Hey Philippines!

Today I'm launching in the Philippines.

Heyplaces.ph guides you to more than 400.000 interesting places in the Philippines. Like italian restaurants in Manila, hotels in Ceby City, spas in Puero Galera or perhaps advertising agencies in Quezon City.

I've never been to the Philippines, but it looks amazing.

If you didn't know, around 100 million people live in the Philippines. Out of those, around 44 million are on the internet. 60 million speak English. The capital, Manila (the metropolitan area), has more than 11 million inhabitants. And more than 10 Starbucks cafés. :)

Dig in and start exploring cafés, bars, hotels, restaurants, sushi, pizza, vego, hostels, bed and breakfast, beaches, shops, vintage, companies, golfing, bowling, yoga, bakeries, tattoo, gyms, hairdressers, spa, beauty, nail salons, dentist, health clinics , massage, sports, schools, auto shops, car wash, car rental, libraries, theaters, museum and galleries in the Philippines!

Opening hours in Spain & Australia

Today I launched two new sites with opening hours. This time in Spain and Australia.

Have a look at:

• Opening hours in Australia 
• Horarios de apertura (Spain) 

It will be fun to see how many people they can help in these countries. :)

Good morning America!

Where can you get great answers to questions like these:

• What are the most popular comedy clubs in Manhattan?
• Where can I do yoga near Santa Monica Beach, Los Angeles?
• What are the best barbecue restaurants in New Orleans?
• What are the most popular gay bars in the Castro, San Francisco?
• What are the best vegetarian restaurants on the Lower East Side, New York?
• Where in New York can I possibly run into... Woody Allen.

Now there's an app for that. Or, rather, a website, or actually... 40 websites.

Heyplaces.com guides you to over 8 million places in the US. It works great on your smartphone, on your computer, iPad - or device of your choice.

Neat huh?

America is an amazing place! Dig in and start exploring cafés, bars, hotels, motels, restaurants, sushi, pizza, vego, hostels, bed and breakfasts, camping, beaches, shops, vintage, companies, golfing, bowling, yoga, bakeries, tattoo, gyms, hairdressers, spas, beauty, nail salons, dentist, health clinics, massage, schools, pharmacy, auto shops, car wash, car rental, libraries, theaters, museum, galleries and antique stores all over the US!

Launching in America has been my biggest challenge to date. Much more difficult than launching in countries like Nigeria, South Africa, Australia och India. Let me know if you are interested in the technical details. :)

Opening hours for businesses around the world

Today I'm launching some sites (in 13 countries and four languages) where people can find opening hours for places around the world.

You find them at:

• alle-öffnungszeiten.de
• alle-öffnungszeiten.at
• alle-öffnungszeiten.ch
• all-opening-hours.co.uk
• all-opening-hours.com
• all-opening-hours.ca
• öppettiden.se
• tous-les-horaires.fr
• tous-les-horaires.be
• all-opening-hours.in
• all-opening-hours.ph
• opening-hours.com.ng
• all-opening-hours.co.za

This is a first version - I intend to make them even better, in a number of ways!

Hello India!

Today I'm launching 40 sites in India!

You can use them to find popular hair salons in Bangalore, like this one...

or really cool yoga-café-B&Bs, like this one!

Heyplaces.in guides you to half a million places in India.

Naturally, you can also explore places like the Taj Mahal, the Virupaksha temple or the AMAZING Lake Palace Hotel. Wow!

There are currently 325 million internet users in India. Sounds like a lot, right? But still - that's just 25% of the population, so there is a lot of growth left in this market. I will try to launch a Hindi version of the sites, very soon.

Dig in and start exploring places in India:  cafés, bars, hotels, motels, restaurants, sushi, pizza, vego, hostels, bed and breakfast, camping, beaches, shops, vintage, companies, golfing, bowling, yoga, bakeries, tattoo, gyms, hairdressers, spa, beauty, nail salons, health clinics, massage, sports, schools, pharmacy, auto shops, car wash, car rental, libraries, theaters, museum, antique stores and galleries.

Hey Australia!

Today I'm launching 40 sites in Australia.

Are you an Australian local? Perhaps you are looking for the best indian restaurants in Melbourne? Jewellery shops in Sydney? The most popular antique stores in Brisbane?

Or maybe, like me, you are just feeling touristy want to dream away to the Great Barrier Reef or exotic beaches? You can do that too. I am sure you'll be able to find some kangaroos!

Heyplaces.com.au guides you to more than 800.000 places in Australia, with more than 1.5 million images (and growing every day) so there is A LOT to discover.

Dig in and start exploring the best cafés, bars, hotels, motels, restaurants, sushi, pizza, vego, hostels, bed and breakfast, camping, beaches, shops, vintage, companies, golfing, bowling, yoga, bakeries, tattoo, gyms, hairdressers, spa, beauty, nail salons, dentist, health clinics , chiropractors, massage, sports, schools, pharmacy, auto shops, car wash, car rental, libraries, theaters, museum and galleries in Australia.

Hey South Africa!

A new day! Today I'm launching 38 websites in South Africa.

Heyplaces.co.za lets you explore close to a quarter million interesting places in the country. South Africa is the the second biggest economy in Africa, after Nigeria. Similar to Nigeria around half of the population is currently on the internet.

Check out the beautiful views from Camps Bay in Cape Town, the most popular places in Kalk Bay (like Olympia Cafe, with that delicious seafood pasta) or the wineyards and restaurants around Stellenbosch. You can also look at Instagram images from Kheyelitsha - one of the largest and fastest growing townships in the country.

Do you want to do business with South Africa? Why not check out web development agencies or web designers in Johannesburg.

Just to name a few examples.

Keep digging an exploring popular venues in the South Africa: cafés, bars, hotels, motels, restaurants, sushi, pizza, vego, hostels, bed and breakfast, camping, beaches, shops, vintage, companies, golfing, bowling, yoga, bakeries, tattoo, gyms, hairdressers, spa, beauty, nail salons, health clinics, massage, sports, schools, pharmacy, auto shops, car wash, car rental, libraries, theaters, museum and galleries.

AND OH - don't forget to look at the penguins on Boulders Beach!

Hello Nigeria!

Today I'm launching 16 websites in Nigeria!

Heyplaces.com.ng guides you to more than 80.000 interesting places in Nigeria. Explore popular hotels in Lagos, schools in Abuja or hairdressers in Port Hacourt, just to name a few examples.

Being able to check out Instagram images from around Nigeria is actually pretty cool. In a sense, it a way of transporting yourself to Nigeria, if you have never been there.

That guy has pretty cool shoes.

Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, with more than 160 million inhabitants. Almost half of the population is currently on the internet, but this number is growing fast. As a matter of fact, it just surpassed 80 million users in the same hour I released these sites. Nigeria is one of the fastest growing economies in Africa, and in the world. And it has among the cheapest domain names in Africa (which is one of the reasons I launched there, and not in Kenya).

Now dig in and explore local businesses in Nigeria! Check out restaurants, cafés, bars, hotels, pizza-places, hostels, shops, companies, gyms, hairdressers, spa, beauty salons, nail salons, health clinics and schools.

Enjoy!