15 Best Things to Do in Dundalk (Ireland)
A market town in Ireland’s Ancient East, Dundalk is minutes from the border with Northern Ireland and halfway between Belfast and Dublin. The big local landmark is Roche Castle, a …
15 Best Things to Do in Ennis (Ireland)
The town of Ennis in County Clare is sure to spark your imagination if you’re into history. Strewn across the landscape are the decaying ruins of Medieval abbeys, friaries and …
15 Best Things to Do in Tralee (Ireland)
Kerry’s County town, Tralee is at the base of the majestic Dingle Peninsula in the southwest of Ireland. Tralee has a few attractions to keep you absorbed a day or …
15 Best Things to Do in Carlow (Ireland)
The County Town of Carlow is in a corner of Ireland that has been inhabited since before recorded history, as the awesome Brownshill Dolmen testifies. This Neolithic portal tomb on …
15 Best Things to Do in Pforzheim (Germany)
At the confluence of three rivers on the northern edge of the Black Forest sits the eight largest city in Baden-Württemberg. Pforzheim is one of the small but illustrious set …
15 Best Things to Do in Remscheid (Germany)
In North Rhine-Westphalia’s hilly and wooded Bergisches Land, Remscheid is a city comprising an assortment of small towns. You need only look at the sickle on Remscheid’s coat of arms …
15 Best Things to Do in Rüdesheim am Rhein (Germany)
In the Rhine Gorge, Rüdesheim am Rhein is a wine-making town under lofty Riesling vineyards. The landscapes are full of drama, where the high gorge walls plunge to the broad, …
15 Best Things to Do in Fürth (Germany)
Wedged between the Pegnitz and Rednitz rivers, the city of Fürth is just a few kilometres away from Nuremberg in Middle Franconia. And while Fürth’s bigger neighbour may get all …
15 Best Things to Do in Lünen (Germany)
Once a mining city, Lünen in the east of the Ruhr area now has a new vocation in manufacturing and green energy. The remnants of the mines are clear to …
15 Best Things to Do in Schwerin (Germany)
The oldest city in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schwerin got its city rights from the great duke, Henry the Lion in 1160. The first thing to mention about Schwerin is …