Flåm The word “flom” means a small meadow surrounded by steep slopes. The Flåm Valley was formed over millions of years by several glaciers that are now majestic valleys. Flam itself is a picturesque, advertised town where Viking festivals are regularly held. The port is visited daily by tourist cruise liners and ships from Sweden and the Faroe Islands. Note: according to allcitypopulation, the population of Norway is 5.408 million (2021).…
Read MoreScotland Sights, UNESCO, Climate and Geography
Scotland is a former kingdom and is part of the United Kingdom, along with Northern Ireland, Wales and England. Scotland occupies the most northerly part of the island of Great Britain and has no borders except England. Despite the fact that Scotland is part of the United Kingdom, Scotland still has many things that are typically Scottish. Scotland, for example, has its own images on the pound sterling, it has…
Read MoreResorts and Attractions of Lapland, Finland
According to Country Explorer, Lapland is one of the most exotic places in Finland. High class tourist service. Santa Claus (Father Frost) you can see in his own house, with the workshop of Santa Claus and the Central Post Office on the Arctic Circle, at any time of the year. There are many boutiques selling souvenirs and products made by Lappish craftsmen. Large national parks – Lemmenjoki, Pallas-Ounastunturi, Oulanka have…
Read MoreIceland Tourist Information
When heading to Iceland, do not forget to check the package with documents: a foreign passport with a visa to Iceland, a voucher for a hotel and ground services, a policy and an air ticket. Iceland: location. According to thesciencetutor, the island nation of Iceland is located on the island of the same name in the North Atlantic Ocean. The area of the state is 103 thousand square kilometers. There…
Read MoreNorthern Europe
Northern Europe is the northern part of the European continent. This region has been defined differently from time to time, but according to Countryaah, it includes: The Nordic countries or Scandinavia, ie. Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, as well as the Åland Islands, the Faroe Islands and occasionally Greenland and Svalbard. DENMARK FINLAND GREENLAND (Denmark) ICELAND NORWAY SWEDEN The Baltic countries, ie. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. ESTONIA LATVIA LITHUANIA…
Read MoreSweden Economy Overview
The construction of the first power plants and the opening of the railways allowed the use of local resources, first wood, of iron then, the latter sector in which the mining activity already practiced in the Middle Ages was resumed and strengthened; in the steel industry, however, the introduction of very advanced technologies played a decisive role in the sign of what was then – and still remains – one…
Read MoreFinland Culture and Traditions
CULTURE The cultural events of Finland are mainly influenced by two types of factors: climatic and historical ones. From the historical point of view, the recent independence of the country certainly weighs, and the fact that before 1917 it was always under the control of the two powerful neighbors Sweden and Russia. On the other hand, even the extreme manifestations of the climate in these areas could not fail to…
Read MoreLondon Cityscape Part 2
The Gothic Revival direction represented by A. W. Pugin received its first manifestation in the new building of the Parliament building (1837 ff., Including Westminster Hall, with Big Ben; UNESCO World Heritage Site) by Sir C. Barry. Around the middle of the century, the churches All Saints, Margaret Street (1850–59), and Saint James-the-Less in Westminster (1858–61) followed, and by G. G. Scott the Saint Pancras Station with the associated neo-Gothic…
Read MoreLondon Cityscape Part 1
Only parts of the Roman Londinium have so far been excavated and identified. The profane basilica (commercial and administrative center), a hall structure (160 × 50 m), was probably built under Trajan or Hadrian built on the north side of the forum. The first stone forum was built in 80 AD (renewed around 100 AD in five times its size). The Governor’s Palace at the Forum (at Cannon Street Station)…
Read MoreLondon History
The area of London was already settled in the Mesolithic (finds on the cathedral hill of Saint Paul’s; other finds here from the Bronze Age). The Roman Londinium was founded after the invasion of Britain by Emperor Claudius in AD 43 at the same time as the construction of the first bridge (about 500 m downstream of today’s London Bridge). It quickly developed into a naval and customs station and…
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