Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored
Luxembourg is the green heart of Europe, a tiny Grand Duchy wedged between Belgium, France, and Germany that packs more wealth (it has the highest GDP per capita in the world), more history (its capital’s old town is a UNESCO World heritage site, with fortifications that earned it the nickname “the Gibraltar of the North”), […]
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Updated June 12, 2026 by europeexplored
Belgium is the heart of Europe, the compact, multilingual kingdom that hosts Europe’s principal institutions in Brussels and punches far above its modest size in cuisine (it invented frites, produces some of the world’s finest chocolate and beer, and has more Michelin stars per capita than France), art history (Van Eyck, Bruegel, Rubens, Magritte, and […]
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Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored
The Czech Republic is the best beer country in the world, the birthplace of Pilsner, the nation with the highest per capita beer consumption on Earth (over 140 litres per person per year), and a land whose brewing tradition stretches back over a thousand years, producing some of the finest and most affordable beer you […]
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Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored
Hungary is a country of delicious goulash, world-famous thermal baths, and a magnificent capital city, Budapest, that is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful in Europe, the Danube dividing Buda’s castle-topped hills from Pest’s grand boulevards and ruin bars, the Hungarian Parliament building reflecting in the river at night, and the steaming waters […]
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