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Page added the Monday, 21 February 2022

Orchids, are diverse and widespread flowering plants, with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. [See more]

Page updated the Sunday, 17 October 2021

The Dolomites (Dolomiti), also known as the Dolomite Mountains, Dolomite Alps or Dolomitic Alps, are a mountain range located in northeastern Italy.… [See more]

Page updated the Monday, 4 October 2021

Munich’s old town at night offers a very special atmosphere. [See more]

Page added the Sunday, 3 October 2021

Marta is a comune in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region Latium, located about 80 km northwest of Rome and about 20km northwest of Viterbo… [See more]

Page added the Tuesday, 17 August 2021

Altomonte is a municipality in the province of Cosenza, in the region of Calabria. The city was first called Braal, then Bragalla, Bragallum, … [See more]

Page added the Tuesday, 17 August 2021

The Castellana Caves (Grotte di Castellana) are a karst cave system located in the municipality of Castellana Grotte, in the Metropolitan City of … [See more]

Page added the Wednesday, 7 July 2021

The church village of Wamberg is part of the municipality of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Upper Bavaria) at 996 m. The place is on the north side of the … [See more]

Page updated the Friday, 4 June 2021

The pilgrimage church of St. Marinus and Anian (Wallfahrtskirche Wilparting) is the Catholic village church of Wilparting, a district of the… [See more]

Page updated the Friday, 4 June 2021

The Kochelsee (Lake Kochel) is located 70 km south of Munich on the edge of the Bavarian Alps. It belongs to the communities Schlehdorf in the west… [See more]

Page updated the Friday, 4 June 2021

The Eibsee is a lake 9 km southwest of Garmisch-Partenkirchen below (3.5 km north) of the Zugspitze (2,962 m) in the Wetterstein mountains in Bavaria… [See more]

Page updated the Tuesday, 2 March 2021

The Ammersee is after Chiemsee and Lake Starnberg the third largest lake in Bavaria (under the lakes, which lie exclusively in Bavaria) and reaching… [See more]

Page added the Friday, 14 August 2020

Despite Corona and the cancellation of the Oktoberfest, the Bavarian capital has launched the “Summer in the city” campaign (Sommer in der Stadt).… [See more]

Page added the Saturday, 4 July 2020

Color is wonderful, but there’s something truly spectacular about black and white landscapes. Black and white is an expressive and timeless way of… [See more]

Page added the Saturday, 4 July 2020

Black and white photography can bring out emotions more strongly than color. It removes distractions from a portrait. Textures and contrast are… [See more]

Page added the Saturday, 4 July 2020

Infrared photography makes a world visible that is normally hidden from the human eye. Infrared photography refers to the photographing of subjects… [See more]

Page added the Sunday, 16 February 2020

The Hopfensee is a maximum 2.1 km long lake with a circumference of 6.8 km north of Füssen in the district of Ostallgäu, Bavarian Swabia, Bavaria.… [See more]

Page added the Saturday, 18 January 2020

The Zugspitze with 2,962 m is the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains and at the same time Germany’s highest mountain. The Zugspitze massif is… [See more]

Page updated the Monday, 14 October 2019

The Geroldsee, also called Wagenbrüchsee, is a bog lake near Krün, a few kilometers from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It has an area of 10.6 hectares, a… [See more]

Page added the Wednesday, 25 September 2019

The farmhouse museum Amerang is an open-air museum and is located in the Upper Bavarian foothills of the Amerang region in Chiemgau. It is… [See more]

Page added the Monday, 2 September 2019

The open-air museum Glentleiten is the museum of the district Upper Bavaria for the rural life, living and economics of past centuries. It is… [See more]

Page added the Monday, 1 April 2019

The Plansee is located in the district of Reutte, Tyrol, Austria within the Ammergau Alps. With almost 3 km², it is the second largest natural lake… [See more]

Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

Flakstadpollen is a bay north of Flakstadøya, in the municipality of Flakstad, Nordland, which stretches for 3 km to the southwest from the inlet… [See more]

Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

Kilan is a town in Nordland County, Norway. Administratively, Kilan is part of the municipality of Flakstad. [See more]

Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

Nusfjord is a fishing village on Flakstadøy, one of the main islands of the Lofoten archipelago. The village belongs to Flakstad commune in Fylke, … [See more]

Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

Vareid is a town in Nordland County, Norway. Administratively, Vareid is part of the municipality of Flakstad. [See more]

Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

Norway is an area normally associated with the appearance of Aurora Borealis. There, under the auroral oval, one can observe the Aurora Borealis… [See more]

Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

Skagsanden is a small and beautiful golden-sand beach in Nordland County, Norway. Administratively, Skagsanden is part of the municipality of … [See more]

Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

Sakrisøy (Sakrisøya) is a small island and a fishing village between Reine and Hamnøy in the municipality of Moskenes in Lofoten. The island is… [See more]

Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

Å (Å i Lofoten), from å meaning “stream”, is a village in Moskenes municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located about 2 km southwest of… [See more]

Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

Hamnøy or Hamnøya is a small fishing village in Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the eastern side of the island of … [See more]

Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

Reine is the administrative centre of Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The fishing village is located on the island of Moskenesøya… [See more]

Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

The Reinefjorden (Reinefjord) is a fjord arm of the Vestfjord in the municipality of Moskenes in Nordland, which extends almost 3 km in an easterly… [See more]

Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

Haukland is a town in Nordland County, Norway. Administratively, Haukland is part of the municipality of Vestvågøy. [See more]

Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

Mærvollspollen is a fjord arm of the Steinsfjord on the island of Vestvågøy in the Lofoten. The fjord stretches about 2 km east of the hamlet … [See more]

Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

Utakleiv is a town in Nordland County, Norway. Administratively, Utakleiv is part of the municipality of Vestvågøy. [See more]

Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

Vik is a town in Nordland County, Norway. Administratively, Vik is part of the municipality of Vestvågøy. [See more]

Page added the Sunday, 18 November 2018

The BMW Welt (BMW World) is a combined exhibition, museum and delivery site, located near the Olympic Park in the immediate vicinity of the BMW Tour… [See more]

Page updated the Sunday, 4 November 2018

The State Museum of Egyptian Art (Staatliche Museum Ägyptischer Kunst) in Munich is the most important in Germany after the collections in Berlin (… [See more]

Page added the Tuesday, 16 October 2018

The Große Ahornboden lies at the head of the Rißtal valley, the Enger valley, just before the village of Eng between 1080 and 1300 m above sea level… [See more]

Page added the Tuesday, 16 October 2018

The Barmsee is a maximum of 1.12 km long and a maximum of 0.49 km wide lake in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Upper Bavaria) in the… [See more]

Page updated the Sunday, 7 October 2018

The Oktoberfest is the world’s largest fair held annually in Munich. It is a 16-day festival running from late September to the first weekend in… [See more]

Page added the Sunday, 27 May 2018

The monastery Ottobeuren is a Benedictine abbey in the Upper Swabian Ottobeuren. The monastery consecrated to the two saints Alexander of Rome and … [See more]

Page added the Sunday, 8 April 2018

The Hintersee (formerly Ferchensee or Forchensee) is a 16.4 hectare lake in the municipality of Ramsau in the Berchtesgadener Land, about two… [See more]

Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

Mount Kirkjufell (463 m) is located in the west of Iceland, near the town of Grundarfjörður on the western shore of the fjord Grundarfjörður in the… [See more]

Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

Hvítserkur is a 15 m high basalt stack along the eastern shore of the Vatnsnes peninsula, in northwest Iceland. The rock has two holes at the base,… [See more]

Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

The Goðafoss (“waterfall of the gods” or “waterfall of the goði”) is a waterfall in Iceland. It is located in the Bárðardalur district of … [See more]

Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

Mývatn is a shallow eutrophic lake situated in an area of active volcanism in the north of Iceland, not far from Krafla volcano. The lake and its… [See more]

Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

Eastern Region (Austurland, also known as Austfirðir: “East Fjords”) is a region in eastern Iceland. Its area is 22,721 km² and in 2007 its… [See more]

Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

Part of the Krossanesfjall is the famous rock outcrop Eystrahorn (also called Austurhorn), on the other side of the wide bay of Lón the Vestrahorn… [See more]

Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

Hverarönd, literally meaning “hot springs of the ducks”, also called by Námafjall metonymy of the name of the mountain at the foot of which it is… [See more]

Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

Iceland has extensive volcanic and geothermal activity. The rift associated with the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which marks the division between the… [See more]

Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

The mountain Klifatindur is located in southern Iceland and is 889 m high. An important part of this mountain range is the Vestrahorn (757 m). In… [See more]

Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

Glacier caves are caves formed within the ice of a glacier and are often called ice caves. The glacier caves are started by water running through or… [See more]

Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

An aurora borealis, sometimes referred to as polar lights, northern lights, is a natural light display in the Earth’s sky, predominantly seen in the… [See more]

Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

Breiðamerkursandur (also called Diamond Beach for the pieces of glacial ice washed up on the beach) is a sandur (a glacial outwash plain) in… [See more]

Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

Jökulsárlón, literally “glacial river lagoon”, is a large glacial lake in southeast Iceland, on the edge of Vatnajökull National Park. Situated at… [See more]

Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

The small peninsula, or promontory, Dyrhólaey (120 m) (formerly known as “Cape Portland” by seamen) is located on the south coast of Iceland, not… [See more]

Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

Reynisdrangar are basalt sea stacks situated under the mountain Reynisfjall near the village Vík í Mýrdal, southern Iceland which is framed by a… [See more]

Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

Skógafoss is a waterfall situated on the Skógá River in the south of Iceland at the cliffs of the former coastline. After the coastline had receded… [See more]

Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

Gullfoss (“Golden Falls”) is a waterfall located in the canyon of Hvítá river in southwest Iceland. The wide Hvítá river rushes southward, and about… [See more]