Kosovo’s location on a fertile highland plain in the middle of the Balkan Peninsula has since antiquity made it a contentious border area, at the intersection of competing realms and modern nation states. Throughout history, the area of Kosovo has had floating borders and been part of various empires and state formations, first under Roman…
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Shopping in Prague
Prague may not be a city with the same shopping profile as destinations such as London and Paris, but it still offers visitors a lot of streets full of shops, malls and galleries capable of satisfying the most diverse profiles, from economic to wealthier. They are establishments that sell everything: clothes, shoes and accessories, electronics,…
Barcelona Travel Guide
Barcelona City Overview A little popular travel destination in northern Spain just a few decades ago, Barcelona has completely reinvented itself from an industrial center in need of renovation since the 1992 Olympic Games as a popular holiday destination. Each district of Barcelona has its own attractions, whether cultural or recreational. The city has one…
Movies in Italy
Italy is considered one of the film’s great nations and can look back on one of the richest film traditions in the world. An important pioneer was Filoteo Alberini, who already in the fall of 1895 patented a camera he called the Kinetographer. However, it was the representatives of the French brothers Lumière who did most of…
Prague Sights
Sumptuous monuments, among them one of the largest castles in the world, buildings that are true architectural masterpieces and a river that along its entire length is crossed by 18 incredible bridges. This is Prague, a capital that, in addition to offering this film scene, still exudes a lot of history, art, literature and music from…
Italian Food
History Italy’s food culture is closely linked to the country’s geographical conditions and historical development. It is claimed that Italian cuisine started in Sicily, because it was here that the Phoenicians and Greeks first brought their outstanding cuisine more than 2000 years ago. Then came the Arabs with their food knowledge. They built complex irrigation…
Climate in Italy
Italy is partly in the temperate and partly in the subtropical climate zone. The large extent northwest-southeast, the mountains’ shields to the continent in the north, and the elongated shape of the sea on both sides are important factors in shaping the country’s climate. The temperate areas include the Alps, Posletta and the northern parts…
Money in Prague
Despite being part of the European Union, the Czech Republic has the Czech koruna (koruna) as its official currency, not the euro. Koruna, represented by the acronyms Kč and CZK (internationally), is available in banknotes of 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 coins and can be purchased at currency…
Dance in Italy
The word ballet comes originally from the Italian ballet, which means little dance. Classical ballet has its origins in the Italian Renaissance; the popular spectacula and trionfi with elements of both singing and dancing at the northern Italian court parties can be called the first beginning of ballet. The later balli or balletti, in which…
Wildlife and Plant Life in Italy
Wildlife in Italy Bats and rodents make up 50 of Italy’s approximately 80 mammal species. Hedgehogs, rabbits, hares, red foxes and marshes are found all over the country. Squirrels, ferret, husmår, badgers and deer are also common, but lacking in Sicily and Sardinia. Wildcats, wild boars and porcupines are found in the south. The alpine…