Europe

Important information for Indian travelers who intend to visit Germany for tourism. Some of the requirements for obtaining a visa have been loosened for Indian tourists. According to the staff at the German embassies in India, Indian citizens can now schedule ...

Way up in northern Sweden, 140 km (87 mi) north of the Arctic Circle, is the Town of Kiruna. Situated amidst stunning scenery, this area encompasses some of Europe's last surviving wilderness. Beautiful at any time of year. Kiruna comes into ...

This classic long-distance rail journey crosses the Australian continent from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Indian Ocean in the west. Running twice weekly in each direction, trains are hauled by huge diesel locomotives and can be up to ...

The Kackar Mountains are part of the Pacific Alps, the formidable range running along the Black Sea coast, which for centuries provided defence against invasion and a refuge for minorities. The coast enjoys a damp climate and the lower slopes of ...

A self-governing province of Denmark, Greenland is the world's biggest island. An ice sheet up to 3 km (1.9 mi) thick, 2,500 km (1,553 mi) long, and up to 1,000 km (600 mi) wide covers 81per cent of it. That represents ...

You may well puzzle over the idea of a train running all the way from Rome, in mainland Italy, to Catania in Sicily, but this is a rare journey where the train boards a ship across the sea. It may be ...

Virtually unsettled and covered with dense forest, the Erzgebirge gained its name (it means Ore Mountains) only in the 15th century, when the discovery of silver and tin deposits brought a flood of settlers to found its towns and cities. For ...

Germany's second largest island, Usedom is a picturesque, low-lying landscape of rolling meadows, woods and lakes dotted with thatched cottages, windmills and medieval churches. The island, 445 sq km (174 sq mi) in area, views to the northeast of the lagoon ...

Since our earliest days on Earth, we have expressed our relationship with the landscape in art, music, literature - even dance. And in the 20th century, a new medium arose: the moving picture. Since the turn of the 20th century, filmmakers ...

Geologically, Iceland is a hot spot caused by a mantle plume on the mid-Atlantic ridge. It's an island of 30 active volcanoes, bubbling geothermal pools, geysers (an Icelandic word), lakes, waterfalls and rivers full of the plumpest salmon and trout on ...

Unlike their counterparts in many other European cities, citizens of the Dutch capital never lost their trams - but by the end of the 20th century, Amsterdam's extensive network was getting tired, with antiquated cars that were constantly out of ODF ...

The otherworldly alpine vista of North Tyrol is the stuff of a photobook - speedy mountain streams falling down forested slippery slopes, rich verdant valleys flecked with villages, snow-capped cliffs and shimmering lakes. This stunning region is a picnic utopia for ...