Tower of the State Bank and Savings Bank of Luxembourg / © Photo: Georg Berg

Luxembourg – City full of contrasts

The city, which has the same name as the whole country, is also the cultural and economic center. There are museums, theaters and traces of history everywhere

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Luitpoldbad and Wandelhalle on the Saale in Bad Kissingen / © Photo: Georg Berg

Bad Kissingen is a Unesco World Heritage Site

The great spas of Europe flourished in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Bad Kissingen became famous for its healing waters, drinking cures and bathhouses

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Prince Otto von Bismarck's bedroom in the original Bismarck apartment in the Upper Salt Works Museum in Bad Kissingen / © Photo: Georg Berg

Otto von Bismarck in Bad Kissingen

Prince Otto von Bismarck, the first Chancellor of the German Reich from 1871 to 1890, held office in the spa town for a total of 66 weeks

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The Monastery of St. Ivan of Rila, better known as the Rila Monastery (Bulgarian: Рилски манастир, Rilski manastir), is the largest and most famous Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. / © Photo: Georg Berg

The rich history of Bulgaria

Bulgaria is an exciting country with a lot to discover. The cost of living is based on the Bulgarian income ratios

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Tower of the State Bank and Savings Bank of Luxembourg / © Photo: Georg Berg

Luxembourg City: Culture and Architecture

Did you know that 170 nations live in Luxembourg City? Luxembourg is colorful and diverse. The Old Town and the fortress on the Bockfelsen are Unesco World Heritage Sites.

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Marked hiking trails in Luxembourg / © Photo: Georg Berg

Green hiking country Luxembourg

The Grand Duchy offers hikers around 3,500 kilometers of signposted trails. The Move-We Carry luggage service makes multi-day tours easy!

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Wasabi as far as the eye can see. Nordic Wasabi's ultra-modern greenhouse is heated with geothermal energy. Irrigation and lighting are controlled fully automatically / © Photo: Georg Berg

Iceland, where wasabi grows

Wasabi is a demanding plant. Two Icelandic engineers boldly choose the Japanese pungent ingredient to create Iceland’s first export vegetable

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Calls of "Vive Sainte Sara" ring out thousands of times during the procession through town to the beach at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (France) in 1978

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Flamenco in Les-Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

Every year in May it gets crowded in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. Roma families make a pilgrimage to Black Sara. Flamenco of the Camargue Gitanos resounds in the narrow streets

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The green Muggio Valley in Ticino. A Swiss cultural landscape like in a fairy tale / © Photo: Georg Berg

The green Muggio Valley in Ticino

The sparsely populated Valle di Muggio above Lake Lugano is the southernmost valley in Ticino. Chestnut forest alternates with dry meadows and orchards

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Sion with the castles Valère and Tourbillon surrounded by vineyards / © Photo: Georg Berg

Sion: city – country – wine

Valais is the largest wine-growing region in Switzerland. Whether on a city tour, an e-bike tour or hiking tours, Valais wine is always a big topic

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Village street of Waldeck in the Upper Palatinate / © Photo: Georg Berg

Waldeck in the Upper Palatinate

Once Waldeck was situated between Franconia and Bohemia on a trade route, which today is a hiking and biking route. A vacation resort with nature experiences for city dwellers

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Fishing port in Marsaxlokk, in the southeast of Malta. There are ports large and imposing like that of the capital Valetta, but small fishing ports characterize the varied coast of Malta and Gozo / © Photo: Georg Berg

The small islands of Malta and Gozo

Malta and the neighboring island of Gozo offer a lot in a small area. Greeks called Malta the navel of the sea. Knights of St. John built it into a strong fortress

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