Portugal occupies the western edge of the Iberian Peninsula, roughly 900 kilometres of Atlantic coastline running from the Minho down to the Algarve, plus the mid-ocean islands of Madeira and the Azores. Lisbon sits on the Tagus estuary in the centre, Porto anchors the north on the Douro, and between them the country packs river […]
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Verona sits in the Veneto, in the north of Italy, wrapped inside a double bend of the Adige, the second longest river in the country. It is a Roman city that never stopped being lived in: the amphitheatre still fills for opera, the old town is a World Heritage site. The whole place sits on […]
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Geneva sits at the southwestern tip of Lake Geneva, at the point where the Rhône leaves the lake and runs on toward France. It is the second-largest city in Switzerland after Zurich, French-speaking, and wrapped almost entirely by the French border. The European headquarters of the United Nations sits north of the water, the medieval […]
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Mallorca is the largest of the Balearic Islands, sitting in the western Mediterranean off the eastern coast of Spain. Palma, on the south coast, holds most of the island’s population and its Gothic cathedral, while the Serra de Tramuntana runs along the northwest coast and rises to the highest ground on the island. To the […]
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Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese islands, sitting in the southeastern Aegean closer to the Turkish coast than to the Greek mainland. Its capital, Rhodes Town, occupies the northern tip of the island and is built around a medieval walled Old Town that has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1988. South of […]
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Leiria The Travel Photography Guide Last updated: 14 May 2026written by Nico Trinkhaus Leiria wasn’t on our immediate “must visit” list in Portugal. We came for a very different reason: the Portuguese language test we needed for the nationality application after six years in the country. Our plan was simple. Arrive, study, pass, leave. But […]
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hidden gems The Travel Photography Guide Last updated: 14 May 2026 written by Daria Trinkhaus, photography by Nico Trinkhaus A guide to 7 underrated European cities, hidden gems. In an age when algorithms decide which cities we visit and what we consider beautiful, it is hard to find hidden gems that haven’t been photographed a million […]
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Dublin The Travel Photography Guide Last updated: 11 May 2026written by Daria Trinkhaus, photography by Nico Trinkhaus What to see in Dublin? A guide to attractions and the best places to take photos Dublin is like an onion. When you look for information about this city, you will definitely read about pub culture, the Guinness Museum, […]
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Budapest is the capital of Hungary, formed when Buda and Pest were unified across the Danube in 1873. The river splits the city into a hilly western side (Buda), with the Royal Castle above the water, and a flatter eastern side (Pest), where the Parliament, St. Stephen’s Basilica, and the historic core sit. The riverbank […]
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Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands, defined by a 17th-century Canal Ring (Grachtengordel) inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010. The historic centre holds roughly 165 canals and more than 1,500 bridges, narrow gabled houses leaning toward the water, and a low-car street pattern that favours bikes. The major museums (Rijksmuseum, Van […]
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Warsaw is the capital of Poland, set on both banks of the Vistula river roughly halfway between Berlin and Minsk. The Old Town was rebuilt brick by brick after the Second World War and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980 for that reconstruction. The skyline is anchored by the Soviet-era Palace […]
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Valencia is Spain‘s third-largest city, sitting on the Mediterranean coast as the capital of the Valencian Community. The defining modern landmark is the City of Arts and Sciences, a Calatrava and Candela complex built into the former bed of the River Turia, while the Old Town clusters around the cathedral. The Photographer’s Eye | Valencia, […]
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Madeira is a Portuguese autonomous region in the Atlantic, roughly 1,000 kilometres southwest of Lisbon and closer to the African coast than to mainland Europe. The archipelago is volcanic, with sharp ridges rising out of the ocean and a mild climate that holds steady most of the year. Funchal, on the south coast, is the […]
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Frankfurt am Main is Germany‘s financial capital, sitting on the river Main in Hessen and home to the European Central Bank, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and one of the busiest international airports in Europe. The skyline locals call “Mainhattan” rises a short walk from the medieval Römerberg square and the reconstructed Old Town. Goethe was […]
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Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark, set on the eastern coast of Zealand and the smaller island of Amager, facing the Øresund strait with Malmö across the bridge (opened in 2000). The centre is built around the harbour, the canals of Christianshavn, and the royal quarter at Amalienborg, with cycling lanes that work as a […]
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Dresden is the capital of Saxony, set on the Elbe river in eastern Germany, and it carries the nickname “Florence on the Elbe” for the baroque and rococo ensemble at its core. The Old Town was destroyed in the Allied bombing of 13 to 15 February 1945, with roughly 25,000 deaths, and the rebuilding stretched […]
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Zaragoza is the capital of the Aragón region in northeastern Spain and the country’s fifth-largest city by population, sitting on the Ebro River roughly halfway between Madrid and Barcelona. Founded by the Romans as Caesaraugusta in the 1st century BC, it passed through Visigothic, Islamic, and Christian rule, and that layering shows up in almost […]
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Porto sits on the north bank of the Douro estuary in northern Portugal, where the river meets the Atlantic. The historic centre, anchored by the Ribeira waterfront and crossed by the double-deck Dom Luís I Bridge, has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996. The port wine lodges of Vila Nova de Gaia line […]
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Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia, set on the Danube about 80 km east of Vienna and 130 km southeast of Brno. The city sits where Slovakia meets Austria and Hungary, anchored by Bratislava Castle on a hill above a compact medieval Old Town. Among the Visegrád capitals, it is the smallest and most walkable. […]
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Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia, defined by the Petronas Twin Towers (452 meters, the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004). The name means “muddy confluence” in Malay, after the meeting point of the Klang and Gombak rivers. Tropical equatorial climate, warm and humid year-round, and the natural gateway to the […]
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Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, set on the hills around the confluence of the Neris and Vilnia rivers in the eastern Baltic. Its UNESCO Old Town, inscribed in 1994, is one of the largest medieval centres in Northern Europe, roughly 280 km north of Warsaw and 290 km south of Riga. Vilnius Skyline | […]
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Sintra is a hill town about 30 kilometres west of Lisbon, set in the wooded Serra de Sintra and bordered by the Atlantic at Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point of continental Europe. The historic centre and surrounding palaces, parks, and coastline form the Cultural Landscape of Sintra, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Most landmarks […]
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San Marino is a microstate of about 61 square kilometres surrounded entirely by Italy, perched on the ridge of Mount Titano in the Apennines. The historic centre sits 739 metres above sea level and is reachable in under 30 minutes by road from Rimini on the Adriatic coast. The country has roughly 33,000 inhabitants, mints […]
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Montenegro sits on the Adriatic coast in southeast Europe, between Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, and Albania. It declared independence from Serbia in 2006 and remains outside the European Union, though the country uses the Euro as its de facto currency. The capital is Podgorica, the cultural and tourist heart is the walled town […]
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