alaturka

Taksim Square and the

Taksim Square and the "Tünel" in Istanbul

Taksim Square – Not because of the civil unrest in May and June 2013 is Taksim Square considering the true centre of Istanbul, but because it has always been a major transportation hub in the heart of the metropolis.

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Music in Another Dimension - The Rio Book

Rio Book - Music…

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Origami in Rostock's St. Nicholas Church

Origami in Rosto…

Origami – During our visit to Rostock's St. Nich...

Danube – Under Pressure and Between Worlds

Danube – Under…

Danube - The Leipzig Book Fair is introducing a cu...

Wieland Payer with the Quest series in Erfurt

Wieland Payer wi…

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Music in Another Dimension - The Rio Book

Rio Book - Music in …

Rio Book - "Music in Another Dimension" is the bib...

Origami in Rostock's St. Nicholas Church

Origami in Rostock's…

Origami – During our visit to Rostock's St. Nich...

Danube – Under Pressure and Between Worlds

Danube – Under Pre…

Danube - The Leipzig Book Fair is introducing a cu...

Wieland Payer with the Quest series in Erfurt

Wieland Payer with t…

Wieland Payer - We cordially invite you and your f...

Silverio de Luca Square – a special tribute in Wittmund

Silverio de Luca Squ…

Silverio de Luca Square – When an acquaintance d...

Gümüşlük Music Festival – An Experience Since 2004

Gümüşlük Music F…

The International Gümüşlük Music Festival was ...

Mike & The Mechanics

Mike & The Mecha…

In addition to his activities with Phil Collins an...

Saicur's debut album,

Saicur's debut album…

She is the first artist who created an anthem for ...

Juniper - bushes and fruits along the way

Juniper - bushes and…

Juniper - The surroundings of the Campsite Ri...

Milk-Orange Tree or Maclura - Thessalonica confuses the visitor

Milk-Orange Tree or …

Milk-Orange Tree - Already last year we had notice...

Banana cultivation on the Turkish Riviera next to Gazipasa

Dwarf Banana at Turk…

Dwarf Banana - Almost every Turkey lover knows the...

Truffles in Switzerland near Yverdon-les-Bains

Truffles in Switzerl…

Truffles - In our first articles on the region aro...

Chocolate from Zurich – a delight even on the go

Chocolate from Zuric…

Chocolate – One of the first things we think abo...

Marienbader in Eger - the best traditional baked wafers

Marienbader Wafers i…

Marienbader Wafers - During our visit to Cheb's pe...

Bouillabaisse - a Provencal fish dish in Marseille

Bouillabaisse - a Pr…

Our days in Marseille were coming to an end and we...

Porcini mushrooms - a food specialty from the forest

Porcini mushrooms - …

Our walks or rather hikes in the region around Lak...

Bicycle-Travelling & E-Bike-Camping

Trip around Geiseltalsee - 26 kilometres of asphalt cycle path

12-04-2023

Trip around Geiseltalsee - 2…

We had already covered part of the way around the Geiseltalsee on foot, now we h...

Riding e-bike to the Dreibrodestein near St. Andreasberg

23-06-2023

Riding e-bike to the Dreibro…

Between Sankt Andreasberg and Sonneberg there are not only many hiking and cycli...

Ruhr district cyclists and the BTurtle - lending in Duisburg

28-01-2019

Ruhr district cyclists and t…

As one of the first customers and users of a BTurtle in the Ruhr area, we had go...

Germany - Austria - Switzerland - Italy - Great Britain - France - Netherlands

Hike to the Volme-Heights-Trail next to Witten

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The city of Witten, the destination of our visit last weekend, is located at the...

Schönbrunn Palace

Vienna’s Dynasty Glory Lives with Schönbrunn Pa…

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Vienna is a city that has become the settlement location of the Habsburg Dynasty...

First snow and pre-Christmas mood at Naumburg Cathedral

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The symbol of the city of Naumburg and clearly visible from all sides is the lat...

 We follow the signs to the Heldungen Water Castle

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Heldrungen Water Castle - Several times we had already noticed street signs to t...

Albania - North Macedonia - Greece - Turkey - Cyprus

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If legitimate real estate is offered to you, you should always follow these guid...

Agkistro - attractive mountain village on the border with Bulgaria

Agkistro - attractive mountain village at the Bulg…

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After the round trip of Lake Kerkini we moved on towards Agkistro, leaving for S...

Elbasan - After Romans and Byzantines, Ottomans arrived

Elbasan - After Romans and Byzantines, Ottomans ar…

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Due to the expansion policy of the Ottoman Empire in the 13th and 14th century, ...

Kyrenia - Castle and Harbour

Girne / Kyrenia - middleage Castle and Harbour

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With its location directly at the harbor entrance of Girne / Kyrenia, the fortre...

Serbia - Hungary - Czech Republic - Slovenia - Croatia - Poland

Gdansk - recreational and nature reserves line the bike paths

Gdansk - recreational & nature reserves line t…

01-12-2025 | Hits:23124

Gdansk - The infrastructure projects funded by the EU in recent years have not j...

Diocletian's Palace in Asphalatos, then Spalato and today Split

Diocletian's Palace in Asphalatos, then Spalato an…

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Early the next morning we drove into Split with Robi, because we were finally go...

Short Visit to Wejherowo - Statue of Jakob von Weiher

Wejherowo - Short Visit to Statue of Jakob von Wei…

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Wejherowo calls itself the spiritual capital of the Kashubians, so it has become...

Our stay in Františkovy Lázně – competition with Karlovy Vary

Františkovy Lázně – competition with Karlovy …

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Františkovy Lázně - On the way to the South Bohemian Aleš Gallery to the exh...

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