Theme Week Swiss – Basel, on the tri-border area of Switzerland, Germany and France

15 May 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

The Rhine river © Norbert Aepli

The Rhine river © Norbert Aepli

Basel or Basle is Switzerland’s third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany. With 830,000 inhabitants in the tri-national urban agglomeration as of 2004, Basel is Switzerland’s second-largest urban area.   read more…

Magdeburg, the capital of Saxony-Anhalt

14 May 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Hundertwasser house 'The Green Citadelle' © Doris Antony

Hundertwasser house ‘The Green Citadelle’ © Doris Antony

Magdeburg is the largest city and the capital city of Saxony-Anhalt. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe.   read more…

Saint-Étienne, the capital of the Département Loire in the south of France

12 May 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Town Hall © Velvet

Town Hall © Velvet

Saint-Étienne is a city in eastern central France. It is located in the Massif Central, 60 km (37.28 mi) southwest of Lyon in the Rhône-Alpes region, along the trunk road that connects Toulouse with Lyon. Saint-Étienne is the capital of the Loire département and has a population of approximately 178,500 in the city itself expanding to over 317,000 in the metropolitan area.   read more…

2. World Fish Bun Day on May, 12

12 May 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Events Reading Time:  3 minutes

2. Weltfischbrötchentag am 12. Mai 2012 © Ostsee-Holstein-Tourismus e.V.

2. Weltfischbrötchentag am 12. Mai 2012 © Ostsee-Holstein-Tourismus e.V.

Today is the 2. World Fish Bun Day. The ostsee* is already looking forward again to the many visitors and fish stall owners, to worship the Fish Bun Day together. Special events are set up to celebrate and hail the fish sandwiches in some places of Schleswig-Holstein (Northern Germany). Lots of fun is waiting for you!   read more…

The Spanish enclave of Melilla

11 May 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Union for the Mediterranean Reading Time:  4 minutes

© flickr.com - TonioMora

© flickr.com – TonioMora

Melilla is a 12.3 square kilometres (4.7 sq mi) autonomous city of Spain and an exclave on the north coast of Morocco. Melilla, along with the Spanish exclave Ceuta, is one of the two Spanish territories located in mainland Africa. It was regarded as a part of Málaga province prior to 14 March 1995, when the city’s Statute of Autonomy was passed. Melilla (like Ceuta) was a free port before Spain joined the European Union. As of 2008 it has a population of 73,460. Its population consists of Christians, Muslims (mainly Riffians), and small minorities of Jews. Both Spanish and Tarifit are widely spoken. Spanish is the only official language, while there have been calls to recognise Tamazight, a standarized version of all Berber languages official in Morocco, as well.   read more…

The Hotel Negresco in Nice

9 May 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, French Riviera, Hotels Reading Time:  5 minutes

© Jolly Janner

© Jolly Janner

The Hotel Negresco on the Promenade des Anglais on the Baie des Anges in Nice was named for Henri Negresco (1868–1920) who had the palatial hotel constructed in 1912. In keeping with the conventions of the times, when the Negresco first opened in 1913 its front opened facing the Mediterranean sea.   read more…

Bad Harzburg on the northern edge of the Harz mountains

9 May 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

Youth Fountain by Jochen Müller © Kassandro

Youth Fountain by Jochen Müller © Kassandro

Bad Harzburg is a town in central Germany, in the Goslar district of Lower Saxony. It lies on the northern edge of the Harz mountains and is a recognised saltwater spa and climatic health resort.   read more…

The seaside resort of Dinard in Brittany

7 May 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

View towards the Atlantic Ocean © Joergsam

View towards the Atlantic Ocean © Joergsam

Dinard is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Dinard is on the Côte d’Émeraude of Brittany. Its beaches and mild climate make it a popular holiday destination, and this has resulted in the town having a variety of famous visitors and residents. The towns of Pleurtuit and Saint-Malo are nearby and the Dinard Pleurtuit Saint-Malo Airport is about 4 km south of Dinard. In modern history Dinard was first settled by Saint-Malo’s shipping merchants who built some of the town’s magnificent houses in the town- however very few survive. In the late 19th century American and British aristocrats made Dinard popular as a fashionable summer resort, and they built stunning villas on the cliff tops and exclusive hotels such as the Le Grand Hotel on the seafront during the French “Belle Epoque”.   read more…

London 2012 – Olympic Games, Paralympic Games and Cultural Olympiad

5 May 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Sport Reading Time:  8 minutes

© London2012.com

© London2012.com

The absolute highlights of the summer are certainly the Olympic Games and the surrounding programs and events in London. Even for long-established residents of the city London 2012 will surpass all previous records again. A city of superlatives, which, by hosting and staging the Olympic Games, adds even more superlatives to the records. London is the first city which could win the bid for the Modern Olympics for the third time.   read more…

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