Water laps gently against the brick walls of Oudegracht, the oldest canal in Utrecht, as houseboats and tour boats drift past centuries-old wharf cellars. Unlike any other canal in the Netherlands, this medieval waterway is lined with unique double-level quays, where the lower docks once served as storage for merchants trading along the Rhine. Today […]
Categories: Netherlands, Sights, Virtual Travel
The ship slips its moorings at dusk and the city lights begin to shrink behind you. From the top deck, you watch the skyline of Budapest dissolve into the Danube twilight, the Parliament building glowing gold against the purple sky. A river cruise through Europe offers a perspective that no other mode of travel can […]
Categories: Travelling Tips
Navagio Beach, universally known as Shipwreck Beach, is the single most photographed beach in Greece and one of the most iconic coastal images in the world: a perfect crescent of impossibly white sand and electric-blue water enclosed by towering 200-metre limestone cliffs on the northwest coast of Zakynthos, with the rusting hulk of the MV […]
Categories: Greece, Nature, Nature, Wellness, Relax & Sports
The Magdeburg Water Bridge (Wasserstraßenkreuz Magdeburg) is the longest navigable aqueduct in the world, an extraordinary 918-metre-long concrete channel that carries a river over a river, allowing cargo barges to cross high above the Elbe on Europe’s most audacious piece of waterway engineering. Opened in 2003 after nearly a century of planning, the bridge connects […]
Categories: Castles, Germany, Sights, Sights, Technical Monuments
