Dunajec river, Pieniny National Park, Slovakia by Marek Hojnacki

Pieniny National Park was first established on January 16, 1957 and was 21 square kilometers in size. The forests in this park make up a total of nine square kilometers, and the rest is a combination of green meadows, fields, and pastures. This type of unique landscape is representative of the entire Zamagurie region. There are a number of rare plant species which can be found throughout the park, as well as over 700 different species of butterfly. There are nearly 100 species of mollusks and over 200 species of vertebrae.

One of the most noteworthy attractions of this particular national park is Trzy Korony, which is the name given to the summit of the mountains in Pieniny, located on the Polish side of the park. Those who take a raft down the Dunajec River can see the peak of these breathtaking mountains, though there are many people who travel to this park in order to climb up them to the very top.

Trzy Korony, Pieniny National Park, Poland by Jerzy Opioła

These majestic mountains are built from limestone and truly complete the picturesque look which has attracted so many visitors from all over the world. Although Trzy Korony is not the tallest mountain in all of Pieniny, it is certainly an amazing sight to see in the area.

There are numerous points of access for those who wish to visit this park, including Stara Lubovna, Spisska Stara Ves, and Cerveny Klastor. You can also visit another park that is nearby – High Tatras National Park.

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The Jordan is a river that is perfectly well known not simply in The Netherlands but also in the whole of Europe. It is most distinctive with its beautiful outlook, with the gorgeous ornamentation on its banks in Amsterdam and most of all with its peaceful but undeniably gorgeous atmosphere, which can bring out only positive emotions for its visitors. On the two sides of its banks one will be able to notice not simply beautiful flower ornamentations but also a number of neat houses with a magnificent architectural design which will certainly add in a positive way to the experience of anyone who decides to pay a visit to the Jordan. It is a quiet place, which regardless how far from the center of the town is completely deprived of the feeling of numerous crowds or chaos. It is a very romantic place, one where you can only relax, sit down, have a cup of coffee and lead a long nice conversation with your close people for hours and hours, with the steady stream of the river on the background. Many tourists find this sensation quite enough for the Jordan to become their most favorite place to visit in Amsterdam.

Jordaan district, Amsterdam, The Netherlands by Mike Love

2. THE HISTORY

The history of the place certainly contributes a lot to its blissful feel and charisma, aside from the proper Amsterdam funding for the landmark place. The neighborhood around the river has been initially established four centuries ago as a district for newcomers and this is where the numerous little houses come from, although of course, with the years passing, and especially in modern times in order to boast it as a tourist attraction, those houses have been refurnished, updated and made much more beautiful. After the 1950s, the place was entirely devoted to tourism and numerous architects, students and scholars worked together since then to elevate its beauty and charisma until now when the result pays off more than enough.

3. THE SPECTACLES

Among the many impressive add-ons to The Jordan are the place’s canals. It is in many ways comparable to the Venice ones and only with good reasons. The water of the Jordan is additionally ornamented with beautiful trees which provide a feeling of sprightliness and freshness around its banks and in combination with the canals visible the artistic and romantic feel of the river becomes full. There are also a number of memorable structures around the river like museums. For instance, one of them bears the name of The Anne Frank House which is positioned on the very edge of the river and every day it is visited by at least one thousand tourists. The place is equally beautiful throughout any season, with every season giving it a different feel, a different shade, but the peaceful atmosphere is retained, just the feeling of tranquility and of course the visual style of the place is altered slightly. Close by lies the infamous attic of Otto Frank and his family. The place is so well attended and so well supported that there are rumors that even waiting on the queue besides the view of the Jordan is worth it. Around the Jordan you will also come across some wonderful restaurants with delicious trademark Netherlands kitchen. Side by side them you will also be able to visit numerous elegant and exotic shops, both expensive and some other more affordable for clothes, jewelery, etc. And throughout the whole street, and therefore-steam of the river you will be accompanied by the music of street performers which complete the picture of perfection for this beautiful tourist destination.

