If you haven’t been in those places, book your tickets and get ready to come face-to-face with spectacular wonders!

1. Colosseum – Rome, Italy

2. Chichen Itza – Yucatán, Mexico

3. Machu Picchu – Cusco Region, Peru

4. Taj Mahal – Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

5. Christ the Redeemer – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

6. Petra – Jordan

7. Great Wall of China – China

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By Danai Aimatidou

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The city is known for the university as it is among the oldest in Europe with extensive research work. Indeed, in this place were teaching some popular teachers such as: Anders Celsius and Carolus Linnaeus, the founder of Systematic Botany and Zoology. The Uppsala is also the birthplace of the famous director Ingmar Bergman.

The Botanical Garden of the city is a beautiful place with plants, statues and promenades, and often hosts outdoor shows.

Uppsala Castle is located on the garden side, it is the seat of the Prefect, while serving as a museum.

One of the main attractions is the ancient Uppsala. It was the seat of kings in ancient times and is located about five kilometers from the current city center.

Walking to the center of Uppsala, one can reach the river Fyris (Fyrisån) where young Swedish often throw bikes as a joke.

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With 750 years of history and rich cultural life, Stockholm offers a huge variety of museums and sightseeing. Most of city’s sightseeing can be visited by foot.

Let the tour begins!

1. Gamla Stan (The Old Town)

The town dates to the 13th century, and consists of medieval alleyways, cobbled streets, and archaic architecture. North German architecture has had a strong influence in the Old Town’s construction. Stortorget is the name of the scenic large square in the center of Gamla Stan, which is surrounded by old merchants’ houses including the Stockholm Stock Exchange Building.

As well as being home to the Stockholm Cathedral, the Nobel Museum, and the Riddarholm church, Gamla stan also boasts Kungliga slottet, Sweden’s baroque Royal Palace, built in the 18th century after the previous palace Tre Kronor burned down.

The restaurant Den gyldene freden is located on Österlånggatan. It has been in business since 1722 and according to Guinness Book of Records is the oldest existing restaurant with an unaltered interior.

2. Royal Palace

Stockholm Palace or The Royal Palace is the official residence and major royal palace of the Swedish monarch (the actual residence of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia is at Drottningholm Palace). Stockholm Palace is located on Stadsholmen, in Gamla Stan in the capital, Stockholm. The Palace has 600 rooms, 5 museums including the royal arsenal museum with royal costumes and armor. Don’t miss the change of the guards that takes place every morning.

3. Vasa Museum

The Vasa Museum is a maritime museum in Stockholm, Sweden. Located on the island of Djurgården, the museum displays the only almost fully intact 17th century ship that has ever been salvaged, the 64-gun warship Vasa that sank on her maiden voyage in 1628. The Vasa Museum opened in 1990 and, according to the official web site, is the most visited museum in Scandinavia.

4. Skansen Open – Air Museum

Skansen is the first open-air museum and zoo in Sweden and is located on the island Djurgården in Stockholm. It was opened on 11 October 1891 by Artur Hazelius to show the way of life in the different parts of Sweden before the industrial era.

5. Fotografiska

Fotografiska (The Swedish Museum of Photography) is a center for contemporary photography in the Södermalm district of Stockholm that opened on 21 May 2010. The museum hosts 4 large exhibitions and 20 smaller.

6. The City Hall

Stockholm City Hall is the building of the Municipal Council for the City of Stockholm. It stands on the eastern tip of Kungsholmen island, next to Riddarfjärden’s northern shore and facing the islands of Riddarholmen and Södermalm. It houses offices and conference rooms as well as ceremonial halls, and the luxury restaurant Stadshuskällaren. It is the venue of the Nobel Prize banquet and is one of Stockholm’s major tourist attractions.

The City Hall, owns the characteristic bell tower with the three gold crowns, which is one of the most famous buildings in Stockholm. It is built from eight million bricks and has a tower that reaches the 106 meters. The City Hall is open to the public. You can also climb inside the tower and enjoy a fantastic view over the city.

7. Moderna Museet

Moderna Museet (“the Museum of Modern Art”), is a state museum for modern and contemporary art located on the island of Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm, opened in 1958. It hosts a huge collection with paintings of Picasso, Dali, Matisse and other great painters.

8. Nationalmuseum

Nationalmuseum (or National Museum of Fine Arts) is the national gallery of Sweden, located on the peninsula Blasieholmen in central Stockholm. The museum was founded in 1792 as Kungliga Museet (“Royal Museum”), but the present building was opened in 1866, when it was renamed the Nationalmuseum.

