The Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge is Northern Ireland’s most thrilling short walk — a 20-metre-long suspension bridge swaying 30 metres above the churning Atlantic Ocean, connecting the mainland coast of County Antrim to the tiny rocky island of Carrickarede. Originally erected by salmon fishermen over 350 years ago, today the bridge is one of the Causeway […]
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Olavinlinna Castle (Olofsborg) is the most beautiful castle in Finland — a magnificent 15th-century medieval fortress built on a rocky island in the middle of Lake Saimaa in the town of Savonlinna, whose three sturdy round towers and atmospheric stone walls rising directly from the water create one of northern Europe’s most romantic castle settings. […]
Protected Landscape Area of the Eastern Carpathians in Slovakia Updated: May 19, 2020 | By Claire | More Protected Landscape Area of the Eastern Carpathians (or in Slovak Chránená krajinná oblasť Východné Karpaty) is bordering the north-western part of the original territory of the national park Poloniny. The area is built of flysch formations, mainly […]
The white chalk cliffs of Jasmund National Park on Germany’s Rügen Island are one of northern Europe’s most dramatic coastal landscapes — gleaming white Cretaceous cliffs rising 118 metres above the Baltic Sea from ancient beech forest, immortalised in the paintings of Caspar David Friedrich and now a UNESCO World Heritage site. The Königsstuhl (King’s […]
Muránska planina National Park in Slovakia Updated: May 19, 2020 | By Claire | More Muránska planina National Park (Slovak: Národný park Muránska planina) with a total area of 203.18 km², is one of the youngest national parks in Slovakia (since 1997). It is situated in Central Slovakia, in the districts of Brezno and Revúca, […]
Seegrotte in Austria – the largest underground lake in Europe Updated: March 10, 2020 | By Claire | 2 Replies More Not far from Vienna, in the village of Hinterbrül, there is the cave system with the largest underground lake in Europe – Seegrotte, covering an area of 6,200 m². It is not a classic […]
