Month: December 2019

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• Travel

Metelkova: the alternative cultural center in Ljubljana

4 years ago Ivan

4 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

Amelia Dyer: the Victorian “Baby Farmer” who killed 200 to 400 children

4 years ago Pavel

4 min read

• Abandoned Places

The ruins of the lost city of Nan Madol: a pearl in South Pacific

4 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• Food

Kransekake: the queen of cakes!

4 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

The World Discoverer: the ship that got left behind.

4 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• Food

Boilo: the original Coal Miner Liquor

4 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

24# Feast of the Seven Fishes

4 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

23# Julmust: the soft drink that outsells Coca-Cola during Christmas seasons in Sweden

4 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• Travel

The Øresund Bridge that connects Sweden to Denmark and dives into the sea

4 years ago Pavel

2 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

22# Black Cake: a Caribbean tradition

4 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

21# Puto Bumbong – Philippines

4 years ago Ivan

3 min read

• Art and Photography

“The Ugly Duchess”: the Enigma of the portrait of a woman deformed by a rare disease (or not?)

4 years ago Adam

1 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

20# An Australian white Christmas…

4 years ago Nathan

3 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

19# Fruitcake: the gift that keeps on giving

4 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Food
• Weather

How to predict winter weather using a persimmon seed: a curious peasant legend

4 years ago Pavel

2 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

18# Melomakarona: Greek Christmas Honey Cookies with curious origins

4 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

17# Lussekatter – Swedish saffron buns

4 years ago Nathan

5 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

The beautiful letter of 1973 from an illiterate woman to a distant husband

4 years ago Robin

3 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

16# Traditional German Weihnachtsgans – the Christmas Goose

4 years ago Anya016

2 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

15# Kūčios: traditional Christmas Eve Dinner in Lithuania

4 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

Panam Nagar: a ghost town of Sonargaon – Bangladesh.

4 years ago Ivan

3 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

14# The Christmas Pickle

4 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

#13 Cuccía: a Sicilian tradition on Saint Lucy’s day

4 years ago Anya016

4 min read

• History

The true story of Trim, the adventurous cat belonging to navigator Matthew Flinders

4 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

12# the Christmas tradition of making Tamale

4 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

11# Chicken Bones: the story behind an uniquely Canadian holiday treat

4 years ago Nathan

5 min read

• History

Vyborg: Once Finland’s 2nd most influential city, now only a small provincial town somewhere in Russia

4 years ago Adam

2 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

10# Struffoli: Neapolitan Christmas Tradition

4 years ago Anya016

4 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

9# The Tradition of Christmas Pudding

4 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• Abandoned Places

Poveglia: the “cursed” Venetian island between history and legend.

4 years ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

8# The delicious history of the Yule Log Cake – or bûche de Noël

4 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

7# Ul Boov: the Mongolian “shoe sole cake“

4 years ago Ivan

3 min read

• Travel

Oymyakon: the coldest permanently inhabited place on Earth

4 years ago Pavel

2 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

6# Samichlaus, the beer from Austria brewed only on Saint Nicholas’s Day.

4 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

5# Sinterklaas Pepernoten – Netherlands

4 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

An alternative side of Brooklyn: Gravesend’s Accidental Park

4 years ago Nathan

3 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

4# Christmas Cake and Cheese: a big deal in Yorkshire – England!

4 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• History

The sunken city of Pavlopetri: the oldest submerged city in the Mediterranean

4 years ago Pavel

4 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

3# From the bathtub to the table: Christmas Eve Carp!

4 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

2# Gata at Geghard Monastery – Armenia

4 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Travel

Armenia: the architectural beauty of the Geghard monastery

4 years ago Ivan

3 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

1# Christmas Risengrød, the Danish rice pudding that appeases wicked elves!

4 years ago Nathan