While this Austrian village’s population of 946 might seem puny, its history certainly is not. Home to the world’s first salt mine and classic Austrian architecture, the village is one of Austria’s primary tourist attractions.
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Before seemingly frozen in debt debacles and recessions, what we recognize today as Europe consisted of little more than ice, snow and emptiness.
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While serving as Sweden’s largest city and most populated urban area in Scandinavia, Stockholm’s true charm lies with the innovation bustling within the city’s over 700 year-old walls. Stockholm is one of the world’s cleanest capitals and was dubbed Europe’s first “green capital” as it cut carbon emissions by 25% per capita in under ten years and has plans to be completely free of fossil fuel use by the year 2050.
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1648 marked the end of the incredibly destructive Thirty Years War as well as the fragmentation of modern-day Germany, resulting in the Holy Roman Empire’s limited power. The 1648 Treaty of Westphalia changed the political and cultural landscape of the continent, some of which can still be felt today.
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München mag dich, or “Munich loves you” is the Bavarian city’s motto, but with views like this it could just as easily be said that you should love Munich. If its sights aren’t enough to wow you, perhaps its forward-thinking livability will. Munich is consistently ranked among the world’s most livable cities and in 2010 was dubbed one of the most socially and economically innovative cities in the world by Innovation Cities.
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The largest city in the Herzegovina region is also one of the most important. In addition to its rich history, the city is home to one of the most exemplary fixtures of Islamic architecture in the Balkans. The piece in question is a bridge–often called “Old Bridge”–and it was built by the Ottomans way back in the 16th century.
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This view is fit for a princess. Located on the French riviera, Monaco holds the title of the world’s lowest poverty rate and the highest number of millionaires and billionaires per capita.
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Situated alongside the beautiful Rhine River, the metropolitan and art-rich city has roots stemming back all the way to 50 AD.
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It seems that the farther north one goes in Norway, the more spectacular the views become. Case in point: Hamnøy.
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Though The Clash can hear London calling to this day, the foggy city has been called many other names in its history. At the time of the Roman Invasion, it was called Londinium. In Saxon times, it became known as Lundenwic. And during the kingdom of Alfred the Great, the city was known as Lundenburg.
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Like most cities within Spain, Toledo has gone through many “owners” and cataclysmic transfers of ownership before becoming the face of tranquil radiance that it is today. After the Roman Empire collapsed, Toledo saw Visigoth, Moor and Christian leaders presiding over the region with marked amounts of turmoil and violence. There was one exception, however: for a brief period of time known as La Convivencia, the three major monotheistic religions (Judaism, Islam and Christianity, respectively) cast aside their weaponry and coexisted relatively peacefully.
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True, winter is finally over, but Paris’ beauty springs eternal. Here’s a four-minute slice of it.
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The second largest city in Spain and the sixth largest metropolis within Europe offers a panoply of tastes, heights and sites. If you don’t have the budget or the stomach for a long-distance flight, try this six-minute slice of Barcelona on for size.
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For a while, the black death’s etiology was uncertain. But thanks to ever-improving technology, scientists have determined that the plague originated in a Chinese rodent population in the form of the rod-shaped Yersinia pestis, which likely made its way to Europe via the Silk Road and merchant ships between 1346 and 1353. Science jargon aside, the plague took with it between 75 and 200 million people, or at least one-third of Europe’s population at the time. It took over 150 years for all of Europe to recover from a mere bacteria, but not without monumental social, political and economic upheavals.
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1492 proved a seminal year for exploration both upward and outward. As Christopher Columbus so famously sailed the ocean blue, France’s Mont Aiguille had been discovered for climbing. From then on, the French Pre-Alp plateau was considered the birthplace of mountaineering.
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Most head to the party capital of the world for its nightly treasures, but Ibiza has just as many natural gems to offer during the day.
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From Wikipedia: The Nine Sovereigns at Windsor for the funeral of King Edward VII. Standing, from left to right: King Haakon VII of Norway, King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, King Manuel of Portugal, Kaiser Wilhelm II of the German Empire, King George I of The Hellenes (Greece) and King Albert I of the Belgians (Belgium). Seated, from left to right: King Alfonso XIII of Spain, King-Emperor George V of the Great Britain and King Frederick VIII of Denmark.
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The time to talk about the elephant in the room has ceased, at least to artist Kurt Perschke. It’s time to talk–or as Perschke hopes–wonder about the large red ball directly in your path. By the playful placing of an bold, exaggerated ball on every day street corners, Perschke hopes to tap into the part of our brain that ponders the unreasonable and beyond belief–a part of the mind that far too often grows dusty with age.
Says Perschke in his statement, “On the surface, the experience seems to be about the ball itself as an object, but the true power of the project is what it can create for those who experience it. It opens a doorway to imagine what if? As RedBall travels around the world people approach me on the street with excited suggestions about where to put it in their city. In that moment the person is not a spectator but a participant in the act of imagination. I have witnessed it across continents, diverse age spans, cultures, and languages, always issuing an invitation. That invitation to engage, to collectively imagine, is the true essence of the RedBall Project.”
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Popular among artists for obvious reasons, this northern Italian island gets its multicolored streets thanks to a system stemming from the golden age of the area’s development. In other words, if you want to paint your home here, you must send a request to the government who will respond by making notice of the permitted colors on that specific lot.
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Despite its characteristically frigid temperatures, this Baltic Coast beaut certainly appears warm and inviting in this photo.
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