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

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Origami in Rostock's St. Nicholas Church

Origami in Rosto…

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Danube – Under Pressure and Between Worlds

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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…

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Silverio de Luca Square – a special tribute in Wittmund

Silverio de Luca Squ…

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Gümüşlük Music Festival – An Experience Since 2004

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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

Along the Eleonorenhütte to the Hanskühnen cliff

05-01-2024

Along the Eleonorenhütte to…

Another e-bike tour was coming up and once again we chose the Prahljust campsite...

Bergwitzsee Camping - location for blogger and TV crew

19-07-2018

Bergwitzsee Camping - locati…

With great excitement and interest in the meeting with the blogger and image fil...

Jean-Yves - Solar Trike and the Mini Caravan - just a try?

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Jean-Yves - Solar Trike and …

Tinkerers and hobbyists are numerous - sometimes you do it off with a tired smil...

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

Simson Schwalbe - a cult vehicle for all generations

Simson Schwalbe - a cult vehicle for all generatio…

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Schladminger-Tauern mountain trail with pictures from Jana

Schladminger-Tauern mountain trail with pictures f…

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We had met Jana and her daughter Lucinka on the Lake Ohrid, had been on mountain...

History Travel in the Capital of Art: Vienna

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Austria’s capital, Vienna is famous for its cultural events, magnificent imper...

Brunn am Gebirge - a tour with Robert

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Brunn am Gebirge - We had already mentioned Robert several times and reported ab...

Albania - North Macedonia - Greece - Turkey - Cyprus

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Drin, Buna and Lake Shkodra - potential for touris…

21-09-2025 | Hits:8573

Our first stay in Shkodra already had surprised us because of the huge Lake Shko...

Renting and Leasing of accomodation

Renting and Leasing of accomodation

11-01-2022 | Hits:8251

Within the last 15 years the number of inhabitants of Turkey and its big cities ...

Bourazani at Pindos - A water mill for carpet washing

Bourazani at Pindos - A water mill for carpet wash…

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During our introductory discussions Giorgos also told us about one of the many s...

Cyprus - beautiful island paradise

Cyprus - beautiful, but still devided island parad…

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At the beginning couple of our readers have ask for getting some more detailled ...

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

Excavations in Siculi - Magna Grecia Part 2

Siculi - Excavations Magna Grecia Part 2

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Siculi - For several days, we now dwell in the region around the ancient Salona...

Republic of Poljica for Omiš

On the road through the former Republic of Poljica…

28-04-2025 | Hits:22420

For traffic reasons Robi had chosen the route through the Valley of Poljica to O...

Gdansk - Walk from the Lion Fountain to Long Lane

Gdansk - Walk from the Lion Fountain to Long Lane

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We were in Poland again for a family communion and, despite the late hour and ra...

Belgrade - Ottoman Conquest and Turk wars

Belgrade - Ottoman Conquest and Turk wars

08-02-2018 | Hits:21076

For Sultan Mehmed II, after the fall of Constantinople, Belgrade and the complet...

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