Manteigas is a mountain town in Portugal’s Serra da Estrela, set on the floor of the Zêzere valley. The valley was carved by a glacier, and it lies inside the Serra da Estrela Natural Park. Within a short drive of the town, you find a waterfall, a beech forest and granite cottages under moss. Rain […]
Nico Trinkhaus
Estonia is the northernmost of the three Baltic states, on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland. It borders Latvia to the south and Russia to the east. More than 2,000 islands lie off its western coast. About 1.4 million people live here, and the capital is only two hours by ferry from Helsinki. […]
Nico Trinkhaus
Slovakia is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by the Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Hungary and Austria. The Carpathians fill the north, where the High Tatras rise to 2,655 metres at Gerlachovský štít. In the far southwest, the capital lies on the Danube, right where Austria and Hungary meet. The castle at blue hour, […]
Nico Trinkhaus
Lithuania is the southernmost of the three Baltic states, on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. It borders Latvia, Belarus, Poland and the Russian region of Kaliningrad. Vilnius, the capital, lies inland in the southeast, while the Curonian Spit shapes the short coastline in the west. An hour after sunset, the lanterns on the […]
Nico Trinkhaus
Luxembourg is a small country between Belgium, France and Germany. It is also the only country in the world with a Grand Duke as its head of state. Its capital, Luxembourg City, stands on a sandstone plateau above the deep valleys of the Alzette and the Pétrusse. The old quarters and the remains of the […]
Nico Trinkhaus
Ireland is an island on the western edge of Europe, across the Irish Sea from Great Britain. Most of it forms the Republic of Ireland, while Northern Ireland, in the northeast, belongs to the United Kingdom. Dublin, the capital, lies on the east coast where the River Liffey meets the sea. Across the island, the […]
Nico Trinkhaus
Denmark is the southernmost Scandinavian country. It is made up of the Jutland peninsula and hundreds of islands between the North Sea and the Baltic. Copenhagen, the capital, sits on Zealand, the largest island, and faces Sweden across the Öresund strait. Since 2000, a bridge and a tunnel have linked the two countries. The Öresund […]
Nico Trinkhaus
Iceland is a volcanic island in the North Atlantic, just south of the Arctic Circle. Here, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge rises above the sea. Glaciers cover about a tenth of the country. Meanwhile, the Ring Road, Route 1, circles the island for roughly 1,320 kilometres. Fewer than 400,000 people live here, most of them in and […]
Nico Trinkhaus
Romania lies in southeastern Europe, where the Carpathian Mountains curve through the middle of the country. The Danube forms most of its southern border with Bulgaria and reaches the Black Sea in the Danube Delta. Bucharest, the capital, sits on the plain in the south, about two hours from the mountains. Peleș Castle at 30mm, […]
Nico Trinkhaus
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by seven countries from Austria to Romania. The Danube crosses it from north to south and runs straight through the capital, Budapest. Lake Balaton, the largest lake in Central Europe, lies about 90 minutes southwest of the city. Matthias Fountain in the Hunyadi Court of Buda […]
Nico Trinkhaus
England is the largest of the four nations of the United Kingdom, and it holds most of the country’s population. The Thames runs east through its capital to the North Sea. From there, fast trains reach York, Bath and Manchester in about two hours, and Eurostar crosses to Paris under the Channel. Tower Bridge at […]
Nico Trinkhaus
Cyprus is the third-largest island in the Mediterranean, after Sicily and Sardinia. It lies south of Turkey and west of Syria and Lebanon. Since 1974, the island has been divided. The Republic of Cyprus, an EU member, holds the south, while a Turkish Cypriot administration holds the north. Nicosia, the capital, sits on both sides […]
Nico Trinkhaus
The Alentejo is Portugal’s largest region, covering nearly a third of the country between the Tagus and the Algarve. Inland, it is a land of wheat, olive groves, cork oaks and whitewashed hill towns. To the west, it also has a long Atlantic coast. Two of its towns, Évora and Elvas, are UNESCO World Heritage […]
Nico Trinkhaus
Elvas is a fortified town in Portugal’s Alentejo, about 15 km west of Badajoz across the Spanish border. Its star-shaped ramparts, forts and aqueduct are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Inside the walls, the old town is compact enough to walk end to end in an afternoon. The former cathedral at the top of Praça […]
Nico Trinkhaus
Bansko is a mountain town in southwest Bulgaria, at the foot of the Pirin range. In winter it is the country’s leading ski resort. Its Old Town, however, is older than the lifts by two centuries, with stone houses, cobbled lanes and Revival-era churches. Red roofs of the Old Town from the main square, with […]
Nico Trinkhaus
Switzerland is a landlocked country in central Europe, bordered by France, Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein and Italy. The Alps cover around 60 percent of its territory. Four national languages divide it: German, French, Italian and Romansh. Geneva sits at the French-speaking western tip. Lugano, by contrast, lies on a lake in Italian-speaking Ticino, south of the […]
Nico Trinkhaus
The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven emirates on the southeastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, founded in 1971. Abu Dhabi is the capital and by far the largest emirate. Dubai is the best-known city, while Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah complete the federation. Most visitors split their […]
Nico Trinkhaus
France stretches across western Europe from the English Channel to the Mediterranean. Its borders run along the Alps, the Jura and the Pyrenees, with Atlantic coast to the west. In the north, Paris sits on the Seine, and high-speed trains link it to Lyon, Bordeaux and Marseille in a few hours. Paris in autumn: golden […]
Nico Trinkhaus
The United States of America stretches across North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Its northeast corner holds the country’s oldest cities and its densest history. New York, Boston and the six states of New England sit within a day’s drive of each other. Here, Lower Manhattan, the Freedom Trail, Harvard Yard and the […]
Nico Trinkhaus
Plovdiv is Bulgaria’s second-largest city, set on the Upper Thracian Plain southeast of Sofia. Its centre wraps around a ring of rocky hills, and Roman, Ottoman and Revival-era layers stand side by side in the old quarter. In 2019 it was a European Capital of Culture. The view from Sahat Tepe just after sunset, with […]
Nico Trinkhaus
Cambridge, Massachusetts, sits on the north bank of the Charles River, directly across from Boston. It is home to two of the most famous universities in the world, Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The two campuses lie about two miles apart, connected by Massachusetts Avenue and the Red Line. Harvard Yard in […]
Nico Trinkhaus
Tenerife is the largest and most populous of the Canary Islands, the Spanish archipelago off the coast of north-west Africa. At its center rises Mount Teide, the highest peak in Spain, inside a national park on the UNESCO World Heritage list. The north-east holds the green Anaga Mountains, while Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the […]
Nico Trinkhaus
New England is the northeastern corner of the United States. It covers six states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Some of the oldest European settlements in the country stand here, and Boston is the largest city. Within a few hours’ drive, the region runs from the sailing harbors of Narragansett Bay […]
Nico Trinkhaus
The Dolomites are a mountain range in the northern Italian Alps, spread across South Tyrol, Trentino, and Belluno, with 18 peaks rising above 3,000 meters. The pale rock that gives them their colour and their name began as a tropical atoll some 230 million years ago, and the whole range was inscribed as a UNESCO […]
Nico Trinkhaus
Nico Trinkhaus
Photography
Join my journey and get front-row access to my Timeless Travel stories.
From time to time, a subscriber receives a signed fine art print — delivered straight to their door, with a personal note
Already subscribed?
You’re automatically entered.
Do you like what you see?
Most of our photos are available as Fine Art Prints and can be licensed for business use. Contact us!
