The second largest Spanish city has been declared for decades to be a more vibrant, open and trendy city than its biggest rival, Madrid. With bold design, a huge number of fashion shops and a nearby beach, it's easy to agree with the proud Catalans.
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Definitions of Danish design have filled countless books and newspaper articles for years, and its essence is found in timeless simplicity, quality of materials and functionality. Denmark is a world-leading superpower in design, and Denmark's capital, Copenhagen, is a haven for discovering design achievements, old and new.
Every year, Istanbul's festivals attract thousands of visitors, but this year is different: Turkey's largest city is one of the three European capitals of culture, and a total of more than 5,000 events take place in every part of the city for a decent presentation.
We all learned about Japanese Shinto, about Buddhism, we heard about Zen philosophy ... and imagined the Japanese as a nation of disciplined samurai and in modern times hard workers who blindly obey the orders of the emperor and superiors.
Iran's third largest city with more than one and a half million inhabitants is dedicated to refreshing people's perception of beauty, at least that's what Robert Byron, a British writer, thought. In Esfahan, it is rare to find a street without a tree line, fountains or flowers, and at every corner you can meet remnants of the past.
Colonial cities such as the old part of Ponce, the lush greenery of the El Yunque rainforest, endless sandy beaches such as Playa de Luquillo, and attractive towns such as San Juan are clustered in an archipelago consisting of the main island of Puerto Rico and several smaller islands such as Vieques, Culebra and Mona.
When we talk about German cultural centers, we often mention the names of large metropolises in which the most notable personalities of contemporary cultural currents are created, and in addition to them, Berlin, Hamburg or Munich keep some of the most valuable art and archeological collections on earth.
Manila, the capital of the Philippines, is a city of chaos, from where most tourists travel on as soon as possible. During the Second World War, it was one of the most destroyed cities and today there is no impressive architecture to be seen.
The largest city in Vietnam remains Ho Chi Minh City in the south of the country. This is where most deals are concluded in the country, which can boast of one of the highest economic growth rates in Asia in recent years. Just like New York and Los Angeles in the USA, the biggest cities in Vietnam are constantly competing with each other. ...
The most famous "icons" of Australia are the Sydney Opera House and the giant monolith Ayers Rock, which rises above the vast desert, and between the two extremes are the longest coral reef in the world, the coast with the twelve apostles or the wilderness where Crocodile Dundee reigned, and more other wonders of the country.
Cinema is India's opposite of the discriminatory caste system: from the president to the boy who cleans shoes on the street - everyone has fun watching a good movie. That is why Bombay, which is also called Bollywood, is the center of the largest film industry in the world.
A UNESCO World Heritage Site like Guanajuato, Querétano and Morelia, Zacatecas is an interesting mix of Spanish expansion and local character, marked by natural beauty and mestizo pride.