Published: 30.5.2023

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In today’s article we return again to one of the most important Finnish cities. To its industrial heart, Tampere. In the last article we introduced you its atmosphere, visited the downtown, explored the most important sacral buildings and also saw the northern edge of the city that borders Lake Näsijärvi.

Published: 29.5.2023

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Famagusta or Gazimagusa was the name of Ammochostos meaning "buried in sand". Local terrein is flat yet fertile. Visible are green pipeline leading here water underwater from Turkey. Water is scarce on Cyprus.

Published: 27.5.2023

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Ko Lanta island is an ideal place for peaceful rest, or to enjoy cool tropical atmosphere of southern Thailand. Half-empty beaches, bungalows, and small pensions scattered across coconut groves will enchant you. The same applies to sleepy bars, restaurants, and there are also great possibilities where to dive, or you can visit a vast national park in the mountainous middle of the island. It will take you mere three hours to get there from the Krabi airport.

Published: 26.5.2023

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It has been a UNESCO area since 1984 Its historical center with paved sidewalks, flowers on balcons, colonial, republican or modern buildings - this all is hidden behind 11 kilometers of preserved ramparts built by the Spaniards.

Published: 25.5.2023

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After a week long break we return to Turcianske Teplice. Our walk was interrupted by rain last time. So our we found refuge in local cinema. After a while there were no more signs of rain so we could continue exploring the town.

Published: 24.5.2023

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At the confluence of the Ticha Orlice and Trebovka, right on the main railway line from Prague to the east of the Czech Republic, you will find a beautiful town of Usti nad Orlici. Its main feature is a Baroque square with arcades and a unique railway station.

Published: 23.5.2023

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This is the first of the series of articles on known and unknown cities of the land of thousand lakes, Finland. This time we go to a picturesque industrial town in the lake area of Tampere. It might seem that those are opposite terms, picturesque and industrial. In Tampere, however, they managed to put everything together.

Published: 22.5.2023

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I leave Nikosia, the capital, for Kyrenia (Girne). We are headed to the mountains. Then we cross the mountains, and take in the view of the sea and Cyprus' nrothern shoreline. Kyrenia, a pleasant town with beautiful harbor and castle, is situated below us.