MAKE THE WEB WORK FOR YOU

 

Lots of free websites ready for you

 

Niels Jørgen Thøgersen

 

 

 

1.      News:

 

   http://press.jrc.it/NewsBrief/

 

   (the latest news in the main media in all 20 languages of the EU)

 

   http://www.greatreporter.com/

 

   http://news.bbc.co.uk/       (the latest news from the BBC)

 

   http://www.euronews.net/            (the latest news from Euronews – In 8 languages)

 

2.      Encyclopedia:

 

   http://www.wikipedia.org/

 

   (free international encyclopedia, which you also can contribute to yourself)

 

   www.britannica.com         (Encyclopedia Britannica in electronic form)

 

3.      Electronic translation to and from many languages:

 

               http://babelfish.altavista.com/    

               http://translate.google.com/translate_t #
 

4.      Viewing the World from the Satellites:

 

http://googleearth.com/   

 

5.      Guidance to the roads and streets around Europe and elsewhere:

 

   ww w.viamichelin.com

 

   http://www.mapquest.com/

 

6.      Exchange rate calculator to and from many currencies:

 

               http://www.x-rates.com/calculator.html

 

 

 

7.      Buying via the web:

 

               http://kelkoo.com  

 

               www.ebay.de              (electronic shop in German)

 

               www.amazon.co.uk    (purchase of books, electronics and much more from the UK)

 

8.      Search engines on the web:

 

               www.google.com            (the biggest and most used search engine)

 

               http://www.yahoo.com/

 

               http://twingine.com         (searches in Google and in Yahoo at the same time)

 

9.      Free or very cheap telephone services on the web:

 

               www.uvtel-agent.com     (Universal Telecom – very cheap, very easy)

 

                http://www.skype.com/             (free software programme to speak free of charge with about

                                                        6 mill. Skype users around the world and to speak for an amount

                                                        of approx. 0,017 Eurocents a minute to all fixed phones in the

                                                        world)

 

               www.dualphone.net        (wireless phone which works with fixed phones as well as with

                                                        Skype on the web)

 

10.  Food and drink:

 

               http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Food_and_Drink/    (general guide)

 

               http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/food_and_drink/   

 

               http://www.whiskyweb.com/      (guess on what)

 

               http://www.belgianstyle.com/mmguide/      (all about Belgian beer)

 

               http://www.internetwineguide.com/             (guide to (almost) all wines)

 

               http://www.wines.com/       (another huge wine guide)

 

11.  Genealogy:

 

               www.bkwin.org         (Brothers Keeper – easy programme to handle the family

                                                  connections)

 

 

12.  Free birthday greetings via the web:

 

               http://www.123greetings.com/birthday      (send greetings to family and friends)

 

               http://www.greet2k.com/birthday/index.shtml    (a similar service)

 

               http://www.marlo.com/birthday.htm      (and one more)

 

13.  On-line entertainment:

 

               http://www.crossword-puzzles.co.uk/      (lots of on-line crosswords on the web)

 

                http://www.refdesk.com/crosswrd.html   (another overview of on-line crosswords)

 

               http://www.freecell.com/       (play Freecell on-line)

 

                http://www.jokesplace.com/     (a big collection of many different jokes)

 

               http://www.rainfall.com/jokebox/jokes.asp?87355     (more jokes of different kinds)

 

14.  Cooperation between European schools via the Internet:

 

http://www.eun.org/              (The European Schoolnet)

 

15.  Travelling in Europe – and elsewhere:

 

http://www.hrs.com/             (new and rather cheap hotels around the world)

 

http://www.trabel.com/         (about travelling in Belgium)

http://www.visitdenmark.com/     (about travelling in Denmark)

 

http://www.linksundrechts.com/   (German travel guide in many languages)

 

http://www.europe-today.com/denmark/himmerl.html    (where we Cimbrians come from)

 

http://www.skyscanner.net/      (the guide to cheap flights all over Europe)

 

http://www.railfaneurope.net/       (all about travelling with the railways in Europe)

 

16.  The weather – latest forecasts:

 

                http://www.euronews.net/create_html.php?page=meteo&lng=1 (latest from Euronews)

 

                http://www.dmi.dk/       (latest from Denmark’s Meteorological Institute on Europe, also in

                                             English)

 

                http://www.weather.com/    (the weather in the US)

 

17.  The traffic situation in Europe:

 

http://www.trafikken.dk/      (latest about traffic in Europe from the Danish Ministry of Transport  

                                    - also in English)

 

18.  Overview of free-ware for your computer:

 

               www.opensourcecms.co m

 

19.  Overview of HOTSPOTS with access to the web from your portable:

 

   http://www.jiwire.com/

 

 

 

Keep this practical Guide to the Web on your computer – and open it whenever you need it.

 

All suggestions for improvements we be most welcome:   mailto:niels@skynet.be

 

 

Niels Jørgen Thøgersen


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