The Ponte Vecchio is the only Florentine bridge to survive the Second World War intact. On August 4, 1944, as the German army retreated across the Arno, they dynamited every bridge in the city. Ponte Vecchio was spared. Instead, the mines blew up the buildings at both ends, blocking access, but the bridge itself stood. […]
Hungarian ingenuity meets Roman bathing tradition at Aquaworld Budapest, the largest aquapark in Europe. Beneath a massive glass dome that captures the central European sun, a tropical paradise of slides, thermal pools, and wave machines stretches across 35,000 square metres. The water, heated by the same geothermal springs that made Budapest famous as the City […]
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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. […]
Categories: Denmark, Sights, Sweden, Virtual Travel
Vasco da Gama Bridge – the longest bridge in Europe | Portugal Updated: August 10, 2020 | By Claire | More Vasco da Gama is very popular bridge in the world since it is the longest bridge in Europe. The construction works started in 1995 and have been completed in 1998. The beauty of the […]
Keila Waterfall (Keila juga) is one of Estonia’s most accessible and photogenic natural attractions, a graceful 6-metre cascade tumbling over the Baltic Klint escarpment in a peaceful park setting just 25 kilometres west of Tallinn. While Keila may not be Estonia’s tallest waterfall, its broad curtain of water, picturesque wooden suspension bridge, and the romantic […]
Millau Viaduct – the tallest bridge in the world | France Updated: July 19, 2020 | By Claire | More When you drive through the French A75 highway which connects Paris with Barcelona, you cannot miss the technical gem in the form of the highest bridge in the world – Millau Viaduct. The bridge crosses […]
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Kuršių Nerija (Curonian Spit) National Park is one of Europe’s most unique landscapes, a 98-kilometre-long, narrow sand dune peninsula shared between Lithuania and Russia’s Kaliningrad region, where massive shifting dunes (some up to 60 metres high), ancient pine forests, and traditional fishing villages create a UNESCO World heritage landscape that is often called the Baltic […]
The Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge is Northern Ireland’s most thrilling short walk, a 20-metre-long suspension bridge swaying 30 metres above the churning Atlantic Ocean, connecting the mainland coast of County Antrim to the tiny rocky island of Carrickarede. Originally erected by salmon fishermen over 350 years ago, today the bridge is one of the Causeway Coast’s […]
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The Magdeburg Water Bridge (Wasserstraßenkreuz Magdeburg) is the longest navigable aqueduct in the world, an extraordinary 918-metre-long concrete channel that carries a river over a river, allowing cargo barges to cross high above the Elbe on Europe’s most audacious piece of waterway engineering. Opened in 2003 after nearly a century of planning, the bridge connects […]
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