Kurfürstendamm or Ku’Damm as it is known to the locals is the heart of West Berlin and is the major shopping district in the City, if you like the big names. There are plenty of high street chains that you’ll find in every European capital as well as department stores which have all the top [...]
Southern Sweden, known as Skåne, was once part of Denmark. Today, the region is dotted by centuries old farms, manor houses, and the occasional castle. Glimmingehus is one of Sweden’s older medieval buildings with construction having started in 1499. Not really looking like your classic castle, Glimmingehus was built as a fortress meant to defend [...]
Heather’s recent post mentioning the Anne Frank Museum in Berlin reminded me of what’s probably the most interesting museum I’ve ever visited: the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. This collection of exhibits is actually located in the very place where Anne Frank and her family hid, although the museum has spilled into the next door [...]
The little town of Koprivnica is just an hour’s drive from the Croatian capital, Zagreb. While it is better known as the centre of Croatian naïve art, it is also home to a quirky open air bicycle museum. Koprivnica prides itself as a cyclist’s town; I saw a number of cycles parked lazily near cafes, [...]
If you love the delights of Italy such as wonderful food and wine, stunning Adriatic coast with beautiful seaside towns, hilltop villages surrounded by green rolling hills, historic sites and spa treatments, but are thinking twice about shelling out the high euro prices in Italy, I have a solution for you. Visit Istria in Croatia [...]
Amanda Kendle recently wrote about the Tulips everywhere in the Keukenhof Gardens for the Europe a la Carte Blog. However after my visit at the end of April 2009 to the formal garden at Cragside House, near Rothbury in Northumberland, I have to say, Keukenhof, it’s not just quantity that counts, you’ve been out tuliped [...]
Just to change things up a bit here at Europe a La Carte, I thought I’d share with you some videos of some of my favourite European hot spots. Lonely Planet has done some very professional overviews of some fantastic spots and they’re a great tease – once you’ve watched you’ll definitely want to get [...]
A very scenic coastal path traverses the east coast border between Scotland and England. It’s part of the North Sea Trail which carries on for considerable distances both North and South from the start/end points described in this post, which are the village of Burnmouth in Scotland and the town of Berwick upon Tweed in [...]
