April 1, 2011
by europeexplored
Lahemaa National Park (Land of Bays) – the largest and oldest national park in Estonia Updated: May 19, 2020 | By Claire | More In northern Estonia at an area less than 700 km2 lies the largest and oldest national park in the country – Lahemaa National Park. The park was established in 1971, as […]
Tags: american-mink, brown-bears, estonia, estonians, gulf-of-finland, incisions, interesting-places, kinds-of-birds, lahemaa-national-park, land-of-bays, largest-and-oldest-national-park-in-estonia, largest-national-park, marshes, maximum-height, moors, national-park, nationalist-ideas, nature, northern-estonia, oldest-national-park, peninsulas, rock-cliffs, sea-coast, soviet-authorities, tourist-sites, typical-example, unspoilt-countryside
Categories: Estonia, Nature
September 25, 2010
by europeexplored
The windmills of Kinderdijk are the most famous Dutch landscape on Earth — 19 beautifully preserved 18th-century windmills lined up along the canals of the Alblasserwaard polder near Rotterdam, forming a UNESCO World Heritage site that is the single strongest image of the Netherlands in the global imagination. More than just a photo opportunity, Kinderdijk […]
Tags: 18th-century, best-known-tourist-site, best-time, century-system, city, concentration, confluence, cultural-heritage, dike, dordrecht, dutch-tourist, emergencies, folktale, kinderdijk, lek, lek-river, lekkerland, mid-twentieth-century, netherlands, nineteenth-century, polder, pumps, rotterdam, saint-elizabeth, saturdays, south-holland, terrible-storm, tourist-destination, tourist-sites, town, two-areas, unesco, unesco-world, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, village, windmill, windmills, windmolen, wooden-cradle, world-heritage-sites
Categories: Netherlands, Sights
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
