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Montmartre & Sacré Coeur   Paris

Montmartre & Sacré Coeur, Paris

 73 Reviews  After our ceremonies we were given a private tour of the Sacre Couer, Place du Tertre, and private places by Mayor Yatt. It was such a lovely and memorable morning. If anyone is interested in doing... 

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Daytrip outside Amsterdam: Volendam / Edam / Marken / Monnickendam   Amsterdam

Daytrip outside Amsterdam: Volendam / Edam / Marken / Monnickendam, Amsterdam

 31 Reviews  If you are looking to spend a day outside Amsterdam to see Dutch landscape and traditional villages, probably the best choice is to take a trip to villages Edam, Volendam and Marken. All of them are... 

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Outside Rome   Rome

Outside Rome, Rome

 130 Reviews  Regional trains are actually pretty affordable in Italy. If you're planning to make a one-day trip outside of Rome, go to the Trenitalia site and see for yourself! You can go to Florence from 14.31... 

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Day Trip: Montserrat   Barcelona

Day Trip: Montserrat, Barcelona

 52 Reviews  An hour by train from Barcelona is the impressive Montserrat. From the train station at Espana, you can buy the round trip tickets that include both the train and the cable car for around 18E. The... 

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Back Street Canals   Venice

Back Street Canals, Venice

 123 Reviews  People are always saying "part of the charm of Venice is just wandering and getting lost." Well...I do agree with the wandering part but have a solution for the "getting lost" part. I found a... 

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excursions from Vienna   Vienna

excursions from Vienna, Vienna

 71 Reviews  Taking a boat from Vienna to Budapest is by far and away the best way of making the trip. The hydrofoil is quiet, smooth, uncrowded and has a top speed of 100 km/h. The route on Danube offers you to... 

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Outside Berlin   Berlin

Outside Berlin, Berlin

 32 Reviews  I'ts a trip to dispair. You can see the quiet within the madness that a concentration camp used to be. The place around looks so peaceful it's hard to believe the horrors that went on in there. Take a... 

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Howth   Dublin

Howth, Dublin

 35 Reviews  I saw this place at all possible weather conditions. My favourite thing about it - well, there is a hill there which you have to climb. Once on top of it you can see the sea on one side, Dublin on... 

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Vysehrad   Prague

Vysehrad, Prague

 52 Reviews  Within the northern Cihelna Gate (Brick) gate is a discreet sign pointing to a doorway at the side, very easy to miss unless you are looking for it! Inside you are greeted by a small exposition and... 

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Daytrips   Madrid

Daytrips, Madrid

 73 Reviews  About one hour north of Madrid a high cross in the mountains of Guadarrama signs the location of this fascist monument to the death of civil war, in a place called Valle de los Caidos. Why not? We... 

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Tours & Walks   Brussels

Tours & Walks, Brussels

 71 Reviews  A meeting with a Brussels Greeter is a free of charge opportunity to get a unique and personal insight into the city. Your Greeter will take you to unusual and often hidden places that are off the... 

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Christiania   Copenhagen

Christiania, Copenhagen

 14 Reviews  Years ago when WWII soldiers abandoned there "houses" near the river some hippies went to live there. And other hippies came and it is now a big hippy comuna just in the city. I have never seen... 

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Dachau and Dachau Concentration camp   Munich

Dachau and Dachau Concentration camp, Munich

 22 Reviews  Being a history major, I had been interested in seeing things from the other side. I met up on the bus to the site with a tour guide who was in training and they were trying to gather people for a... 

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Day trips: Sintra, Cascais, Alcochete...   Lisbon

Day trips: Sintra, Cascais, Alcochete..., Lisbon

 55 Reviews  If you ever come to Lisbon you must go to Sintra. It's an amazing place, far from all the city problems, where you can relax in its marvelous nature, stroll around the beautiful and historic city... 

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Skärgården (Stockholm Archipelago)   Stockholm

Skärgården (Stockholm Archipelago), Stockholm

 21 Reviews  Sometimes I just crave for instant nature. One of my favorite bus-trips goes from Slussen to Björkviks brygga. The bus takes you there in about an hour. At Björkvik there are nice bare cliffs or... 

