If you’re planning a summer trip to Croatia and choose a resort near Opatija, be sure to visit this town, which exudes the charm of the old days of the Austrian monarchy. A seaside promenade named after Emperor Franz Joseph I, also known as the...

Marchegg is a small town in Lower Austria. It lies on the Morava River (known as the March in German, hence the name), which forms the border with Slovakia. The town was founded by the Czech King Ottokar II of Bohemia, which is why it...

Bavaria is home to hundreds of lakes. They were formed by glaciers and have retained their purity and rare biodiversity to this day. Their shores have witnessed royal dreams and tragedies, monastic silence, trade routes and summer festivals where nature and history touch each other...

In July 1497, the navigator Vasco da Gama set sail from the port of Lisbon with four sailing ships and the most experienced navigators on a voyage around the Cape of Good Hope to distant India, where no one had ever sailed before. His daring...

When you visit the Hofburg in Vienna, the former main residence of the Habsburgs, and turn into the passageway in the courtyard with the statue of Emperor Francis II/I, you will come to the so-called Swiss Courtyard (Schweizerhof). Here, you will find yourself not only...

As every year before Christmas, I would like to share a Christmas recipe with you. These cookies are called Eisenbahner in German and used to be a traditional Christmas pastry in Austria. Today, you don't see it very often anymore. The name is quite difficult...

Many new apartment buildings were constructed in Vienna in the 1950s and 1960s. One percent of the construction costs was allocated to artwork, which was intended to beautify the simple buildings at least a little (after the war, it was necessary to build quickly). Mosaics...

A few years ago, I visited the Chehel Sotun Palace in Isfahan, Iran, and admired the 17th-century paintings on ceramic panels. One of them depicts a meeting between Shah Tahmasp I (right) and the Mughal ruler Humayun. At the time, I had no idea that...

Agra is a city in central India. The main tourist attraction is, of course, the Taj Mahal. However, Agra has more to offer. In the 17th century, the Mughals chose it as the capital of their empire, which covered the territory of present-day Afghanistan, Pakistan,...

I traveled to India in September. According to reports from my Indian friends, the monsoon season was already ending, and if it rained, it was only briefly. After arriving in Delhi (in sunny weather), we had breakfast together and then they loaded me into a...

When I recently visited Oulu, the largest city in northern Finland, located on the northeastern shore of the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea, I also went to see what was on sale at the local market. I was most surprised by the salmon...

The Croatian island of Lošinj, as the "island of vitality", is the ideal place for an ideal holiday. As part of the "Taste of Vitality" project, I had the opportunity to visit several local restaurants in Mali Lošinj that were awarded the Taste of Vitality...