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Record number of tourists go to Spain
So far, this year, Spain registered a record number of foreign tourists visiting the country. 28 million visitors from abroad, especially Germans and British, helped tourism numbers jump by 7.3 percent from the same period of last year, when Spain also broke a ... read entire article »Bicycle street view reveals Berlin lanes
Cyclodeo is a start-up company founded in 2012 by a French entrepreneur. Nicknamed ‘Google Street View for bike lanes,’ the website is a crowdsource data collection of cycle paths worldwide. A combination of map technology and uploaded video footage recorded ... read entire article »Oil spill ruins Canary Islands paradise
The Spanish Canary islands are considered the most exotic touristic destinations in Europe. The 12 islands the autonomous region feature outstanding beaches and marine wildlife. However, the subtropical paradise was hit by a devastating oil spill. Just shy above ... read entire article »Lights wall to celebrate 25th Berlin Wall anniversary
Today it is an artist have, a multicultural amalgam and youthful city with pulsing nightlife. But just 25 years ago, Berlin was once a divided city, split in half by a concrete wall. To mark the passing of 25 years since the Wall of Berlin had fallen, a 15-km ... read entire article »Berlin is ready to welcome the World Cup winners
No matter the filed of work or sports, Germans are regarded as great planners. Germany's football teams runs on the same principle and it was the key to success so far. Planning has not stopped here. Berlin has been chosen to host the victory parade if “Die ... read entire article »France visited by UFOs
These days France is hosting the famous cycling race “Tour de France” which is among the most attended sports events in the world. It's a great opportunity for tourist to visit France, but not only conventional tourist visited the country these days. A ... read entire article »VW Kombis live on as tour buses in Uganda
The much-beloved Volkswagen Kombi was pronounced dead on the last day of 2013, when the last Kombi rolled out of the Brazilian factory which has, since then, closed, after over 60 years of continuous production. However, there still are many Kombis worldwide ... read entire article »Famous Pamplona bull run festival begins
The famous Spanish Pamplona bull-run festival commenced on Sunday with the shout ‘Viva San Fermin!’ from the City Hall balcony and the lighting of a specific firecracker known as ‘chupinazo.’ The Pamplona square was packed with people from all over the ... read entire article »Thomas the Tank Engines takes you through Japan
The beloved British train character, Thomas the Tank Engine, will be taking visitors through Asian tea fields in Japan for three months. Oigawa Railway, a rather small train operator in Shizuoka prefecture in Japan has transformed a regular-looking steam engine ... read entire article »Italy, most expensive European destination
Eurostat, the leading provider of statistics in the EU, has pinned Italy as the priciest holiday destination in Europe. The statistic shows that hotel and restaurant prices are 10 percent spicier than the European average. The high price problem may put it ... read entire article »Tourism is carrying Spain
One of the few industries in Spain that are constantly reporting improving figures despite the country's economic situation is tourism. The country depends on the money generated by tourism and the income is constantly growing. In 2013, Spain became the number ... read entire article »The world’s deadliest island
Off the coast of Sao Paolo, Brazil, lies the small island of Ilha de Queimada Grande. As small as the island might be, it is home to the largest population worldwide of the golden lancehead viper, which just happens to be one of Earth’s deadliest snakes. The ... read entire article »19-year-old flies solo in world tour
Thursday, a 19-year-old American landed his small plane in India’s Nagpur, two months into his around-the-world tour. The teen plans on becoming the youngest person ever to fly around the world alone in an airplane. ‘It's been good, actually a lot of fun. I ... read entire article »The world’s most peaceful countries
The Global Peace Index is an annual report issued by the Institute for Economics and Peace since 2007. Internal and external measurements are used to determine the peacefulness of a country or of a certain region. In spite the world seems to become increasingly ... read entire article »Sandy beach island will float on Hudson River
After Paris and Vienna, New York now wants to have its own beach spot where locals can relax and enjoy the pleasures of a day spent under the sun and on the sand. The novelty that will come with the future New York beach is that it’s going to be placed on a ... read entire article »
Outstanding Romanian wedding dance
Each couple usually prepares a romantic and magical dance for their wedding, but not this Romanian couple. Their performance was more than romantic or magical, it was amazing! The newly weds danced not by themselves, but accompanied by their friends, using a ... read entire article »
Modern-day cave people
The Miao Room in China is considered to be the world’s second largest cave room, big enough to fit 22 football fields. However, even though it doesn’t hold so many football fields, it is home to a basketball court, a primary school and twenty-one families of ... read entire article »
Cave with prehistoric drawings gets UNESCO’s attention
UNESCO, the cultural agency, granted, on Sunday, the prestigious World Heritage status to a prehistoric cave in southern France, called the Grotte Chauvet. The cave’s walls are covered in over 1,000 of what are considered to be the the oldest known figurative ... read entire article »
Are planes of the future windowless?
A Boston company, Spike Aerospace, plans to build, by 2018, the S-512, a supersonic passengers jet that will complete the New York to London route in less than four hours. The speed will be greatly increased by the lack of windows for passengers in the plane. ... read entire article »