Geography

Bucharest (UK: /ˌbuːkəˈrɛst/ BOO-kə-REST, US: /ˈbuːkərɛst/ -⁠rest; Romanian: București (bukuˈreʃtʲ)) city and municipality, the economic, administrative, and cultural center of Romania. For most people who…

Brașov (UK: /bræˈʃɒv/, US: /brɑːˈʃɔːv, -ɔːf/, Romanian: braˈʃov; Latin: Corona; German: Kronstadt; Transylvanian Saxon: Kruhnen; Hungarian: Brassó), formerly (1950–60) Oraşul Stalin, is a city in…

Porto or Oporto (Portuguese pronunciation: ˈpoɾtu), city and port, northern Portugal. It is Portugal’s second-largest city, and one of the main urban centers of the…

Lisbon (/ˈlɪzbən/), Portuguese: Lisboa (liʒˈboɐ), is that the capital and also the largest city of Portugal, city, port, and therefore the center of the Lisbon…

The Algarve (UK: /ælˈɡɑːrv, ˈælɡ-/, US: /ɑːlˈɡɑːrvə, ælˈ-/, Portuguese: alˈɡaɾvɨ, Arabic: الغرب‎, romanized: al-gharb (Algarbe), lit. ‘the west’), historical province of southern Portugal, bounded by…

Kraków (/ˈkrækaʊ, -koʊ/, also US: /ˈkreɪk-, ˈkrɑːkaʊ/, UK: /ˈkrækɒf/, Polish: ˈkrakuf), also spelled ‘Cracow’, city and capital of Małopolskie województwo (province), southern Poland, lying on…

Bieszczady National Park (Polish: Bieszczadzki Park Narodowy) is located in the southernmost portion of Poland, it is one of the country’s largest national parks. It…

Bieszczady Mountains (bʲɛˈʂt͡ʂadɨ) (Polish: Bieszczady; Slovak: Beščady; Ukrainian: Бещади; Hungarian: Besszádok) is a mountain range located in southeastern Poland with over 400 km of hiking…

Zakopane is a lovely town in the extreme south of Poland, situated at the foothills of the majestic Tatra Mountains. It is one of the…

Monte Carlo (/ˌmɒnti ˈkɑːrloʊ/, Italian: ˈmonte ˈkarlo; French: Monte-Carlo (mɔ̃te kaʁlo), or colloquially Monte-Carl (mɔ̃te kaʁl); Monégasque: Munte Carlu; lit. “Mount Charles”), resort, one of the…

Comino (Maltese: Kemmuna), formerly called Ephaestia (Ηφαιστεία in Ancient Greek) is the smallest inhabited island in the Maltese archipelago, and also the quietest one. It…

Lofoten (Norwegian pronunciation: ˈlùːfuːtn̩) island group, in the Norwegian Sea, northern Norway. It is known for excellent fishing, nature attractions such as the northern lights…