Expo 2000

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#999933" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="041006e0ddwnfv.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Mizu-randa</B></FONT><B>   -  </B><A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Holiday"><U><B>Holiday</B></U></A><B> </B><B>    </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mizuranda"><U><B>|  </B></U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF33" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mizuranda"><U><B>  HOME </B></U></A><B>    |    </B><A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome"><U><B> WELCOME</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Floriade 2002"><U>Floriade 2002</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Grasse"><U>Grasse</U></A>   |   <B>Expo 2000</B>   |   <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rotterdam"><U>Rotterdam</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" background="042bec00esnpes.gif"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0fc8c830.gif" border=0 width="140" height="131" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>back to page</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Holiday"><U><B>Holiday</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Expo 2000</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="177" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 115 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="22c826d0.jpg" border=0 width="130" height="109" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> World Exhibition 2000, Hannover, Germany.</div> <bR> <div> A display of everything the participating countries want the visitors to know about their society, culture and history. This years theme was 'A bridge to the future'.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="144" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 15 WIDTH="132"><div> The Netherlands</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 173 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="23282a70.jpg" border=0 width="130" height="167" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 15 ><NOBR><div> Stacked landscapes</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> All countries have their own idea about how to present themselves. Some make a building on the theme and an exhibition on their country, others just put up a building and concentrate on the exhibition. Just a few of the participants succeed in using the theme in both their building and the exhibition and yet still manage to promote their country.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="183" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 15 WIDTH="171"><div> Croatia</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 121 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="234ac730.jpg" border=0 width="172" height="115" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 15 ><NOBR><div> Water running from all walls</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Many countries used 'environment' as their 'future'-theme with an accent on 'water' as this is a hot political issue nowadays.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="131" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 15 WIDTH="119"><div> Hungary</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 167 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="25278a10.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="161" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Most of the less developed countries concentrated on industrial/technical future, sometimes in connection with their past and present status.</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="153" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 15 WIDTH="141"><div> Jordan</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 156 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="24e8c960.jpg" border=0 width="140" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Some countries didn't include the theme at all, they were just there to make money by selling (tourist) products. At hugh prices of course but most of them were 'third world' countries so you can't blame them really.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="183" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 15 WIDTH="171"><div> United Emirates</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 121 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="23dac730.jpg" border=0 width="172" height="115" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 15 WIDTH="171"><div> Typical Arabian village</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> It's these differences that make a World Exhibition really interesting to me. This way you don't just learn about the countries and their people as such, but also about their way of thinking and their way of handling such big projects.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="183" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 15 WIDTH="171"><div> Denmark</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 102 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="23fac600.jpg" border=0 width="172" height="96" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 15 WIDTH="171"><div> Glass to suggest ice</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> A lot of countries had a restaurant in or near their pavillion where they served typical or traditional food and drinks.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="183" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 15 WIDTH="171"><div> Africa</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 99 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="254ac5d0.jpg" border=0 width="172" height="93" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Not all participating countries had their own pavillion. There were several buildings where these countries were gathered together per continent.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="183" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 15 WIDTH="171"><div> Estonia</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 111 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="241ac690.jpg" border=0 width="172" height="105" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> There were also a lot of short showings of traditional dances and music at the pavillions. The Expo theatre was mainly used for modern theatre in the evening but there were also some 'traditional' performances in the afternoon.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="168" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 15 WIDTH="156"><div> Expo church</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 96 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2439b5a0.jpg" border=0 width="155" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 45 WIDTH="156"><div> Glass walls were filled with  cassette tapes, light bulbs, cutlery, toothbrushes etc.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> The German Expo 2000 committee issued a special morning paper to announce all events of the day, like the visit of a queen, a special performance etc. They also organized a daily parade in the afternoon and a big multimedia show after dark.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="154" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 15 WIDTH="142"><div> Norway</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 143 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="25678890.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="137" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> A visit to a World Exhibition is like travelling around the world in just one week. I went to Hannover twice, both times for three days and I think that's the best way to do it. Not just for the feet but also for the brain, they both get very tired after a while.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="183" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 15 WIDTH="171"><div> Japan</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 98 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="24aac5c0.jpg" border=0 width="172" height="92" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 45 WIDTH="171"><div> Entire pavillion made out of recycled paper that will be recycled again.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Although I heard a lot about the past World Exhibitions from several friends, this was my first visit to one and I can heartily advise you to go.</div> <bR> <div> The next World Exhibition will be in 2005 in Japan and the one after that will probably be in 2012, maybe in Belgium but that's by far not settled yet.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>