The church sits in a small town 85 km northwest of Savonlinna, surrounded by birch forest and lake country. From the outside it looks like a traditional Finnish wooden church, white with an ocher cross. Then you see the scale. The spire reaches 37 metres. The nave is 27 metres high inside. The building can […]
The train emerges from the tunnel beneath the sea and rises onto the Öresund Bridge, where the horizon opens into an endless expanse of silver-grey water and pale Scandinavian sky. eight kilometres of steel and concrete connect Sweden to Denmark, carrying cars and rail passengers across one of the most remarkable engineering feats in Europe. […]
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Fifty-two towers and nearly three kilometres of ramparts encircle the medieval citadel of Carcassonne. The fortress rises above the Aude River with fairy-tale turrets and pointed slate roofs that look as though they belong in a storybook. The inner streets hold stone houses, small squares, and the basilica of Saints Nazarius and Celsus with its […]
St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk (Bazylika Mariacka) is the largest brick Gothic church in the world, a colossal 14th-15th-century basilica in the heart of Poland’s most beautiful Baltic city whose soaring nave, 78-metre tower, and capacity of 25,000 worshippers make it one of the most awe-inspiring religious buildings in northern Europe. Built over 159 years […]