August 18, 2010
by europeexplored
Brussels is far more than just the administrative capital of the European Union — it’s a vibrant, multilingual city of Art Nouveau townhouses, world-class museums, fantastic food (from Michelin-starred restaurants to the world’s best frites), and the magnificent Grand Place, regularly voted the most beautiful square in Europe. As the de facto capital of Europe, […]
Tags: 17th-century, administrative-centre, belgium, brussel, brussels, brussels-capital, bruxelles, capital-city-of-belgium, capital-of-belgium, capital-of-european-union, carpet-design, cosmopolitan-city, crossroads, culture-art, events-in-brussels, flemish, grand-place, international-flair, many-different-cultures, official-languages, place-victor-hugo, renaissance-buildings, tourist-sites, walking-distance
Categories: Belgium, Sights
April 27, 2010
by europeexplored
Austria is the country of a thousand faces — an Alpine nation at the crossroads of Europe whose imperial capital, Vienna, was for centuries the political and cultural heart of a continent, whose mountains are among the most beautiful and accessible in the Alps, and whose cultural legacy (Mozart, Strauss, Klimt, Freud, and the Habsburg […]
Tags: alpine-climate, alps, apfelstrudel, austria, austria-vienna, austrian-cuisine, austrian-parliament, borders, capital-city-of-austria, central-europe, croatian, czech-republic, danube-basin, featured, franz-schubert, gustav-klimt, hungarian, hungary, international-atomic-energy, international-atomic-energy-agency, international-atomic-energy-agency-iaea, italy, landlocked-country, liechtenstein, ludwig-wittgenstein, official-languages, organization-for-security-and-cooperation, organization-for-security-and-cooperation-in-europe, population, presence, republic-of-austria, sigmund-freud, slovakia, slovene, slovenia, spa-programs, switzerland, thousand-faces, wiener-schnitzel, winter-resorts, wolfgang-amadeus-mozart
Categories: All Countries, Austria
April 27, 2010
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 […]
Tags: budapest-hungary, carpathian-basin, central-europe, croatia, european-origin, european-union, featured, finno, goulash, hungarian, hungary, indo-european, landlocked-country, magyar-koztarsasag, magyarorszag, nato, oecd, official-languages, republic-of-hungary, romania, serbia, slovakia
Categories: All Countries, Hungary
April 27, 2010
by europeexplored
Slovenia is a small country with great nature — a green jewel tucked between the Alps, the Mediterranean, and the Pannonian Plain that crams an extraordinary diversity of landscapes into an area smaller than Wales: Alpine peaks (the Julian Alps and Triglav, the national symbol), turquoise rivers (the Soča — arguably the most beautiful river […]
Tags: adriatic-sea, alps, ancient-castle, borders, cave-systems, central-europe, croatia, deserved-vacation, featured, hungary, interior-regions, italy, land-mass, lipica, lipizzaners, medieval-castle, mount-triglav, mountains-and-plateaus, official-languages, population, portoroz, postojna, republic-of-slovenia, romantic-souls, sea-level, slovene, slovenia, slovenian-coast, small-country-with-great-nature, vacation-centers
Categories: All Countries, Slovenia
