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A golden, slender, eye-catching saxophone that is associated with ambitious music (including jazz) was born in a small Belgian town near the French border - Dinant. The city of Dinant in southern Belgium has suffered many times due to its strategic location. For tourists, its location by the Meuse River is a huge advantage, especially when you look at the cathedral, beautifully distinguished by the gray of the rock block, and the row of joyfully colorful houses reflecting in the water. Unfortunately, in the past, the city was often used as a battlefield, it was also a victim of looting. Once it was even burnt down and its inhabitants drowned.

The rustle of gray stones in the Belgian Dinant

Side is a Turkish village that used to be a fishing village, located between Alanya and Antalya. It is not only a popular Mediterranean bathing beach, but also an ancient resort with well-preserved ruins from Hellenistic and Roman times.

Side headless statues

Is there anyone in the room who does not know that we also have a volcano in Poland? It is called the "Silesian Fujiama", and officially it is called Ostrzyca Proboszczowicka. It is the highest peak in the Kaczawskie Foothills located near Złotoryja, 499 m above sea level. Most likely, in the past, Ostrzyca Proboszczowicka measured several hundred meters more than today. The hard "core" of the mountain, consisting of volcanic neckties, has survived to this day, while the weaker layers (including tuffs or volcanic ash) have been defeated by erosion.

On the Polish volcano

The name Trakai comes from the word "trakas", which means "road cut in the forest". Although the city is surrounded by forests - and very lush - but the main accent of the Trakai landscape are lakes. One of them houses a castle which is a showpiece of Lithuania. Long after the capital of the Lithuanian state was moved to Vilnius, Trakai was the residence of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania. Today, it is an important cultural and tourist center that enjoys great popularity. Every year they are visited by thousands of tourists who want to get to know the attractions of Lithuania, including the most famous architectural defense complex of the country.

The land of 32 lakes - Trakai

The most talented artist is Mother Nature. Nobody will beat her with genius, nobody will match her artistry. There is evidence around the globe of her creativity and love of mixing colors into fantastic compositions. We can find them, among others, in the heart of New Zealand's North Island. About 27 km from Rotorua, the lake town of the same name, is Wai-O-Tapu, an area full of thermal springs and geysers gushing into the air. In the Maori language the name of this geothermically active region means "Holy Waters" .

Wai-O-Tapu Colors

In northwest Austria, Salzburg is an important cultural center, winter sports center and the birthplace of one of the most famous European composers - the father of Requiem in D minor, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Austrian cuisine has charmed many gourmets, which is not surprising, considering its diversity. Is it a simple, modest Gugelhopf, i.e. a grandmother sprinkled with light powdered sugar like the first snowball, or a more exquisite Mohr im Hemd, or a "black T-shirt", delightfully moist with chocolate and covered with a cap of whipped cream - the very thought is drooling. For this a cup of strong black coffee and you can forget about God's world. Where is it worth visiting for such a dessert while in Salzburg? Café Tomaselli is located in the Old Market Square, the oldest cafe not only in this country, but also in the whole of Western Europe. The beginnings of its activity date back to the 18th century, and among the guests sitting at its tables are Reinhardt, Haydn and Mozart himself.

For a coffee in Salzburg

The Danish island of Funen is home to Odense, an old resort with a beautiful cathedral, numerous museums and even more green areas. The author of the Ugly Duckling and the creator of the Four Temperaments was born there. The Grimm brothers created cruel fairy tales, and Hans Christian Andersen - sad ones. Who did not feel sorry for the cold and hungry girl who wandered the streets on New Year's Eve, trying to sell at least a packet of matches? Who has not pondered over the unhappy love of a lead soldier and a paper lady? Readers of Andersen's fairy tales have learned to look at things old and broken, at things that are only seemingly dead, differently.

Odense Andersen

Who does not associate a photo of a table standing on a terribly white terrace overlooking an even more terrifyingly blue sea? On cool autumn evenings, you can peek at them, sigh and dream about drinking coffee in the morning on such a terrace, blissfully gazing at the vastness of water and setting your face to the rays of the sun. Such photos often come from advertisements for apartments in Santorini. What ensures a couple in love prosperity for many years - apart from love? Being able to compromise, supporting another person, listening to each other ... Every relationship has its recipe for happiness. Some believe that a visit to Santorini will guarantee a lasting feeling. This does not only apply to the inhabitants of Greece - lovers come to the island from many countries, and traces of their stay (closed padlocks or the initials in hearts carved on rocks) can be seen in many places.

Santorini - the sky is closer than you think

In the past it was called Rabbit Island, today it is known as Margaret Island. The modern name comes from the name of the daughter of the Hungarian king Bela IV, who spent most of her life in the Dominican nunnery on the island. Margaret Island (Margit-sziget) is one of the greatest attractions of Budapest. It was loved already in the times when the Romans lived on the banks of the Danube. As we know it today, it was born in 1950. Its 'fathers' connected three smaller islands together to form a complex 2.5 km long and covering an area of 95.6 ha.

Margaret Island

You don't have to be an otaku to like anime movies. There are people who love the multidimensionality of Japanese productions, and calling them "fairy tales for children" irritates them. There are also people who do not understand their message, seeing only a strange line, brutality and incomprehensible symbolism. Well, both sides have their beliefs and we are left to accept that. In 2004, Hayao Miyazaki, a Japanese director, cartoonist and comic book creator, created a full-length anime entitled Howl's Moving Castle . Two years later, the film received an Oscar nomination for the best animated film. His inspiration was the characteristic buildings of a French town called Colmar. What captivated a director from a distant country in an Alsatian town so much that he decided to set the plot of his film in the main center of the 68th department?.

Italy and Japan in France

More than 250 health centers, a wealth of Wellness & SPA treatments, wonderful hiking trails and chilling via ferrata - this is the offer of Leukerbad, the largest thermal spa in the Alps. The tourist resort of Leukerbad is located in the Swiss canton of Valais, in the Bernese Alps. It is a place with sporting traditions - in the past, the Alpine Ski World Cup competitions were held there. Today it is also one of the most popular winter resorts in the region and is liked by both skiers and snowboarders.

Alpine energy source - Leukerbad

Dunrobin Castle is one of Scotland's oldest continuously inhabited monuments. The fairy-tale castle, surrounded by beautiful gardens, is the seat of the Dukes and Counts of Sutherland. Dunrobin Castle is a huge 14th-century mansion located in Scotland. It is designed like French chateaux on the Loire, which makes it significantly different from other Scottish monuments. The beautiful building brought many misfortunes - because of it, many families living in the surrounding villages were forcibly displaced.