Country guide

Main cities of Sweden

This Fragile Multilingual World

There are several thousand languages in the world, but it is quite difficult to name their exact number. Even linguists do not have a consensus because there is no clear boundary between a language…

Worldwide Snack

What people eat for lunch during the workday says a lot about a country's culture. Some snack right at their workplace on what they brought from home, some head to the park to eat their favorite…

How Capitals Are Made

The world's attention is riveted on Jerusalem, recently recognized by the US president as the capital of Israel, despite protests from the Arab world and beyond. Jerusalem contains sites sacred to…

Still Forested and Boggy

For a decade, satellites photographed the territory of Great Britain, while researchers compared the images with maps and classified them: here – pastures, there – glaciers, here – skyscrapers of the…

An East Unlike the East

That is what the Arabs themselves call Dubai. This one of the youngest modern megacities amazes even seasoned travelers. Here everyone can find entertainment to their liking and at the same time get…

Features of Modern Spanish Architecture

Spain fascinates and attracts with its diversity of vibrant colors and styles. If the Spanish are the living embodiment of passion, then the soul of this country is visible in its buildings…

Debunking Myths About Sweden

Persistent stereotypes exist about almost every European country: Germans are known for drinking beer, the British are prim, and the French are frivolous. There is also a specific set of ideas about…

Amazing Rankings of Distant Lands

Swiss neutrality

The Swiss have a rich military history, and they have by no means always observed neutrality. Many do not know this, but Switzerland became neutral because for centuries it was a country of…

A Sauna for Every Finn

Finland is a land of thousands of lakes and millions of saunas. So it's only natural that these two elements come together. The ideal Finnish sauna experience includes a refreshing dip in natural…

19 regions of Finland

Finland is a cold but hospitable country where stability and comfort have always been considered the main life values. There is room for amazing landscapes, spacious plains, and mesmerizing Lapland…