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The Lake District: Como, Maggiore, Iseo, Lugano ...   Milan

The Lake District: Como, Maggiore, Iseo, Lugano ..., Milan

 21 Reviews  The city of Como on the shores of Lake Como is an easy day trip from Milan - a 45 minute train journey from Milano Cadorna station, with trains running regularly throughout the day and late into the... 

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Gazi Factory   Athens

Gazi Factory, Athens

 6 Reviews  An old gas factory made by some industrial buildings, is now a live industrial museum. This factory, once closed was gradually transformed into a versatile cultural centre and now it hosts several... 

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Monuments & Landmarks   Moscow

Monuments & Landmarks, Moscow

 49 Reviews  Vysoko-Petrovsky Monastery was founded in 1380 in the village of Vysokoye by Prince Dmitry Donskoi after his return from the Battle of Kulikovo. This site was once occupied by the ancient... 

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The Sibelius Monument   Helsinki

The Sibelius Monument, Helsinki

 12 Reviews  This monument was created to honour the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). The designer of the monument was Eila Hiltunen. This monument (called 'Passio Musicae') was one of the first... 

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Many Miles From Edinburgh...   Edinburgh

Many Miles From Edinburgh..., Edinburgh

 58 Reviews  There were several bonny sections of gorse, as pictured, near where we started, at Flotterstone. This is about 7 miles/11km south from the centre of Edinburgh. There is a small visitor centre here,... 

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Pedestrian tunnel   Antwerp

Pedestrian tunnel, Antwerp

 13 Reviews  This is worth mentioning as well. There are two flights of escalators to reach the tunnel. Though they are still steep and very long. No wonder the escalator system were built to descent the height... 

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Nearby Towns or Villages.   Brugge

Nearby Towns or Villages., Brugge

 22 Reviews  In Brugge, I rented a bike and followed an easy route to the Netherlands. The path was next to the tree-lined Damme canal with the occasional windmill and small town on the side - there was even a pub... 

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Buildings, streets...   Warsaw

Buildings, streets..., Warsaw

 32 Reviews  This kiosk with newspapers adjacent to Church of the Holy Spirit (Paulite Church) in the New City is the smallest house in Warsaw. Local law says that only seperate houses have own numbers and this... 

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Parks, Statues & Memorials   Tallinn

Parks, Statues & Memorials, Tallinn

 9 Reviews  My granddaughter went up into this park which was near the Viru Gate and took some photos of some of the statues there. It is a park in Tallinn City Center which has a statue dedicated to a famous... 

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Salford Quays/Lowry/War Museum   Manchester

Salford Quays/Lowry/War Museum, Manchester

 6 Reviews  The Lowry is a brand new arts complex with galleries, a huge theatre and eateries. the visual look of the building is stunning as well. Unfortunately the day i saw it, the sky was gun metal gray and... 

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RUSSIA: Mandrogi

by globetrott

Nizhniye Mandrogi or simply Mandrogi is the name of a small island in one of the many rivers that you will cruise through when you make a cruise between Moscow and St. Petersburg. They call it a "green stop" and in fact you land at a place, where you cannot do anything else than to get out of the ship and walk in an artificial village, that was obviously built at least partly by artists, painters, sculpturers etc. and therefore you will find a lot of fancy houses there.You will have about 2-3 hours there in order to explore the island on your own, depending on the timetable of your cruiseship. There is a Vodka-museum as well, a place to learn about Vodka and taste or buy various kinds of Vodka as a souvenir (my last picture).

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RUSSIA: Gorodez

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Gorodets is really far away from the ordinary tourist-streams and in fact time seems to have stood still there in many ways. Gorodez is a great halfday-trip from Nizny Nowgorod, situated just about 30 km north-east of Nizny Novgorod and I got there on a fullday-tour organized by our cruiseship „M/S Furmanov“ during a cruise from Perm to Moscow.Gorodez is an old town and already a long time ago the inhabitants started a special kind of business: woodcarvings and other artful decorations of all things that were used for everyday life. Some of the best products and works of art, made in Gorodez, are shown nowadays in the town-museum, that is to be found just a few steps from the Lenin-monument.The Samowar-museum is easy to be found, when you walk through town, close to the river, because it is inside one of the most beautifully decorated houses of Gorodez, see it in my main photo here...

