Europe

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• Food

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

4 years ago Pavel

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

February 9: it’s National Pizza Day!

4 years ago randomcollabs

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• Myths and Legends

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

4 years ago Robin

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• Travel

Rjukan, the city in Norway illuminated by giant mirrors

4 years ago Nathan

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions
• Weather

Things you probably didn’t know about snow

4 years ago Leo S

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• Travel

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

4 years ago Danijel90

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• Travel

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

4 years ago Adam

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• Travel

Santa Maria presso San Satiro and Bramante’s perspective

5 years ago Anya

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• Travel

Centuripe – the italian hamlet shaped like a person

5 years ago Robin

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• Food

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

5 years ago Nathan

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

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

5 years ago Ivan

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• Travel

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

5 years ago Nathan

3 min read

• Travel

The European country that has 5 seasons

5 years ago Pavel

4 min read

• Travel

Fyvie Castle: history, ghosts, weeping stones and curses

5 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

Baljenac: the croatian Island in the shape of a fingerprint

5 years ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Travel

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

5 years ago Anya

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

Cailleach, the Goddess of Winter

5 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

Stirling Castle and its trapped souls

5 years ago Danijel90

5 min read

• Food

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

5 years ago Leo S

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• History

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

5 years ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions
• Weather

Christmas and Winter weather folklore

5 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

The Christmas House of Akureyri, Iceland

5 years ago Nathan

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The ancient tradition of Yule Log at Christmas ~

5 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Motors

The Pink Panthers: a unique piece of British military history

5 years ago Adam

2 min read

• Travel

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

5 years ago Robin

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

Dode: the village that was abandoned after the Black Death

5 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

When is year’s earliest sunset?

5 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

Mon Chat Pitre: the bookshop in Provence where you can read books in the company of cats rescued from shelters

5 years ago Adam

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• Breaking News

“Le Courage”: the Russian restaurant that looks like an abandoned mansion

5 years ago Robin

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• Travel

Zmei Gorynich: the life-size fire-breathing, three-headed dragon statue in Russia

5 years ago Adam

2 min read

• Travel

British Airways i360: the World’s thinnest observation tower

5 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Food

Lapis Legit: the Dutch-Indonesian cake that contains up to 30 layers.

5 years ago Robin

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

“Bovisa’s drop”: history (and future?) of Milan’s secret wood

5 years ago Anya

2 min read

• Food

Salzburger Nockerl: a dessert that pays tribute to the snow-covered mountains surrounding Salzburg.

5 years ago Danilo

2 min read

• Food

Pão de Ló de Ovar: a cake so gooey that requires a spoon.

5 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Food

Xuixo: the original Cronut named after a legendary acrobat’s sneeze.

5 years ago Ivan

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Spudnut: America’s Forgotten Halloween Treat

5 years ago Leo S

5 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

The curious story of Witch’s Ladder

5 years ago Anya

7 min read

• History

The “Witch Cake” – a 1600s forgotten recipe you probably won’t try

5 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

The mystery of the mummified bishop and the stillborn fetus in his coffin

5 years ago Nathan

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Poor Clares Convent Cemetery of Ischia, Italy, and its macabre story

5 years ago Ivan

3 min read

• History

The world’s oldest grape vine that has been around for nearly 500 years

5 years ago Danijel90