April 30, 2010
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Netherlands – a country of windmills, tulips and water canals Updated: December 28, 2020 | By Claire | 5 Replies More The Netherlands is a country of all the seasons. Although it is infinitely flat, it is never dull and boring. Those, who choose to visit Netherlands in winter, will see frozen lakes that are […]
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April 30, 2010
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Košice – the most beautiful city in Slovakia and European Capital of Culture in 2013 Updated: September 5, 2020 | By Claire | More Košice is the most beautiful city in Slovakia, a metropolis of Eastern Slovakia and the second largest city in Slovakia. Together with the French city of Marseille, it is an European […]
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Categories: Sights, Slovakia
April 29, 2010
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Sweden – open and accepting society Updated: September 21, 2020 | By Claire | More Sweden is the third largest country by area in European Union (after France and Spain), located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It is bordering with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and has also water […]
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April 29, 2010
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Luxembourg – green heart of Europe Updated: September 21, 2020 | By Claire | 2 Replies More Luxembourg is a landlocked country located in Western Europe, bordering Germany, Belgium and France. North part of the country is covered by barren land Oesling with hills reaching 400-500 meters. At the south is the fertile land Gutland […]
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April 29, 2010
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Dobšinská Ice Cave – the largest ice cave in Slovakia Updated: April 4, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Dobšinská Ice Cave is the largest ice cave in the Slovak Republic and one of the most important and beautiful ice caves in the world. It is located in Stratenská Highlands, on the northern slope […]
Tags: air-circulation, altitude, annual-temperature, cave, cave-ceiling, cave-entrance, cave-floor, cave-system, caves, centuries, cold-air, cubic-meters, discovery, electric-lighting, glaciation, ice-cave, ice-caves, karst, limestone-hill, mechanical-action, mining-engineer, mining-town, national-park, nature, northern-slope, public-skating, slovak-paradise, slovak-republic, slovakia, slovensky-raj, square-meters, stalactite-formations, temperature-average, underground-spaces, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list, warm-environment
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
April 28, 2010
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Poland – country of the BIG Pope Updated: September 21, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Poland lies in Central Europe and is stretched along the Baltic Cost which is 528 km long. It offers sandy beaches which are among the best in Europe and their characteristic feature is the narrow sandy scythe, which […]
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April 28, 2010
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Lithuania – country of amber Updated: September 21, 2020 | By Claire | More Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, […]
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April 28, 2010
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Latvia – a heart of the Baltic States Updated: October 24, 2020 | By Claire | More Latvia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Estonia to the north, by Lithuania to the south, by the Russian Federation to the east, and by Belarus to the southeast. Across […]
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April 28, 2010
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Greece – Metaxa and olives Updated: September 21, 2020 | By Claire | More Greece (or also Hellenic Republic) is a country situated in southern Europe on the south of Balkan Peninsula and on Corinth Peninsula. It has more than 11 million inhabitants in an area of 131,000 square kilometers. Population density is around 81 […]
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April 28, 2010
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Finland – Northern Lights Updated: September 21, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Finland, officially the Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomi), is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden on the west, Norway on the north and Russia on the east, while Estonia lies to […]
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