15 Best Things to Do in Guadalajara (Mexico)
The capital of the western Mexican state of Jalisco, Guadalajara is at the heart of the second largest urban area in Mexico. The city has monuments to match its status, …
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15 Best Things to Do in Brașov (Romania)
If this intoxicating city in the Southern Carpathians has a German air there’s a good reason. In the Middle Ages Brașov was developed and settled by Saxons invited to settle …
15 Best Things to Do in Zaporizhia (Ukraine)
The industrial city of Zaporizhia in southeastern Ukraine is rather young, having only sprouted in the 1920s and 1930s. The catalyst for this development was the Dnieper Hydroelectric Dam, which …
15 Best Things to Do in Dnipro (Ukraine)
Founded by Catherine the Great towards the end of the 18th century, Dnipro (formerly Dnipropetrovsk) is a city that grew on the back of a burgeoning manufacturing industry. Foundries, vehicle …
25 Best Things to Do in Kiev (Ukraine)
Ukraine’s capital is a green metropolis on flowing hills next to the Dnieper River. In the middle ages Kiev was the capital of an enormous state occupying a big tranche …
15 Best Things to Do in Mykolaiv (Ukraine)
At the confluence of the Inhulets and Southern Bug Rivers, Mykolaiv is a port and shipbuilding city where the Black Sea Fleet was assembled in the 19th century. Mykolaiv’s history …
15 Best Things to Do in Chihuahua (Mexico)
A prosperous industrial city in the north of Mexico, Chihuahua is on the western flank of the desert of the same name. Chihuahua’s 18th-century cathedral is the outstanding Baroque monument …
25 Best Things to Do in Oslo (Norway)
On the northern shore of the Oslofjord, Norway’s capital and the third largest city in Scandinavia is a trendy and sophisticated metropolis that has grown rich from shipping and oil. …
15 Best Things to Do in Szeged (Hungary)
At the confluence of the Tisza and Maros Rivers, Szeged is a city that was reborn at the end of the 19th century. In 1879 a flood almost wiped Szeged …
15 Best Things to Do in Poznań (Poland)
A city with its own identity, dialect and customs, Poznań in the Greater Poland region is where Catholicism first gained a foothold on Polish soil. Poland’s first diocese was founded …