Aveiro – Venice of Portugal

Updated June 11, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

Aveiro is known as the Venice of Portugal, a charming city on the country’s central coast, south of Porto, whose network of picturesque canals, colourful moliceiro boats (traditional flat-bottomed vessels once used for harvesting seaweed, now converted to gondola-like tourist boats), and elegant Art Nouveau architecture make it one of the most photogenic small cities […]

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Dunkerque (Dunkirk) – northern city in France

Updated June 19, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

The wide sandy beaches of Dunkirk stretch along the northern coast of France, their peaceful appearance today belying the dramatic events that unfolded here in the spring of 1940. The evacuation of over 338,000 Allied soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk between May 26 and June 4, 1940, known as Operation Dynamo, was one of […]

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