Europe

2 min read

• Music
• People, mysteries and stories

“La Abuela Rockera”, the Rocker Grandma of Madrid

4 years ago Danilo

2 min read

• Travel

Bludný Kámen: the “Wandering Rock” of České Budějovice

4 years ago Adam

3 min read

• Food

Corbezzolo Honey: a rare, valuable (and very bitter) Sardinian nectar

4 years ago arthurodas

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

Nachzehrers: the shroud eating Vampires of German Folklore

4 years ago Pavel

2 min read

• Food

Hematogen: the legendary Russian candy bar made with cow blood

4 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Putim Ossuary and the mystery of tricorn hat

4 years ago Pavel

1 min read

• Myths and Legends

Loftandi – Iceland’s Air Spirit

4 years ago Nathan

5 min read

• History

How a special diet kept the Knights Templar in shape

4 years ago Adam

5 min read

• Myths and Legends

Huldufolk: the elusive Hidden People of Iceland

4 years ago Adam

7 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Magic of the Wishing Doll (and how to make it….)

4 years ago Pavel

4 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Tévennec: France’s legendary haunted lighthouse

4 years ago Adam

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

Collégiale Sainte-Croix de Liège: a once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

4 years ago Anya

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

Faust: man, myth or legend?

4 years ago Pavel

3 min read

• History

Gokstad Ship: the story of one of Norway’s most famous Viking ship

4 years ago Adam

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

February 13: National Tortellini Day

4 years ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Food

Buchteln, the Austrian treats once baked with lottery tickets in the center.

4 years ago Pavel

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

February 9: it’s National Pizza Day!

4 years ago randomcollabs

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

Sko-Ella: the tale of the woman worse than the Devil

4 years ago Robin

3 min read

• Travel

Rjukan, the city in Norway illuminated by giant mirrors

4 years ago Nathan

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions
• Weather

Things you probably didn’t know about snow

4 years ago Leo S

5 min read

• Travel

The Mouth of Truth: if a liar puts his hand inside its mouth, he will lose it.

4 years ago Danijel90

2 min read

• Travel

The Trembling Rock: a 132-Tonne boulder that anyone can move

4 years ago Adam

4 min read

• Travel

Santa Maria presso San Satiro and Bramante’s perspective

4 years ago Anya

3 min read

• Travel

Centuripe – the italian hamlet shaped like a person

4 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Food

Fujisan Bread: the mysterious braided bread that tastes like brioche and is meant to look like Mount Fuji.

4 years ago Nathan

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Kukeri: the ancient Bulgarian tradition that keeps evil spirits at bay

4 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Travel

Covão dos Conchos: the water hole in Portugal that looks like a portal to another dimension

4 years ago Nathan

3 min read

• Travel

The European country that has 5 seasons

4 years ago Pavel

4 min read

• Travel

Fyvie Castle: history, ghosts, weeping stones and curses

4 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

Baljenac: the croatian Island in the shape of a fingerprint

4 years ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Travel

The Devil’s Column: a gateway to hell in Milan’s city center

4 years ago Anya

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

Cailleach, the Goddess of Winter

4 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

Stirling Castle and its trapped souls

4 years ago Danijel90

5 min read

• Food

How to eat a Christmas Tree (or turn it into Cocktails)

4 years ago Leo S

13 min read

• History

When winter was really winter: the legendary Frost Fairs of the River Thames

4 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions
• Weather

Christmas and Winter weather folklore

4 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

The Christmas House of Akureyri, Iceland

4 years ago Nathan

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The ancient tradition of Yule Log at Christmas ~

4 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Motors

The Pink Panthers: a unique piece of British military history

4 years ago Adam

2 min read

• Travel

Fosse Dionne: France’s (unsolved) ancient underground mystery

4 years ago Robin

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

Dode: the village that was abandoned after the Black Death

4 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

When is year’s earliest sunset?

4 years ago Leo S