Bio: Julia Dawson is very passionate traveller and writer. She likes discovering the beauty of unusual vacation destinations. Follow the link and find more ideas for unforgettable travel experiences: http://www.vacationhomes.net/vacation-rentals/netherlands/a9439.htm

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Kaliningrad, or Konigsberg, is perhaps most famous with the luminous citizens that it had bred throughout its history. The most well known of those must be Immanuel Kant. Kant is crucial in the history of thought, or philosophy, as it is more formally known, for uniting many conflicting views at the time. Briefly, Kant believed that the rift between empirisists and rationalists was illusionary or at best misguided. He, brilliantly, introduced the notions of apriori and aposteriori knowledge. The apriori knowledge includes our concepts of space, time, cause, effect, continuity and so on. These concepts shape the way we think and the way we perceive the world. These notions cannot be inferred from the world, they must exist independent and antedecent.

Old cathedral of Kaliningrad, Russia by Gumerov Ildar

However, these notions have no other purpose than perceiving the world. This is aposteriori knowledge – the objects and experiences that are categorized according to the apriori knowledge. The first one is the noumenal world, the second one is the phenomenal world. In a way, he said that we conform the world to ourselves, rather than conforming ourselves to the world.

Away from philosophy, and on to mathematics (which is not that different, really). Konigsberg was the place where a number of prominent and quite important mathematicians lived. One of the more recent ones is David Hilbert. Hilbert introduced many important ideas in the then rapidly changing world of mathematics. Ideas such as Hilbert spaces, which quickly became excellent and actually indispensable tools in Fourier analysis, quantum mechanics and partial differential equations, to name just a few. He is also one that brought to acceptance Georg Cantor’s set theories, but what Hilbert will be perhaps most remembered and known for in the non mathematical world is his Hilbert program. It was his effort to put mathematics on a firm basis, demanding rigorous proof and put forward a number of problems that were to be resolved if mathematics is to go forth. Many of them were resolved, but the whole program was doomed to fail, as Kurt Godel showed later with his Incompleteness Theorem.

Another of the Konigsberg mathematicians was Christian Goldbach, who, in a letter to Leonhard Euler proposed what is now known as the Goldbach conjecture. It simply states that any integer bigger than two can be written as a sum of two primes (another conjecture of his is that any integer bigger than five can be written as a sum of three primes). Speaking of Leonhard Euler, he has a problem that is actually directly connected to the city of Konigsberg (now Kaliningrad) and is known as the Seven Bridges of Konigsberg. When you are there, you should certainly try to solve it yourself. The problem is to find a way to cross all the bridges of Konigsberg, but going through each one only once. You are not allowed to reach the islands in any other way and you also have to cross each bridge completely, but without retracing it. It is a simple game, try it. Simple though as it is, this problem prefigured the field of topology and practically kickstarted graph theory.

Bio: Julia Dawson is dedicated traveller and blogger. She likes wandering around the world and revealing the splendour of new glamorous vacation spots. Her present article is dediacted to the very charming city of Kaliningrad. Find more magnificent holiday spots here: http://holiday-articles.com/top-holiday-tips-for-this-summer/

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London Eye, UK by Mario Sánchez Prada

Standing at 135 metres, the London Eye is one of London’s most recognisable landmarks allowing it’s is passengers one of the best views of the city of London available to the public.  Opened in the year 2000, The Eye was the brainchild of architects at Marks Barfield and offers visitors various ways to experience the view; private capsule rentals, interactive guides, i pad apps and guided capsules all mean tourists truly get the most out of there trip.

One of the most iconic buildings in the world, The Houses of Parliament and Big Ben’s clock tower stands proudly on the banks of the Thames at Westminster Bridge.  The chance to visit is one that should not be passed up, although a visit must be organised in advance, UK residents can organise a visit any time by contacting their MP and overseas guests can visit on Saturdays and throughout the summer opening.

