Category: Europe

Coburg, Germany

In a very small Coburg (there are only 40 thousand citizens here), the great Richard Strauss and Johann Strauss, Franz Liszt, Johann Goethe, Hector Berlioz, Nicolo Paganini, Martin Luther and other famous personalities once lived. All due to the fact that...

Zaragoza, Spain

According to clothingexpress, Zaragoza is the fifth largest city in Spain. It is located approximately halfway between Barcelona and Madrid, but despite its proximity to the capital and a major tourist center, it has retained its provincial charm. There is a...

Tirana, Albania

The capital of Albania, Tirana, traces its history back to a mosque, a bakery and a hammam, founded by the Ottoman ruler Suleiman Pasha at the very beginning of the 17th century. Over the 400 years that have passed since that...

Haapsalu, Estonia

Haapsalu is the main resort of the country, surrounded on three sides by the sea, thanks to which it received the name “Venice of the North”. It is loved for its cozy atmosphere, warm water, therapeutic mud baths and friendly residents....

Bobruisk, Belarus

In the 12th century, the Spaso-Efrosinevsky convent was founded in Polotsk. It is the oldest surviving monastery in the country. It was founded by St. Euphrosyne of Polotsk – the granddaughter of Vladimir Monomakh, who became the first woman in Russia...

Serbia Travel Tips

According to liuxers, the security situation in the country is rather ambiguous. In Serbia, the crime rate is growing quite quickly. You should beware of scammers, especially active in the foreign exchange market, as well as pickpockets, often “working” at the...

Science and Culture of Hungary

Hungary has a significant scientific potential and actively participates in international cooperation programs. High-level research is being carried out in the fields of solid state physics, nuclear physics, optics, physical chemistry, biochemistry, genetics, applied mathematics, sociology, economics, and linguistics. Agricultural science...

Russia Population

Demographic dynamics The arrangement of the reliefs favored the movements in the sense of parallels, putting in contact the European and Mongolian ethnic groups and the Indo-European and Ural-Altaic language families. Until the end of the Middle Ages the movements of...

Italy Post Offices and Telegraphs

Administrative order . – The postal-telegraphic administration depends on the state which manages it through a special general directorate at the Ministry of Communications. Postal and telegraphic services within each province depend directly on the provincial directorates. The R. decree 18 June 1931, n. 1827, which went...

Germany Literature

German literature during the Nazi period (1933-45) did not have a real “poetic”. Even as tendencies and motifs, it is not difficult to link it to the currents that preceded it: the sense of overcoming the “I”, the need for the...

Belgium Modern History

According to Youremailverifier, Belgium did not gain state independence until 1830, but its political and cultural history dates back to the Middle Ages (Netherlands, history). The name Belgium has even older roots; it refers to the name of the Roman province...

Hungary Literature in 20th Century

Hungarian modernism begins with E. Ady, who vehemently questioned the traditional Hungarian view of the world in his politically radical and idiosyncratic linguistically coded poetry based on Calvinist traditions. Urbanity and political engagement, eroticism and stylistic experiments took the place of...

Adventure in Iceland

Challenge yourself with a 4WD and volcanic trekking on the Thorsmork Valley, snorkel between two continents in Thingvellir, get close to humpback whales, experience the impressive Gulfoss waterfall, enjoy the atmosphere in Reykjavik and see the world’s oldest geysers in Haukadalur....

Estonian Literature

Estonian literature. The roots of Estonian literature lie in the approximately 2,000 year old anonymous and orally transmitted folk poetry, which was not recorded until the 19th century and is now one of the largest collections in the world. Characteristic of...

Estonia History

According to a2zcamerablog, Estonia is a country located in Europe. The primitive and independent life of the Estonians was altered at the beginning of the century. XIII, from the invasions of the Germans, who imposed on them Christianity and the presence...