Europe

How Venetian Gondolas Are Made and How to Become a Gondolier

11-08-2024

How Venetian Gondolas Are Made and How to Become a Gondolier

One of the symbols of beautiful Venice is the gondola. These elegant black boats are the first thing that comes to mind when ...

"Underground Cathedral" of Lodz - the most beautiful sewer system in Europe

11-08-2024

"Underground Cathedral" of Lodz - the most ...

Each ancient city has unique attractions that you will not see anywhere else. There are many such places in Polish Lodz, but the ...

Top 15 Viral Moments From The 2024 Olympics That Captivated The World

11-08-2024

Top 15 Viral Moments From The 2024 Olympics That Captivated ...

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games have officially ended, and in their wake, they left unforgettable memories and moments.

Hand of glory — the eerie exhibit of the British Museum Whitby

11-08-2024

Hand of glory — the eerie exhibit of the British Museum Whitby

Parts of dead bodies had long been the attributes of witchcraft. The most famous occult object of this type in the Middle ages was ...

"Ladder of the dead" in the Austrian concentration camp Mauthausen

11-08-2024

"Ladder of the dead" in the Austrian concentration camp ...

The Mauthausen concentration camp was located 20 kilometers east of Linz, the administrative center of Upper Austria. It was the ...

The Kagots are a mysterious tribe of untouchables from Western Europe

11-08-2024

The Kagots are a mysterious tribe of untouchables from ...

In Asia, the caste system has existed for thousands of years. It is known that India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and even Japan ...

The power and the pain: soulful portraits of women Iranian artist Afarin Sajedi

11-08-2024

The power and the pain: soulful portraits of women Iranian ...

About feminine essence can talk endlessly. Art never ceases to admire and be inspired by the sensual images of the beautiful half ...

17 realistic three-dimensional graffiti by French artist Pierrot

10-08-2024

17 realistic three-dimensional graffiti by French artist Pierrot

City streets can be quite boring and dull. That's why it's interesting to see how amazing and creative street artists give them ...

Some Of My Best Photos From Backpacking In British Columbia

10-08-2024

Some Of My Best Photos From Backpacking In British Columbia

I had the chance to go backpacking for a second time in British Columbia last week, these are some of my favorites from that trip.

Sex in the time of cholera: about sexual life during the "Black death"

10-08-2024

Sex in the time of cholera: about sexual life during the ...

"Black death" — the second plague pandemic, which occurred in the middle of the XIV century and claimed the lives of tens of ...

The epidemic of madness in Pont-Saint-Esprit: how poisoned bread drove the french crazy

10-08-2024

The epidemic of madness in Pont-Saint-Esprit: how poisoned ...

In August 1951, the whole world suddenly found out about the small town of Pont-Saint-Esprit, located in the south of France. ...

Greek cuisine. Rating of traditional dishes

09-08-2024

Greek cuisine. Rating of traditional dishes

Greek cuisine is the internationally recognized queen of the Balkan Peninsula. It is based on olive oil, vegetables, fish, meat ...

The Story of the Great London Fire, or How a small candle changed the Capital

09-08-2024

The Story of the Great London Fire, or How a small candle ...

By the middle of the 17th century, London was a crowded city with narrow streets, in which houses were built of wood and covered ...

The Evil Fate of Singer Dalida: Success, Fame, and the Cycle of Deaths

08-08-2024

The Evil Fate of Singer Dalida: Success, Fame, and the Cycle ...

Many success stories hide life dramas and years of hopelessness and despair. Most often, stars hide their troubles, and the viewer ...

Everyday life of English crime

08-08-2024

Everyday life of English crime

The series of photographs presented here by Jocelyn Bain Hogg is called The Firm. The Firm is a large criminal gang based in ...

Mowgli on the contrary: the Norwegian brought up the four wolves and became the "leader of the pack"

08-08-2024

Mowgli on the contrary: the Norwegian brought up the four ...

A resident of Norway Frank Andre Soma (Frank Andre Soma) has 20 years experience in the natural Park Langedrag (Langedrag). Here a ...

"I can see everything from above": 22 aerial photo of Karolis Janulis

08-08-2024

"I can see everything from above": 22 aerial photo of Karolis ...

Lithuanian photographer Karolis Janulis captured the stunning beauty of Lithuania, Croatia and Slovakia on camera from the air. His ...

12 main mystical places in Europe

07-08-2024

12 main mystical places in Europe

Old World. There doesn't seem to be a town, a castle, or a narrow cobbled street here that doesn't have ghost stories, scary bloody ...

The story of Manfred Fritz Bayorat, a sailor who became a mummy on a ghost ship

06-08-2024

The story of Manfred Fritz Bayorat, a sailor who became a ...

In 2016, the news about a strange and frightening find spread around the world. A "mummy" of the German navigator Manfred Fritz ...

Luxury tattoos of the Victorian era — Cherubs, dragons and coats of arms

06-08-2024

Luxury tattoos of the Victorian era — Cherubs, dragons and ...

We are used to seeing unbearably serious people in decent closed clothes in old photographs. But there are also such pictures where ...

From hearts to Karl Marx: 13 unusual traffic signals from around the world

05-08-2024

From hearts to Karl Marx: 13 unusual traffic signals from ...

August 5 is International Traffic Light Day! How many different traffic lights do you think there are? Bigpiccha invites you to ...

What Riga looked like 30 years ago

04-08-2024

What Riga looked like 30 years ago

The Baltic States in the Soviet years were something like their "little abroad" — beautiful clean streets of Baltic cities, ...

6 very strange Scandinavian fish dishes, from where tourists turn up

04-08-2024

6 very strange Scandinavian fish dishes, from where tourists ...

Long harsh Scandinavians eat food fisheries. Is in the kitchen of Scandinavian countries are very specific fish dishes. Their taste ...

Olympic gymnast Georgia Villa and her cheese inspiration

04-08-2024

Olympic gymnast Georgia Villa and her cheese inspiration

There are more and more unusual sponsorship deals popping up in the world of sports, but Italian gymnast Georgia Villa has taken ...

Parmesan-delicious, but expensive: the passion of English sailors for Italian cheese

04-08-2024

Parmesan-delicious, but expensive: the passion of English ...

With the beginning of sea voyages, the issue of food was a serious problem for European sailors. In the damp and stuffy ship's ...

Fairy tale in reality: travelers make fantastic pictures to show the beauty of the real world

04-08-2024

Fairy tale in reality: travelers make fantastic pictures to ...

Every tale has some truth. Loving each other and travel TJ Drysdale (TJ Drysdale) and Victoria beach (Victoria Yore) have shown ...