The museum is home to about half a million drawings from the Middle Ages to 1900, prominent Rembrandt and Dutch 17th-century collection, and a collection of porcelain items, paintings, sculptures, and modern art as well. The museum also has an art library, open to the public and academics alike.

9. Royal National City Park

The first national park in the world. The park is forming an arc more than six miles long, stretching around and through the city.

In the park, you can meet many animals, such as deer and hares, foxes and even moose, rare birds, butterflies and insects. There is an abundance of things to see: museums, an amusement park, theaters, castles, hotels, sports facilities, numerous residences from different historical periods, hills with centuries-old trees, oak, ponds, streams, marshes and canals, meadows with grazing cows, horses and sheep, secluded spots for swimming, rocky hills and areas with wild nature that you won’t believe. And all these, in the middle of a big city!

10. Boat Ride

The exploration of Stockholm from water is an enjoyable experience. Fortunately, there are many tours to choose from depending on your interests (Under the bridges of Stockholm, the Royal Canal tour, Historical Canal Tour and early Good Morning Stockholm Tour). All focus on central Stockholm and last from 50 minutes to 2 ½ hours.

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It has beautiful buildings, old architecture and historic churches and famous for its parks and the Old Town. Few know this city, although locals visitors are many.

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The hotel “Les Airelles” is situated there. This hotel is one of the best and most glamorous in France.

Billionaires, princes and princesses go there to have fun with the snow and relax. Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Mintlenton were there last year.

Take a look at the following images.

photo source :  @LesAirellesCourchevel

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1.Canada

2.Atacama Desert – Chile

3.The Agra city – India

4.The Zermatt – Switzerland

5.Botswana

6.The Dubrovnik – Croatia

7.The Grand Teton National Park – Wyoming

8.Tijuana – Mexico

9.Detroit – Michigan

10.Hamburg – Germany

11.Marrakech – Morocco

12.Greenville – South Carolina

13.Pedregal – Ecuador

14.The Penzance – England

15.Osaka – Japan

16.Stockholm – Sweden

17.Sikkim – India

18.Île de Porquerolles – France

19.Madagascar

20.Sanya – China

21.Cyprus

22.The Great Barrier Reef – Australia

23.Minneapolis – Minnesota

24.Kingston – Jamaica

25.Comporta – Portugal

26.Kazakhstan

27.Gabon

28.Southwestern Puerto Rico

29.Athens – Greece

30.Chiang Mai – Thailand

31.Napa Valley – California

32.Puerto Escondido – Mexico

33.Sedona – Arizona

34.Madrid – Spain

35.Ketchum – Idaho

36.Maldives

37.Calabria – Italy

38.Antequera – Spain

39.Lofoten Islands – Norway

40.Iberá Wetlands – Argentina

41.Istria – Croatia

42.Placencia – Belize

43.Langtang – Nepal

44.Bozcaada – Turkey

45.Birmingham – Alabama

46.Sacred Valley – Peru

47.Laikipia – Kenya

48.Busan – South Korea

49.Portland – Oregon

50.Budapest – Hungary

51.South Bronx – New York

52.Ryukyu Islands – Japan

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Construction of the bridge began on 19 July 2009 (the same day as the inauguration of the nearby Thuận Phước Bridge). Dragon Bridge is 666m long, 37.5m wide and has six lanes for traffic.

Main span was completed on October 26, 2012. The bridge was opened to traffic on March 29, 2013, the 38th anniversary of the liberation of Da Nang City.

This modern bridge crosses the Han River at the Le Dinh Duong/Bach Dang traffic circle, providing the shortest road link from the Da Nang International Airport to other main roads in Da Nang city, and a more direct route to My Khe Beach and Non Nuoc Beach on the eastern edge of the city.

The bridge was designed and built in the shape of a dragon and to breathe fire each Saturday and Sunday night at 9PM.

By Danai Aimatidou

https://exploreathenzblog.wordpress.com/

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In the following video you can explore the city in 2 minutes:

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French breakfast is so popular around the world, containing croissants, pain au chocolat, waffles, tartes, milk, butter, juices, bread, french coffee.

So, if you are in Paris,  you will enjoy the breakfast in a traditional cafe or bakery or at the hotel. But what happens when you are at home..and you desire to have a traditional french breakfast?

In the following video, you can find instructions on how to make some traditional french recipes:

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