Aarhus in Midtjylland

7 September 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, European Union, European Capital of Culture Reading Time:  6 minutes

Hotel Royal with Christian X of Denmark statue © trøjborg1

Hotel Royal with Christian X of Denmark statue © trøjborg1

Aarhus is the second-largest city in Denmark. The principal port of Denmark, Aarhus is on the east side of the peninsula of Jutland in the geographical center of Denmark. Aarhus is the seat of the council of Aarhus municipality with 315,193 inhabitants and 252,213 in the inner urban area. According to Aarhus municipality, the “Greater Aarhus” area has a population of about 1.2 million people. The city claims the unofficial title “Capital of Jutland”.   read more…

Oulu, venue of the Air Guitar World Championships

31 July 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, European Union, European Capital of Culture Reading Time:  6 minutes

Pokkitörmä - Oulun Lyseo with Cathedral bell-tower in the backgound © Estormiz

Pokkitörmä – Oulun Lyseo with Cathedral bell-tower in the backgound © Estormiz

Oulu is a city and municipality of 143,988 inhabitants in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland. It is the most populous city in Northern Finland and the sixth most populous city in the country. It is one of the northernmost larger cities in the world.   read more…

Stockholm, the Venice of the North

12 July 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, European Union, European Capital of Culture, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  9 minutes

National Museum © Jonas Bergsten

National Museum © Jonas Bergsten

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 864,324 in the municipality, 1.4 million in the urban area, and around 2.1 million in the 6,519 km2 (2,517.00 sq mi) metropolitan area. As of 2010, the Stockholm metropolitan area is home to approximately 22% of Sweden’s population.   read more…

Lille, capital of Flanders

2 July 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, European Union, European Capital of Culture Reading Time:  4 minutes

Entrance to Vauban Citadelle © Mary Poppins

Entrance to Vauban Citadelle © Mary Poppins

Lille is a city in northern France (French Flanders). It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France’s border with Belgium. It is the capital of the Nord-Pas de Calais region and the prefecture of the Nord department.   read more…

Linz in Upper Austria

16 June 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, European Union, European Capital of Culture, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  6 minutes

© www.vr-photos.com - Johann Steininger

© www.vr-photos.com – Johann Steininger

Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria. It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately 30 km (19 mi) south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is 189,367, and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about 271,000.   read more…

Timișoara, the historic, economic and cultural center of Banat

9 June 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, European Union, European Capital of Culture Reading Time:  7 minutes

Lloyd Palace, seat of the 'Politehnica' University of Timişoara © Turbojet

Lloyd Palace, seat of the ‘Politehnica’ University of Timişoara © Turbojet

Timișoara is the capital city of Timiș County, in western Romania. One of the largest Romanian cities, with a population of 303,708 inhabitants (the third most populous city in the country, as of 2011), and considered the informal capital city of the historical region of Banat, Timișoara is the main social, economic and cultural center in the western part of Romania.   read more…

Kaunas, the second largest city in Lithuania

8 June 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, European Union, European Capital of Culture Reading Time:  8 minutes

State Musical Theatre © Creative

State Musical Theatre © Creative

Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation it was the capital of the Kovno Governorate from 1843 to 1915. It became the only temporary capital city in Europe during the Interwar period. Now it is the capital of Kaunas County, the seat of the Kaunas city municipality and the Kaunas district municipality. It is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaunas. Kaunas is located at the confluence of the two largest Lithuanian rivers, the Nemunas and the Neris, and near the Kaunas Reservoir, the largest body of water entirely in Lithuania.   read more…

Die university city of Patras

21 May 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, European Union, European Capital of Culture Reading Time:  6 minutes

Patras Port © Conudrum

Patras Port © Conudrum

Patras is Greece’s third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens. The city is built at the foothills of Mount Panachaikon, overlooking the Gulf of Patras.   read more…

Stavanger, the petroleum capital of Norway

23 March 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, European Union, European Capital of Culture Reading Time:  7 minutes

Aerial view of Stavanger's city center © Godztian

Aerial view of Stavanger’s city center © Godztian

Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland. Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,000. There are 198,000 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway. Stavanger is the centre of the Stavanger metropolitan area, which has a population of 297,569, and the administrative centre of Rogaland county. The city is commonly referred to as the Petroleum Capital of Norway.   read more…

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