British Parliament and Big Ben, London, UK by Maurice

The O2, or Millennium Dome as it was originally known, is another of London’s most iconic buildings.  Located at North Greenwich it is now one of the country’s most versatile venues hosting anything from NBA Basketball to WWE Wrestling not to mention a never ending stream of the world’s biggest music acts, in the coming months alone you could catch Beyonce, The Vaccines, Kings of Leon, Rod Stewart or The Who taking to the O2 stage.  The venue also has a various restaurants and bars as well as a multiplex cinema that is home to Europe’s biggest 3D movie theatre.

O2 arena (Millennium Dome), London, UK by James Jin

For a slightly different experience of the stage why not visit Shakespeare’s Globe.  A beloved recreation of Shakespeare’s original globe theatre your visit will let you see the works of Stratford’s most famous son brought to life in surroundings they were originally penned for.   The globe also offers talks, tours lectures and workshops.

Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London, UK by CJ TravelTips

There a number of historical buildings along the river banks that are well worth a visit, Southwark Cathedral is the oldest standing Cathedral church building in London and archaeologists have dated as far back as AD606 and also believe there to have been a place of Roman pagan worship there before that.  The beautiful Cathedral buildings are open Monday to Saturday 8am – 6pm and 8:30am – 6pm on Sundays; visitor restrictions may be in place during worship.  Another great slab of history and legend, The Tower of London, also sits on the Thames’ banks and has been the enforced home to Kings, Queens, Politicians and Playwrights many of whom would never leave once inside!! Now home to the Crown Jewels and a thousand years of history the tower is one of London’s best loved attractions and is a must see for anyone taking in the sights of the Thames.

Southwark Cathedral, London, UK by Ewen Roberts

With many more great attractions along the banks of the Thames just waiting to be explored, a weekend messing around on the river would be one well spent.  Transport links into and around London are frequent, fast and easy to navigate so that shouldn’t be an issue for anyone choosing to visit and there are plenty of places to stay that would give you a great start to explore the attractions of the Thames, hotels in the Victoria area of London keep you nice and close to both the main travel links and the river itself.

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London Eye, England, UK by Wilfried.B

The London city is wonderful and even when you happen to get a job here to spend your life time, you will not contain sufficient of this location. There are lot of places which is interest to view, that also includes with modern art gallery and festival hall. In London the place which you should not miss are Buckingham palace, South Kensington’s museum, Oxford Street and more. You can see large number of museums like Victoria and Albert museum, science museum, natural history museum and more.

There are plenty of places in London and you must spare your time to visit all these places. Amsterdam is one of the best places to travel in Europe. This destination has many places to visit like windmills, lion king show, zoos, churches, museums, parks, gardens and squares. This wonderful place contains a fantastic atmosphere. You can enjoy town’s old parts by walking and through canal boat. It provides you the chance to view the people lives on houseboats that lines the waterways. Barcelona is a beautiful city and it is one of the best places in Europe to travel. This destination is full of life with the surroundings which mixes elegance and rich.

You can enjoy the city and identify Art Nouveau architecture. The medieval romance which add to the beauty of the city. A must visit places in this Barcelona are incomplete church of Sagrada Familia and Gothic cathedral in the vacation times. It also contains large number of museums which present huge collections of Miro and Picasso art work. One of the best places to travel in Europe is Paris. It is a wonderful city which all can love this place. People who are living in Paris are stylish and it does not matter about the time you visit Paris, you will find this beautiful city alive and entertaining.

Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain by Wolfgang Staudt

The most popular place in Paris is Eiffel tower, along with this, there are number of iconic places which will make all the visitors to enjoy. The most recognized a place in Europe is Athens, Greece. Due to its historical significance, you can surely see plenty of attractions that can make you to spend more time. Certain spots like the Acropolis and Parliament building which is located at Syntagma square are must visit. Italy and Rome are the places in Europe which is rich in culture and tradition. You can enjoy on visiting the Roman Coliseum, Sistine capital, and pantheon. You can also engage yourself in the shopping malls because you can see large number of retail stores in this place.

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