Featured Destination
Thailand
A Walk Along Indochina's Brown Waters
Not everything in Bangkok is kitsch and shopping. The city from the period before Coca-Cola and McDonald’s is preserved in the old neighborhoods along the Saen Saeb Canal
Tour guides should be forbidden by law to make up metaphors and use poetic comparisons. This is confirmed again as I walk along Khlong Saen Saeb – the brown, high-water canal that crosses central Bangkok and merges with the Chao Phraya River to the west. Calling this Asian megapolis of futuristic skyscrapers and concrete bunkers blackened from the humidity “the Venice of Indochina” is like trying to compare a fly and a computer. You’re bound to find some similarity. Both emit a buzzing sound, for example. Full Story
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Bulgaria
Greece with Best Rose and Best Sweet Wine at Concours Mondial
16 May 2012 | Several Balkan countries scored excellent results at this year’s Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, which announced yesterday its awards. This success is remarkable, as it comes in severe competition amongst 8,397 wine samples from all around the world. Full Story
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Serbia
Belgrade in Black: Metallica Coming Soon
10 May 2012 | The trash metal band Metallica will perform before a Serbian audience for the second time in its history. Its concert is planned to become the central event of the forthcoming Jelen Live music festival
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Eastern European Wines Welcomed at the 19th Concours Mondial de Bruxelles
Bulgaria
A Eurovision Star Tours the Balkans with his Donkey
Routes Less Travelled
Greece
Mount Parnassus in Greece Beckons Off-the-Beaten-Track Travellers
In the world of tourism, the phrase "off-the-beaten-track" is mostly identified with remote and exotic excursions. But in Greece, it can easily mean a way to avoid pricey destinations that often come to mind Full Story
Greece
Five Places in Greece That Are Not To Be Missed in June
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Balkan Mysteries: The Bosnian Pyramids of Semir Osmanagić
Curiosity Chest
Bhutan
A Prayer Carried by the Winds
All over Bhutan – from the cities, by the roads and in villages, one can see colourful pieces of fabric, imprinted with Buddhist images and texts, blowing in the wind. These are prayer flags, unique to the Himalayan branch of Buddhism. The idea behind them is that when the wind blows, it picks up and carries the imprinted prayers to the skies, “for the benefit of all sentient beings."
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Hidden Sofia
Bulgaria
From Soviet Saviours to American Superheroes and Back: Sofia Keeps Pace with the Times
21 June 2011 | Just four days after an anonymous graffiti artist transformed the Soviet Red Army monument in the centre of Sofia, turning it into a congregation of various comic-book characters Full Story
Bulgaria
Sklada: The Space that Stores and Showcases Contemporary Design
Bulgaria
Before and After: A Tango Milonga in the Midst of Sofia
Hidden Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Go Green in Bulgaria: 23 Eco-Hotels and Guest Houses to Choose From
Bulgaria's countryside is a pristine treasure. Poor and underdeveloped, many regions, with hills and valleys, mountains and gorges, have remained untouched for decades.
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Julian Perry's Walks in Bulgaria's National Parks
Bulgaria
From Sofia to the Village of Lakatnik in an Old Locomotive
Balkan Coasts & Mountains
Fresh Fish, Olives, and the Albanian Bay of Ksamil: All to Yourself
Albania
Albania remains a rough diamond, undiscovered territory, the most challenging destination in Europe. Bob Berwyn of the Summit County Citizens Voice selects pictures from his travel files to compose this simple, and yet charming photo story, in which places and people stand out full of character. Full Story
Biking Along the Adriatic Coast
Macedonia: Nearly 50 Years Later, Lake Ohrid Overflows Again
Balkan Towns
The (Non) Provincial Charms of Novi Sad, Serbia
Serbia
Novi Sad offers some provincial charm, a relaxed atmosphere, lively bars and restaurants and some cultural highlights. Full Story
Turkey: Stroll Along Istanbul’s Theodosian Walls
An Incomparable Inertia: Skopje to Saloniki by Rail
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Photogalleries
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A Perfect Shot
Koprivshtitsa Fair, Bulgara. Photographs by Neva Micheva
In Homo Urbanus Europeanus, exhibited May 9-24 in front of the National Theatre in Sofia, Jean-Marc Caracci presents his photographs of people in the urban environment of European capitals.
RED&WHITE SOFIA. On the 1st of March Bulgarians say goodbye to the winter. They buy each other red&white threads to carry around until they see a stork and spring can begin. Photography by Lode Desmet
BULGARIA D'OR: The Bulgarian countryside, patinated with the noble golden dust of the autumn. Photographs by Lode Desmet
360 degrees Bulgaria, an exhibition by photographer Alexandar Ivanov, is on display at the Sea Garden in Varna until August 28. It will be shown at Plovdiv’s Central Square from Sept 5.
The exhibition Photographs of a Trip Through Bulgaria by Hungarian photographer András Balla can be seen in Sofia's Hungarian Cultural Institute, at Aksakov 16 Street, until August 22
Instant Spring in Sofia | Photographs by Lode Desmet
Off-the-season Beauty of Bulgaria's Black Sea Coast | Photographs by Adelina Iliev
Bulgaria's Northern Black Sea Coast
Photographs by Albena Shkodrova
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