A skyline of medieval spires pierces the grey northern sky above Gent, where the rivers Leie and Schelde converge in a tangle of canals. The Castle of the Counts stands guard over a city that once ranked among the wealthiest in northern Europe. Cobblestone lanes wind past guild halls draped in Flemish grandeur, while street […]
Updated: May 18, 2020 | By Claire | 2 Replies More If you take the ferry from Helsingør to Helsinborg, it is hard to miss the fortified castle of Kronborg at the coast. It became famous mainly because its corridors and rooms were used for William Shakespeare tragedy Hamlet. It is known as Elsinor in […]
Lake Königssee in the Berchtesgaden National Park is Germany’s third deepest lake, reaching 190 metres at its maximum depth, and its famously clear, cold water is so protected that only electric-powered boats with special permits have been allowed to navigate it since the beginning of the 20th century, making it one of the cleanest lakes […]
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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 national […]
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Denmark is the Scandinavian kingdom of design, hygge, and boundless wind energy, a country where Viking history meets cutting-edge modern architecture, where every city is built around a bicycle lane, and where the coastline is never more than 52 kilometres away. Consistently ranked among the world’s happiest nations, Denmark offers travellers a unique blend of […]
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Estonia is the Baltic pearl, a small country on the northeastern edge of Europe that punches dramatically above its weight in digital innovation (it invented Skype, pioneered e-residency, and has the most start-ups per capita in Europe), medieval beauty (Tallinn’s UNESCO-listed Old Town is one of the best-preserved Hanseatic city centres on the continent), and […]
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Finland is the Nordic wonderland of extremes, the land of the midnight sun and the polar night, of sauna culture and Sibelius, of Europe’s densest forests and its most spectacular Northern Lights displays. Regularly ranked as the world’s happiest country, Finland offers travellers an extraordinary combination of pristine nature, cutting-edge design, and genuine wilderness adventure: […]
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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 continent’s […]
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Lithuania is the country of amber, Baltic gold, the fossilised tree resin that washes up on the shores of the Curonian Spit in quantities unmatched anywhere else on Earth, which has been traded along the Amber Road from the Baltic to the Mediterranean since the Roman Empire and remains the defining symbol of this proud […]
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