Błędów Desert – a unique desert area in central Europe | Poland

Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

Sand stretches across the landscape in a place that should not exist. Błędów Desert covers about 33 square kilometres of southern Poland, a geological anomaly in the green heart of Europe. Loose sand shifted by wind creates dunes reminiscent of the Sahara. The desert formed centuries ago when deforestation and mining stripped the land of […]

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Prague – City of a Hundred Spires and the sixth most visited city in all of Europe

Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

Prague is a city of more than one hundred spires, nine historic districts, over 1,000 years of continuous urban development, and the sixth most visited city in Europe, receiving approximately 8 million tourists annually, a figure that has grown steadily since the fall of the Iron Curtain made this impossibly beautiful city accessible to the […]

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