Overview Theme Weeks

Tuesday, 27 December 2011 - 11:00 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: Around the World / Rund um die Welt
Category/Kategorie: General, Theme Weeks Reading Time: 14 minutes

(Latest addition: August 2023) In irregular intervals we publish Theme Weeks about cities, regions, and countries. Here you can find the complete list.

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Berlin – Hackesche Höfe

Chateaux of the Loire Valley

Corsica, a mountain in the sea

Croatian Adriatic coast

Friuli Venezia Giulia

Hamburg, the gate to the world – Elbe suburbs

Jerusalem, Al-Quds and The Holy, many names for one of the oldest cities in the world

East Jerusalem

West Jerusalem

Marseille, France’s oldest and second largest city

Munich – Munich loves you!

North Frisian Islands

Potsdam – Studio Babelsberg, parks and palaces

Singapore, the lion city

Tibet Autonomous Region

Ulster – Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland

Venice, Queen of the Adriatic Sea

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The barque Europa

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Moulins in Auvergne

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Lodz in Poland

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Theme Week Paris

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Monopoli on the Adriatic Sea

[caption id="attachment_153303" align="aligncenter" width="500"] © Idéfix/cc-by-sa-3.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Monopoli is a town and comune in Italy, in the province of Bari, region of Apulia. The town is roughly 156 square km in area and lies about 40 km southeast from Bari. It has about 53,017 inhabitants. The city is important mostly as an agricultural, industrial and touristic centre, and has a great number of historical sights. In 1484 the city came under Venetian control and saw an economic upswing as a seapor...

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Mauritius' capital Port Louis

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Helsinki Senate Square

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Oranienburg on the Havel river

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Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean

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Theme Week Castile-La Mancha - Ciudad Real

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