So-called Commieblocks, huge high-rise buildings, forms extreme concrete islands in many places in eastern Europe. Read why.
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The Eagle’s Nest is located 1834 meters above sea level. This was the NSDAP’s 50th birthday gift for…
Romania is still influenced by the legacy of dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu. Ceauşescu ruled Romania with an iron…
In former East Prussia, the traces of World War II are always presented in the forests. Mosquitoes,…
In July and August 1944, at the verdant hills of northeastern Estonia, the calmness was broken in what…
Prora, the giant concrete colossus standing at the beach on the island of Ruegen living on borrowed…
Many have fear for travel in a car with children. It can be intimidating with nagging, constant…
There is a country that hardly anyone knows about. This land is the last remaining Soviet Republic….
Where the archipelago begins lies the small town of Valdemarsvik with about 2700 inhabitants. As with many…
The Latvian coastline has been the site of many fierce battles. The Russian Tsar Alexander III founded…