Rhine embankment promenade in Düsseldorf

24 January 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

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The Rhine promenade refers to the landscaped riverbank near the Düsseldorf (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) districts of Altstadt, Carlstadt, and Hafen. Other cities also have Rhine promenades; in Düsseldorf, it encompasses the streets Tonhallenufer, Schlossufer, Rathausufer, and Mannesmannufer.   read more…

Kleinmarkthalle Frankfurt

24 October 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon appétit, Shopping Reading Time:  5 minutes

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The Kleinmarkthalle is a market hall built in 1954 in the old town of Frankfurt am Main. On weekdays, 63 vendors offer approximately 5,000 products, primarily fresh food but also non-food items, at 156 market stalls on approximately 1,500 square meters. In addition to regional specialties such as Frankfurt Green Sauce, imported food items are now also part of the product range. Some vendors also operate snack stands in and outside the hall. The Kleinmarkthalle attracts visitors from all over the Rhine-Main region, especially on Saturdays. It is also marketed for tourism, for example, as part of city tours.   read more…

Main Market Square in Kraków

29 July 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon appétit, Shopping Reading Time:  5 minutes

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© flickr.com – Jorge Láscar/cc-by-2.0

The Main Market Square (Polish: Rynek G?ówny) of the Old Town of Kraków, Lesser Poland, is the principal urban space located at the center of the city. It dates back to the 13th century, and at 3.79 ha (9.4 acres) is sometimes called the largest medieval town square in Europe, but Charles Square in Prague is two times larger.   read more…

Jerusalem Day

26 May 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Union for the Mediterranean Reading Time:  4 minutes

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Jerusalem Day (Hebrew: Yom Yerushalayim) is an Israeli holiday. It occurs on the 28th of Iyar according to the Jewish calendar.   read more…

H?i An in Vietnam

8 April 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  11 minutes

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Thu B?n River at night © Nguyen QuocTrung/cc-by-sa-4.0

H?i An, formerly known in the Western world as Faifoo or Faifo, is a city of approximately 120,000 people in Vietnam’s Qu?ng Nam Province, registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999. Along with the Cù Lao Cham archipelago, it is part of the Cù Lao Cham-H?i An Biosphere Reserve, designated in 2009. In 2023, H?i An was registered in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network list.   read more…

Albertinum in Dresden

12 October 2024 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Museums, Exhibitions Reading Time:  9 minutes

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The Albertinum is a modern art museum. The sandstone-clad Renaissance Revival building is located on Brühl’s Terrace in the historic center of Dresden, Germany. It is named after King Albert of Saxony.   read more…

Old Town of Dubrovnik

19 August 2024 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  8 minutes

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© Diego Delso/cc-by-sa-3.0

The Old Town of Dubrovnik, the historic core of the Croatian city of Dubrovnik, formerly Ragusa or the Republic of Ragusa, known as a major maritime power, is an imposing historical complex on the southern Dalmatian coast. The complex, also known as the “Pearl of the Adriatic”, has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Croatia since 1979. The Old Town of Dubrovnik is a unique medieval area of ??a walled city with numerous monuments from the Middle Ages, Baroque and Renaissance, which are today in excellent condition and form a self-contained architectural whole.   read more…

Vieux-Nice, the old town of Nice

2 April 2024 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, French Riviera Reading Time:  4 minutes

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Old Nice (Vila-Vielha in niçois) is the old part of the city of Nice. Its inhabitants also speak of the “old town” (vielha vila in niçois). In the past, the nickname babazouk was also given to it, a local adaptation of the Arabic expression meaning “door to the souk”.   read more…

Cours Saleya in Nice

11 March 2024 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, French Riviera, Bon appétit, Shopping Reading Time:  10 minutes

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© Miniwark/cc-by-sa-3.0

The main pedestrian route in Old Nice, the Cours Saleya, parallel to the Quai des États-Unis, extends rue Saint-François-de-Paule to the west, from rue Louis-Gassin to Place Charles-Félix.   read more…

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