It might seem a bit of a macabre way to spend an afternoon, but have you considered taking a stroll to a cemetery? A million and a half people visited one last year in Paris, and while the number of living excitedly lining up to visit the dead can be…
Marseille – City of Culture, Arts and Architectural Heritage Marseille is your ideal French city with its distinct heritage, rich culture and intense passion for the arts. Founded by the ancient Greeks from Asia Minor, the oldest city in France is also the second largest in the country. It’s so…
The Port City of Las Palmas Spain in the Canary Islands Las Palmas is one of the biggest cities in the Canary Islands chain of Spain. Las Palmas is the ninth largest city in Spain, with a population of 383,308 in 2010. Nearly half the people of the island and…
Education in Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden to the west, Norway to the north, Russia to the east, and Estonia to the south across the Gulf of Finland. 5.4 million people…
Exploring Helsinki Finland As the Finnish capital city, Helsinki is quite upbeat and different, with a peculiar geographical location. Surrounded by a bay, Helsinki not only consists of a mainland, it also has islands and inlets as parts of its territory. Fine architecture is one of the many reasons Helsinki…
Lake Constance and its Captivating Shoreline Towns Lake Constance is a fascinating body of water at the corner of Central Europe – where the waters of Rhine River descend from the Swiss Alps. Its shoreline stretches to about 167 miles and is divided among Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The German…
