Europe

5 min read

• History

How a special diet kept the Knights Templar in shape

1 year ago Adam

5 min read

• Myths and Legends

Huldufolk: the elusive Hidden People of Iceland

1 year ago Adam

7 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

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

1 year ago Pavel

4 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Tévennec: France’s legendary haunted lighthouse

1 year ago Adam

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

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

1 year ago Anya016

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

Faust: man, myth or legend?

1 year ago Pavel

3 min read

• History

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

1 year ago Adam

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

February 13: National Tortellini Day

1 year ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Food

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

1 year ago Pavel

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

February 9: it’s National Pizza Day!

1 year ago randomcollabs

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

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

1 year ago Robin

3 min read

• Travel

Rjukan, the city in Norway illuminated by giant mirrors

1 year ago Nathan

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions
• Weather

Things you probably didn’t know about snow

1 year ago Leo S

5 min read

• Travel

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

1 year ago Danijel90

2 min read

• Travel

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

1 year ago Adam

4 min read

• Travel

Santa Maria presso San Satiro and Bramante’s perspective

1 year ago Anya016

3 min read

• Travel

Centuripe – the italian hamlet shaped like a person

1 year ago Robin

2 min read

• Food

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

1 year ago Nathan

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

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

1 year ago Ivan

2 min read

• Travel

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

1 year ago Nathan

3 min read

• Travel

The European country that has 5 seasons

1 year ago Pavel

4 min read

• Travel

Fyvie Castle: history, ghosts, weeping stones and curses

1 year ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

Baljenac: the croatian Island in the shape of a fingerprint

1 year ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Travel

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

1 year ago Anya016

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

Cailleach, the Goddess of Winter

1 year ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

Stirling Castle and its trapped souls

1 year ago Danijel90

5 min read

• Food

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

1 year ago Leo S

13 min read

• History

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

1 year ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions
• Weather

Christmas and Winter weather folklore

1 year ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

The Christmas House of Akureyri, Iceland

1 year ago Nathan

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The ancient tradition of Yule Log at Christmas ~

1 year ago Leo S

2 min read

• Motors

The Pink Panthers: a unique piece of British military history

1 year ago Adam

2 min read

• Travel

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

1 year ago Robin

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

Dode: the village that was abandoned after the Black Death

1 year ago Leo S

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

When is year’s earliest sunset?

1 year 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

1 year ago Adam

2 min read

• Breaking News

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

1 year ago Robin

2 min read

• Travel

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

1 year ago Adam

2 min read

• Travel

British Airways i360: the World’s thinnest observation tower

1 year ago Robin

2 min read

• Food

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

1 year ago Robin

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

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

1 year ago Anya016

2 min read

• Food

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

1 year ago Danilo G.