Europe

The Muse of the Belle Epoque: the inimitable Cleo de Merode

29-07-2023

The Muse of the Belle Epoque: the inimitable Cleo de Merode

The end of the XIX century in France was the beginning of a Beautiful era — the time of aesthetics and elegance. Beautiful women, ...

Luxury debauchery, or the 3 most luxurious brothels in the history of Europe

29-07-2023

Luxury debauchery, or the 3 most luxurious brothels in the ...

It offers modern men an impressive selection of entertainment for every taste, starting with airsoft and computer games, ending ...

Sex in the Victorian era: slow, sad and rare

29-07-2023

Sex in the Victorian era: slow, sad and rare

The long reign of Queen Victoria, who ruled Great Britain from 1832 to 1901, was very controversial in terms of sexuality. Along ...

The story of Tolotos - a man who has never seen a woman in his long life

29-07-2023

The story of Tolotos - a man who has never seen a woman in ...

The world cannot be imagined without women. They give us beauty, affection and tenderness, although they often create problems. But ...

The elusive Dolce Vita: Italy in the photo classic by Gianni Berengo Gardina

28-07-2023

The elusive Dolce Vita: Italy in the photo classic by Gianni ...

Gianni Berengo Gardin is a world-famous photographer, a documentary filmmaker with a poetic look, a master who was admired by Henri ...

Power in Motion — Spanish photographer turns street graffiti into GIF

28-07-2023

Power in Motion — Spanish photographer turns street ...

We present to you a completely new genre of street art — graffiti! Spanish photographer A.L. Crego transforms street art into ...

The Beast of Zhevodan: a fairy tale with an unhappy ending

28-07-2023

The Beast of Zhevodan: a fairy tale with an unhappy ending

The summer of 1764 was very hot. By noon on June 1, the sun was scorching mercilessly and a shepherdess from the town of Langon ...

The Gypsy court — how does it differ from the secular one

28-07-2023

The Gypsy court — how does it differ from the secular one

Gypsies came to Europe in the XV century, and from the first years they showed their independence. Back in 1432, the Holy Roman ...

Louis XIV: The God-given Sun King who ruined France

27-07-2023

Louis XIV: The God-given Sun King who ruined France

Louis XIV de Bourbon, who was named Louis the God-given at birth, will forever remain in history as the most luxurious European ...

“Framed Moments”: 14 Photos That I Took

27-07-2023

“Framed Moments”: 14 Photos That I Took

In a fast-moving world, sometimes I need to slowly and constantly search to capture a great moment through a framed style. ...

How to make a Swiss army knife

26-07-2023

How to make a Swiss army knife

You are probably all familiar with the Swiss army knife — a multifunctional folding knife, which is equipped with a blade and ...

What London was like before Banksy: Street art of the 80s

26-07-2023

What London was like before Banksy: Street art of the 80s

In the 80's in the British capital began a craze for street art. More and more graffiti began to appear on the streets: from the ...

European ruins through the eyes of a Polish teacher

25-07-2023

European ruins through the eyes of a Polish teacher

Once there was a lot of life in these places, people lived and worked here. But time has passed, and for one reason or another they ...

The charm of everyday life in the warm watercolor illustrations of Clementine Petrova

25-07-2023

The charm of everyday life in the warm watercolor ...

Bulgarian artist and Illustrator Clementine Petrova (Petrova Clementine) paints long as he can remember. Now she moved to London, ...

The Falkirk Wheel is a unique rotating structure that lifts entire ships

25-07-2023

The Falkirk Wheel is a unique rotating structure that lifts ...

The Falkirk Wheel is located near the city of Falkirk (thanks to it, it got its name). This super-weapon is unique in its kind. The ...

Beer Love Post: how to cook a real " Guinness»

25-07-2023

Beer Love Post: how to cook a real " Guinness»

In 1759, the Irish brewer Arthur Guinness signed a lease for an abandoned brewery at St James ' Gate in Dublin. The annual rent was ...

One Contact Story: Rosa Lotti and the UFO Dwarfs

25-07-2023

One Contact Story: Rosa Lotti and the UFO Dwarfs

Amazing stories of contacts of earthlings with alien civilizations appear regularly. Now that science fiction has become one of the ...

The oldest operating restaurant in Europe is located in Poland, and it is already 700 years old

24-07-2023

The oldest operating restaurant in Europe is located in ...

"Pivnica Svidnica" (Piwnica Świdnicka) — the oldest restaurant in Europe. For seven hundred years it has been receiving ...

What is lacrimatory and why it is better to do without it

23-07-2023

What is lacrimatory and why it is better to do without it

The word lacrimatory (lacrymatory) comes from the Latin word "lacrima" — tears. It is a miniature oblong vessel made of glass or ...

Sensual photos by Andrea Habner

23-07-2023

Sensual photos by Andrea Habner

Andrea Hübner is a photographer from the German city of Mainz, the author of amazing and sensual female portraits. Not every ...

Etretat Gardens is an amazing and crazy place, imbued with the spirit of creativity

22-07-2023

Etretat Gardens is an amazing and crazy place, imbued with ...

Etretat Gardens is a park located in Normandy, in the north-west of France. This place is considered not just a masterpiece of ...

Drowning in Nantes — a monstrous massacre organized by a fanatic

22-07-2023

Drowning in Nantes — a monstrous massacre organized by a ...

The French Revolution of 1789 put an end to the monarchy. And at the same time, she took the lives of tens of thousands of ...

The artist Franz Anton Hoeger: a hard-boiled realist European paintings

22-07-2023

The artist Franz Anton Hoeger: a hard-boiled realist European ...

German artist Anton Franz Jugera (Franz Anton Hoeger) is considered one of the most unusual painters of Europe. In his paintings, ...

40 fabulous illustrations from a century ago by the magician Jon Bauer

21-07-2023

40 fabulous illustrations from a century ago by the magician ...

Swedish artist and illustrator Jon Bauer was born in Jönköping in 1882. At the beginning of his career, the artist traveled a lot ...

Zannon is a forgotten island of orgies with a dark past

21-07-2023

Zannon is a forgotten island of orgies with a dark past

Emerald-green waters, dazzling blue sky and hilly landscape-the miniature island of Zannon, lost in the Tyrrhenian Sea, is, it ...

The story of Bloody Mary the first Queen of England Mary Tudor

21-07-2023

The story of Bloody Mary the first Queen of England Mary Tudor

Mary Tudor was the first crowned Queen of England from 1553. As a child, her father — Henry VIII — Mary called "the most ...