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Death train, horror house, water slides, princess castle, big wheel... all this is an amusement or theme park! Not only for children, but also for adults. And Europe has hundreds of theme parks. We searched for the best ones. Here are the best amusement parks in Europe.
During these sunny days, we are thinking about escaping to the sea, but also to the swimming pools. The sun warms so pleasantly that we can easily imagine lying by the pool and basking in the first rays of the sun. And where are the most beautiful swimming pools in Europe that you should visit at least once in your life, maybe tomorrow?
Zalipie is a small, older village in the south-east of Poland and is considered one of the most interesting tourist destinations in Poland. And that's not because it's full of five-star hotels or modern glass buildings, on the contrary - it's so interesting because of the small wooden houses decorated with flower paintings. Wonderful!
Europe got the first underwater museum! The Museo Atlántico is located in the Canary Islands, specifically off the southern coast of Lanzarote, and visitors can explore it while diving or through the glass bottoms of ships.
On December 13, 2016, a regulation came into force in the European Union, i.e. also in Slovenia, requiring food producers to label the nutritional value of foods. This means that from now on all prepackaged foods will have nutritional information. On the packaging, manufacturers will have to provide information on the energy value, amount of carbohydrates, total and saturated fats, salt, sugars and proteins. Only information on the amount of dietary fiber, which is not (yet) mandatory, has been omitted.
If you are planning to travel abroad, it is wise to take a few minutes to study the map prepared by the experts at International SOS and Control Risks, which ranks tourist destinations according to the level of danger. Do not travel to these countries if you want to return home in one piece. These are the most dangerous tourist destinations of 2017.
The Representation of the European Commission in Slovenia and the House of the European Union have new premises on Dunajska cesta in Ljubljana. We talked to Zoran Stančič, the head of the Representation, about what will happen at the new interactive info point.
No, this swing is not for the faint of heart. 100 meters above the ground in Amsterdam (higher than London's Big Ben) is the Over The Edge swing, the tallest swing in Europe.
You will never guess which is the biggest tourist attraction in Europe. It had tough competition, as it faced the Eiffel Tower, Buckingham Palace, the Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona, the Roman Colosseum, the Acropolis of Athens and the Guinness Storehouse brewery in Dublin, which celebrated last year. The World Travel Awards Association awarded the tourism Oscar for the biggest tourist attraction this time to an attraction in Northern Ireland.
Palais Bulles or according to us, the bubble palace is the new most expensive apartment in Europe. The property on which the Hungarian architect Antti Lovag's space complex, which covers 1,200 square meters and was until now the home of the 94-year-old French fashion legend Pierre Cardin, is valued at more than 400 million euros!
In Slovenia, the picture is clear. The most common surname is Novak. Novakov is currently over 11,000 in Slovenia, followed by Horvat and Kovačič. What is the picture in Europe, you can read below, as well as what the most common surnames say about the character and history of individual European countries.