illustrations (like I did years ago), my website would be more visible on Google, and the giant wouldn’t rip off my ads income. But sadly, in this unhappy place, where BIG players have used AI in order to become even bigger players, I don’t see what small actors can do, besides continue doing their work.

My work is all about communication. If I use AI, I use it as a tool to communicate ideas. I’m not stealing elections, I’m not printing fake Banksy T-shirts, I’m not flooding Facebook with misrepresenting AI art, nor I’m organizing scam events like that Willy’s Chocolate Experience.

If anything, I try to use my conceptual AI work to popularize the talks on climate change, advocate for Earth against politics that destroy it, popularize history, or fight for consumers – against junk fees.

I’m allergic to people stealing other’s work and then using it to take advantage of others, such as those lost luggage sales I tried to unmask.

Not once, I was the victim of author theft too. While I think it makes sense to fight for authorship, all of us choose battlefields. There’s only so much energy we can invest or – waste.

I love Miyazaki’s animation. I traveled to Japan to see his museum. And I can see that big players are exploiting his brand for commercial gain.

But in a normal world, we should direct our anger to policymakers. They are the ones who should protect the world of authors. Our work. All of us should be entitled to fair compensation from AI giants that present their tools as “copyright-free”.

Until then… People who change their social media profile pic for a week of the Ghibli trend? An article that illustrates bizarre hostel experiences with “AI art”? These just might be wrongly appointed targets.

It’s frustrating that the world works so slowly when dealing with new challenges. It works too slowly when it’s faced with climate change, it’s too slow when it needs to stop the economic collapse, and it’s extremely slow when it looks at killings done in the name of territory fights as if they are completely normal.

So yes, the world is slow in tackling the AI challenges too.

Don’t just ghiblify your profile pic. Go watch some of Miyazaki’s movies! Visit Japan if you can!

Have a Ghibli-celebrating week!

Ivan Kralj        
Pipeaway.com

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Hi from Sion!

This small but important town on the route between Italy and France is where I counted the eighth anniversary of the Pipeaway blog.

It was 2017 spring in Kyoto, Japan, in some rented Airbnb studio, when I hit ‘publish’.

Over the years, while I chased stories and destinations around the world, I stayed in a variety of accommodations, from luxury hotels to people’s private homes (Couchsurfing horror stories, always looking fondly at you!).

Currently, I am a plant-sitter, taking care of a home in the owner’s absence, under constant stress whether I will kill an orchid or not.

But there is one type of accommodation you just cannot beat – hostels.

Some of the most affordable places to stay come together with socializing adventures. And humans are a neverending source of inspiration for any traveler interested in exploring the world.

For Pipeaway’s eighth anniversary, I prepared another extraordinary listicle – on the most bizarre hostel experiences of my journeys.

I kid you not (it’s too early for April Fools’ Day), this sleep-talker (guilty!) met extreme snorers, stinkers, pissers, poopers, and all sorts of other wild characters in dormitories. And I can still call hostel stays a fun experience!

Please read the article and let me know if you have experienced anything similar. I’d love to hear your bizarre anecdotes; respond to this email or, even better, leave them in the article’s comments so everyone can learn about them.

Have a less bizarre week!

Ivan Kralj        
Pipeaway.com

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