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ireland

Ireland is actually four-million-filled island that is actually divided in to two main countries; Ireland Republic and North Ireland. Without a doubt, as the third biggest isle in Europe and World’s twentieth biggest isle in the world, Ireland provides the globe many tourism destinations you would regret in order to miss. You can go for your choices since many tourism options are accessible starting from mountainous area, flower fields, mountainside, ponds, to oceans. Even whenever you are shopaholics, Ireland will [...]

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milan

Milan is the city of Italy with an expected population of 1.3 millions. The Milan city is broadly coinciding with borders of Brianza and Monza. It is Europe’s dense city with four million population spread across 1980 square kilometers. This city has started growing economically in the early 1960’s. The history reports show that Milan is founded by Celtic people known as Insures and later it was occupied by Romans in 222 BC and became capital of Western Roman Empire. [...]

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brest-france

Brest is a very important port on the western tip of France. The city of Brest has a little less than 150,000 inhabitants and is a city more than a millennium. The city of Brest is a place where many cultures place events each year. One can cite the Brest maritime festivals (every 4 years), Thursdays port, spring ringers or the European Festival of Short Film and Astropolis (electronic music). Brest is not missing more than monuments and museums like [...]

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The Hill of Crosses (Kryžiu Kalnas) is located in northern Lithuania near Šiauliai – the fourth largest city in the country. No one knows for sure why the custom started, but the crosses began appearing in the 14th century. Over the years, pilgrims journeyed there to place their own cross on the hill. The hill was leveled three times: during 1961, 1973 and 1975. The crosses were burned or turned into scrap metal, and the area was covered with waste [...]

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nidarosdomen-cathedral-norway

Nidarosdomen Cathedral was built above the grave of St. Olav, Norway patron saint.Construction began in 1070, but the oldest components are still available from the middle of the twelfth century.Devastated by fire several occasions, it lay in rubble at the time of the Reformation in 1537.The cathedral was constructed each time, chiefly in the Gothic style, but the oldest parts around the transept reflected the Roman style.In 1869 extensive renovations were begun, and a century later on Nidarosdomen was again [...]

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Naeroy-Valley

Nærøy community in the parish of Aurland consists of the small villages: Dyrdal, Styvi, Tufte, Bakka and the inhabitants in the Nærøy valley/Gudvangen. The church is situated at Bakka, a small village by the Nærøyfjord. Car road from Gudvangen 6 km – you can see the church from the boats coming and going. The church was build in year 1859 and has about 200 seats. It’s a white wooden church. There are about 10 church-services a year. The church is [...]

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Saint-Tropez is a town, 104 km to the east of Marseille, in the Var department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region of southeastern France. Saint-Tropez is located on the French Riviera, and it is known today for its famous and extremely wealthy summertime guests. It has been dubbed the ‘playground to jetsetters, fashion models, and millionaires’, and it is most-enduringly known as the place the iconic Brigitte Bardot “discovered” and for its role in the liberation of southern France during World [...]

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Nestled in a bend of the Ohře River, Loket is a gorgeous place with a chocolate-box-style town square. Loket was also used to portray Montenegro in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale. Loket has 3 000 inhabitants and it is located in the Sokolov District in the Karlovy Vary region of the Czech Republic. Most people visit Loket as a day trip from Karlovy Vary, but it’s also a sleepy place to ease off the travel accelerator for a [...]

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germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The territory of Germany covers 357,021km2 and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. With 81.8 million inhabitants in January 2010, it [...]

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The first city, which you should visit on the island of Cyprus, is the capital, Nicosia. The City has about 200,000 inhabitants and is located in the central part of the island on the river Pedieos. Outside of the city you will see the Troodos mountain peaks which is the biggest mountain range of Cyprus, with the highest peak Mount Olympus at 1,952m. Right through the center of the city leads the line which divided Cyprus into two Republics. It [...]

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