Levoča is one of Slovakia’s most precious heritage towns — a remarkably preserved medieval trading city in the Spiš region whose Church of St. James houses the tallest wooden altar in the world (18.62 metres), a masterpiece of late Gothic carving by the legendary Master Paul of Levoča that is, astonishingly, 500 years old and […]
Sweden is Scandinavia’s largest, most populous, and most diverse country — an open and accepting society that spans from the cosmopolitan streets of Stockholm to the Arctic wilderness of Lapland, from the sandy beaches of the Baltic island of Gotland to the vast forests and thousands of lakes that define the Swedish landscape and the […]
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Latvia is the beating heart of the Baltic States — a compact, captivating country on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea where Art Nouveau masterpieces in Riga, vast unspoilt forests teeming with wildlife, a 500-kilometre coastline of white sand beaches, and one of Europe’s richest folk music traditions combine to create one of the […]
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Germany is the richest and most populous country in the European Union — an economic powerhouse at the heart of the continent whose gifts to the world range from the printing press and the Protestant Reformation to the automobile, Bach and Beethoven, and the Christmas market, and whose landscapes are as varied as a country […]
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