Spirit of Queensland
7 January 2025 | Author/Destination: Australia / Australien | Rubric: General, Bon voyage, Hotels Reading Time: 4 minutes The Spirit of Queensland is a Queensland Rail long distance passenger rail service. It is operated by a diesel-powered Tilt Train that runs five times a week on the North Coast line between Brisbane and Cairns, a distance of 1,681 kilometres (1,045 mi). At the start of 2015, it replaced the diesel-hauled train The Sunlander. read more…Theme Week Hawaii
23 December 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General, Bon voyage, Theme Weeks Reading Time: 8 minutes Hawaii (Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two non-contiguous U.S. states (alongside Alaska), it is the only state not on the North American mainland, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state in the tropics. read more…Theme Week Dominican Republic
25 November 2024 | Author/Destination: Caribbean / Karibik | Rubric: General, Bon voyage, Theme Weeks Reading Time: 9 minutes The Dominican Republic is a North American country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and a land border with Haiti to the west, occupying the eastern five-eighths of Hispaniola which, along with Saint Martin, is one of only two islands in the Caribbean shared by two sovereign states. In the Antilles, the country is the second-largest nation by area after Cuba at 48,671 square kilometers (18,792 sq mi) and second-largest by population after Haiti with approximately 11.4 million people in 2024, of whom 3.6 million reside in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city. read more…Theme Week Albania
21 October 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, Bon voyage, Theme Weeks Reading Time: 11 minutes Albania (Albanian: Shqipëri or Shqipëria), officially the Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is in the Balkans, on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south. With an area of 28,748 km² (11,100 sq mi), it has a varied range of climatic, geological, hydrological and morphological conditions. Albania’s landscapes range from rugged snow-capped mountains in the Albanian Alps and the Korab, Skanderbeg, Pindus and Ceraunian Mountains, to fertile lowland plains extending from the Adriatic and Ionian seacoasts. Tirana is the capital and largest city in the country, followed by Durrës, Vlorë, and Shkodër. read more…Theme Week Faroe Islands
23 September 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, Bon voyage Reading Time: 9 minutes The Faroe or Faeroe Islands, or simply the Faroes (Faroese: Føroyar, Danish: Færøerne), are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. The official language of the country is Faroese, which is closely related to and partially mutually intelligible with Icelandic. read more…Theme Week Funen
26 August 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, Bon voyage, Theme Weeks Reading Time: 5 minutes Funen with a size of 2,984 km² (1152 sq. miles), is the third-largest island of Denmark following Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy, and the 163rd largest island of the world. Funen is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 454,358 inhabitants. The main city is Odense, connected to the sea by canal, though this canal is now seldom used. The city’s shipyard Odense Steel Shipyard has been relocated outside of Odense proper. Funen belongs administratively to Region of Southern Denmark. From 1970–2006, the island formed the biggest part of Funen County, which also included the islands of Langeland, Ærø and Tåsinge, as well as a number of smaller islands. read more…Theme Week Firth of Clyde
22 July 2024 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General, Bon voyage, Theme Weeks Reading Time: 10 minutes
Holy Isle from Lamlash © Colin/cc-by-sa-3.0
Theme Week Kosovo
24 June 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, Bon voyage, Theme Weeks Reading Time: 9 minutes
Newborn Monument in Pristina, unveiled on 17 February 2018, day of the declaration of independence from Serbia
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