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RUSSIA: Shlissel'burg / Schluesselburg

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Whats that, a russian castle that obviously has a german name ? Yes, and it is even listed as a UNESCO-World-heritage !Shlissel'Burg is an interesting fortress that you will pass by, when taking a cruise between St. Petersburg and Moscow ! The historic fortress is dating back to the 13th century and it was built in order to protect the place where the river Newa joins Lake Ladoga. It had another name first but was renamed "Schluesselburg" by Peter the Great in 1702. Schluessel means "key" and Peter saw in this fortress the key to defending Russia and to conquer Finnland.You will pass by this fortress in a short distance like I did, when taking a rivercruise between Moscow and St. Petersburg, we had left St. Petersburg at 05.00pm and reached this fortress at around 10.45pm. Ships going from Moscow to St. Petersburg will pass it in the morning, as most of them arrive in St. Petersburg in...

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The Mosel

by travelfrosch

Not as famous as the Rhine, the Mosel valley is more peaceful with views almost as, if not as, spectacular is its more famous neighbor. Enjoy a leisurely drive, boat ride, or train ride along the stretch between Trier and Koblenz. Explore Trier with its Roman ruins, Cochem with its fine views and its "castle," or sample the fine Riesling wine from towns such as Traben-Trarbach, Bernkastel-Kues, and Piesport. You can get a taste of the Mosel from my Traben-Trarbach page.

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Munich

by pepples46

Munich is a beautiful, historical and quite expensive place to visit. why do I say expensive..because it is. but it is all worth it.Oktoberfest ..well it starts in last week in September, Biergartens, Music scene, Theater and Opera.shopping till you drop territory around Theatiner Strasse, Kaufinger and the very expensive meile..Maximilian Strasse. after all that you need to sit down, have Weisswurst ( special bavarian sausage )and a Brezel and a Mass ( Beer) handle. walk along the Isar, doesn't cost you a cent and if you like you can drop your clothes too..is a local custom in Munich.rent a bike at the Isartor Platz, discover the City..Englischer Garten, Schwabing.ion Sundays, when the Shops are closed, they do close on Sat. 1pm.....so on sunday, go to the Museum, Pinakothek..1, 2 and now the new one..3 in all. no entrance fee on Sundays.if you need more info...I have a separate Munich...

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Cultural Policies in Europe

by thinking

You would be surprised at how much information you will find on this site. On line information systems on cultural policies,cultural routes, european cinema, tales and legends of Europe only name a few.

Niederösterreich > Wachau > Spitz an der Donau

by globetrott

Spitz an der Donau is in a distance of about 5 Km from Dürnstein.The village offers plenty of hotels and restaurants and is also famous for it's wonderful church.The church dates back to the 14th century and has plenty of great paintings and sculptures, BUT the artists are unknown, as during one of the many wars in the medieval times all documents have disappeared.In Spitz you also have the possibility to cross the Danube on a car-ferry .Spitz has its own train-station ( www.oebb.at )

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Luxembourg

by pepples46

the tiny Country, one of the Founder Members of Europewhy off the beaten path?? to bring it to your attention.borders with Germany, France, Belgium ...their unique Language and the beauty of the Country,in their Sprooch: Mir welle bleiwe wat mir sin....we want to remain what we areand they have a Castle too.. Vianden.

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CROATIA - Plitvice National Park

by globetrott

Plitvice Lakes and National Park are my best memory of a vacation in my childhood. These lakes on different levels are combined with each other by lots of small or large waterfalls and a long path is leading through the national park, taking you to all the important places, including a large cave that once gave the background to an old western movie. You will find a camping-site and a hotel directely at the lake, its a paradise for children with flat and clear water. All of these old photographs were taken in 1967 by myself or any of brothers.For more pics and infos - click on my link below and have a look on my Plitvice-page

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Another great little square

by Maryimelda

Some of Europe's smaller towns will have one main square which doubles as a "little square" as well. One that springs to mind is the litte town square in Hallstatt in Austria. It is surrounded by lovely little restaurants and shops and is very pretty indeed. My hotel room overooked this square, so I was doubly fortunate. It's very easy to find, just about 50 meters from the ferry terminal.

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