Category: Europe

  • Split and Trogir, Croatia

    Split and Trogir, Croatia

  • Blue Grotto – Bisevo, Croatia

    Blue Grotto – Bisevo, Croatia

    The Island Biševo is made up of limestone and has numerous sea caves along the coast of the island, which may be visited by boat. This cave picture here is Modra Špilja, the Blue Grotto. It is called Skuja na Zanje in the local dialect. The natural entrance below the sea level and you used to have to enter the cave by diving. But more than a century ago an artificial entrance was built to allow visitors to enter the cave by boat. Visiting in the late morning is ideal for a visit. This is the time when the light inside the cave is best. The earlier or later during the day, the less light in the cave. Before and after the sun hits the sea in front of the cave, a visit is absolutely pointless.

  • Groningen, Netherlands

    Groningen, Netherlands

    Groningen is the capital city of the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. With a population of 185,000, it is by far the largest city in the north of the Netherlands. Groningen is a university city, in which usually more than 45,000 students are staying.

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  • Rome, Italy

    Rome, Italy

  • Vatican City

    Vatican City

  • Florence, Italy

    Florence, Italy

    Florence (Italian: Firenze, Old Italian: Fiorenza, Latin: Florentia) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany, and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany and has a population of approximately 364,779.

    The city lies on the Arno River and is known for its history and its importance in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance, especially for its art and architecture. A centre of medieval European trade and finance, the city is often considered the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance; in fact, it has been called the Athens of the Middle Ages.[1] It was long under the de facto rule of the Medici family. From 1865 to 1870 the city was also the capital of the Kingdom of Italy.

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  • Interlaken, Switzerland

    Interlaken, Switzerland

    Interlaken, sits between the Lakes of Thun and Brienz surrounded by the Alps.

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  • Paris, France

    Paris, France

  • Bern, Switzerland

    Bern, Switzerland

    Bern, Switzerland, named by its founder Duke Berchtold von Zähringen after his first kill–a bear–in a hunt near the new city, is situated on the banks of the meandering River Aare. Filled with inspiring gothic churches and wonderful stone buildings, walking the quiet cobbled lanes gives the feeling of going back in time.

  • Great Britain, United Kingdom

    Great Britain, United Kingdom

    Great Britain (Scottish Gaelic: Breatainn Mhòr, Welsh: Prydain Fawr, Cornish: Breten Veur, Scots: Graet Breetain) is the larger of the two main islands of the British Isles, the largest island in Europe and the ninth largest island in the world. Great Britain is also the third most populated island on earth, with a population of 58 million people and is the world’s 5th largest economy. It lies to the northwest of Continental Europe, with Ireland to the west, and makes up the largest part of the territory of the country known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is surrounded by over 1,000 smaller islands and islets.

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