Every time I fly into Oslo, it feels like home. I am well acquainted with the giant tiger on the station square; I know that the best cappuccino in the city with fragrant brown sugar is made at the…
You can come to Oslo at any time of year, but it is especially crowded here in mid-May when Norwegians celebrate Independence Day.
There is a saying: “God created the sea, and the Dutch – the shores.” Actually, the word Netherlands itself translates as “low lands,” and Holland is the largest province of this kingdom. The…
Arabs are one of the many generalizations that humanity loves so much in its eternal quest to simplify the reality around us. The inhabitants of planet Earth who can be called Arabs are an incredibly…
Traveler Alexander Sobolev, who has lived in Austria in Vienna for a long time and has visited many cities and countries around the world, believes that a good half of humanity does not even suspect…
Not only Norway, Chile, Australia and other countries lay claim to Antarctic expanses. Half a dozen of our neighbors also believe they have the legal right to plant flags on the continent - flags of…
Sometimes you want to look at the world from the other side, to plunge into the still unexplored. For adventure seekers the question arises: where to go? The very curious can get to Ecuador, a…
If you believe the Russian media, Amsterdam is a realm of debauchery and drugs. Of course, it has both. But red lights and numerous coffee shops serve as a lure for tourists, notes «Вояж и отдых»…
On the eve of the European Union's enlargement, the population of both parts of the island of Cyprus, divided for 30 years into two republics, took part in a referendum. The question, put separately…
What do the American writer Hemingway, the Russian composer Glinka, and the Russian poet Pushkin, and the French playwright Beaumarchais have in common? As Study IN notes, they were all in love with…
The first settlements on the site of modern Monaco appeared almost 3,000 years ago. At that time the area was called Monoikos. The name may derive from Portus Monoecus, the ancient port of Hercules…