Tag Archives: Europes

Few pleasures compete with relaxing on a comfortable train and watching the landscape slip by beyond the window. Here are six of my favourite routes, ranging from under four to over nine hours, so easily completed in a day. Interrail passes are valid on all these journeys, although a small …

Paris Terminus Nord hotel, opposite Gare du Nord, Paris’s Eurostar terminal, is inspired by the multicultural inhabitants of the surrounding 10th arrondissement. The reception is reminiscent of a French kiosk, there are street art murals in the communal areas, and the individually designed, colourful rooms are themed on Africa and …

Pablo González during a previous trip to Ukraine. Credit: Juan Teixeira/IPS by Karlos Zurutuza (nabarniz, spain) Thursday, January 19, 2023 Inter Press Service NABARNIZ, Spain, Jan 19 (IPS) – It’s 23 hours a day in a cell without natural light and just one to walk around in a 7×4-metre courtyard. For …

Lionel Messi is now level with Cristiano Ronaldo in goals scored in Europe’s top five league after notching his 696th strike.    The Argentinian superstar scored the second for PSG in his side’s 2-0 win over Angers on Wednesday night, January 11.     Ronaldo has a two-year deal with the Saudi Arabian side and currently leads …

Don’t Gas Africa protest during COP27. Credit: Don’t Gas Africa by Paul Virgo (rome) Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Inter Press Service ROME, Dec 14 (IPS) – One of the knock-on effects of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine is that European countries have embarked on a ‘dash for gas’ to find alternatives to …

Velika Planina, Slovenia With their cone-shaped, wood-tiled roofs that reach almost to the snowy ground of their little fenced gardens, these pretty cabins, scattered across a high plain at Velika Planina, have a cute appearance that belies tough-nut origins. These were the traditional huts of one of Europe’s largest herder …

Zrinjevac Park, Zagreb Zrinjevac Park in Zagreb becomes a Christmas wonderland, with lanterns lighting up the avenues of trees and a pretty market with wooden huts selling gifts made by local artists, and festive food and drink (try baked štrukli, pastries with soft cheese). Festivities take place across the whole …

Manchester City was on an incredible winning streak before their 2-0 loss to fierce rivals Manchester United; they had won 21 straight games across all competitions. Winning streaks are rare, but how impressive are the Citizens when compared to some of the other teams that have recently amassed lengthy streaks …

Archaeologists have been delighted by the emergence of a prehistoric stone circle dubbed the ‘Spanish Stonehenge’. Weeks of baking heat and drought across Europe have seen water levels in rivers and lakes fall to levels few can remember, exposing long-submerged treasures – and some deadly hazards. In Spain, archaeologists have …

It’s 2003 and my boyfriend and I are hovering nervously at a hotel reception in Woodbridge, Suffolk. We can sense the frosty contempt of the fiftysomething male at the desk when we ask for a double, not a twin room. After we check in, we’re both tetchy: I’m annoyed at …