Europe

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

August 7: celebrate National Lighthouse Day!

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• Abandoned Places

Hotel Zdrowie – the abandoned “sanatorium” in Gdynia Orłowo

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

First Friday of August is International Beer Day! Celebrate with some fun facts that (maybe) you didn’t know!

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

July 30: celebrate National Cheesecake Day!

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

July 25: it’s Carousel Day! (Or Merry-Go-Round Day, if you prefer).

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• Travel

Deep Sleep Hotel: Discover world’s deepest hotel that has you sleeping 419 meters underground!

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

July 21: celebrate National Junk Food Day!

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Third Wednesday of July: celebrate National Hot Dog Day (and its history)

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• Food

Riga Black Balsam: there’s a legend that this Latvian herbal liqueur saved an ailing Catherine the Great!

3 years ago Robin

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

July 13: Celebrate National French Fry Day!

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

July 11: National Mojito Day

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

July 10: National Piña Colada Day

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• Travel

The Thousand-Year Rose of Hildesheim Cathedral

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

July 7: celebrate World Chocolate Day!

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

June 30: National Meteor Watch Day

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The day of the Seven Sleepers

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

June 27: International Pineapple Day

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The fascinating story of Nocino, the witches’ liqueur.

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The albumen of St. John: a curious Italian tradition

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

St John’s eve: ancient rituals to mark midsummer

3 years ago Ivan

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

June 18 – International Picnic Day

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• People, mysteries and stories

The curious story of Mihailo Toloto, the 82-Year-Old monk who died without ever seeing a real woman

3 years ago Pavel

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Vestalia: Celebrating Vesta and Purifying Rome

3 years ago Adam

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

June 4th: celebrate National Cheese Day!

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

First Friday of June: National Donut Day

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Month of June: holidays, folklore and traditions

3 years ago Leo S

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• History
• Science

Erwin Schrödinger between equations, cats and philosophy (and a life-size installation in Zurich)

3 years ago Leo S

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• History

How the Nazis created Fanta

3 years ago Anya

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

May 25: National Wine Day

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Third Saturday of May: It’s World Whisky Day!

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• Travel

Miffy Traffic Light of Utrecht: the cutest way to stay in traffic!

3 years ago Robin

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• History

Behind the myth of 19th-Century grotesque ‘Tear Catchers’

3 years ago Leo S

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• Food

Neuzeller Klosterbräu, the German Brewery that revolutionizes beer industry with powder beer

3 years ago Pavel

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• Travel

Explore Monsanto, “the most Portuguese town in Portugal”

3 years ago Danilo

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Lemuralia, the ancient Roman Day of the dead

3 years ago Adam

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• Travel

Sułoszowa, the delightful one-road village in Southern Poland

3 years ago Danilo

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The month of May: holidays, folklore and traditions

3 years ago Leo S

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• Travel

The Shambles: the oldest medieval street in the world

3 years ago Leo S

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• Food

Pastila, the historic russian treat that turns apples into marshmallows

3 years ago Ivan

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

April 26: National Pretzel Day

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Auvers-sur-Oise: the grave of Vincent and Theo van Gogh

3 years ago Anya

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

April 23 is St. George’s Day, England’s National Day!

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