Chernobyl: Dark tourism at its most radioactive
Sure, heading to the site of the most devastating nuclear disaster in history doesn’t quite have any charm to it, but there’s plenty of reasons why you should…
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Ukraine : Everything you need to know about Kiev
Sure, it’s hardly one for the bucket list, but there are things to love about Kiev…
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Poprad: only worth it if you’re Tatra-bound
Get in, get directions, and then probably get out… This nondescript town is your gateway to the Tatras. Yes, there’s nothing to do there and no you should probably avoid …
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Bratislava: not as bad as Eurotrip makes out
Sure, it’s far from amazing but we’re not sure why the Slovak capital got such a bad reputation… As we all know, from taking fictional films like Hostel and Eurotrip …
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The High Tatras: a hike for the ages
The hike health and safety never reached… We don’t care if you’re not fit, you don’t have time, you’re not that into hiking: just do it. We, one faux fit …
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Warsaw – the miracle city that rebuilt, better
The little capital that could… The miracle city that rebuilt 80 % of its destroyed self after World War II, Warsaw is a lot less bleak and dull than we …
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Gdansk – beach, dumplings and history
To be honest, we didn’t even know there was beach in Poland.. A town I still don’t know how to pronounce, but I thoroughly enjoyed nonetheless, Gdansk is where we …
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Tivat and Budva
Kotor isn’t the only town in Montenegro TIVAT: Much akin to the Monte Carlo of Monaco, Tivat is a water man’s paradise (pictured above). The clean, whitewashed town is set …
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Belgrade – great shopping, and decent rakija
Another castle, another Eastern European capital I might not be doing justice to Serbia’s capital here, by this stage suffering from a severe case of Eastern European Capital Fatigue, but I …
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Zlatibor: Living like a local and sampling (and turning into) lard
The mountain town with plenty of charm… With a name that sounds like it might’ve been penned by J.K. Rowling, or be borrowed from the Pokemon universe, Zlatibor is a …
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