Europe

"A game of observation and imagination": how a street photographer from Spain fights boredom

13-07-2024

"A game of observation and imagination": how a street ...

The Instagram of the Spanish photographer Pau Buscató is a vivid example of how unusual a view of the world can be. A young man ...

London youngsters of the 70s and 80s

12-07-2024

London youngsters of the 70s and 80s

Looking at the photos of Ridgers, it is difficult to understand where fashion ended and rebellion began at that time. So it was ...

Portrait of his wife: Russian Muses of European artists

12-07-2024

Portrait of his wife: Russian Muses of European artists

On July 12, 1919, the marriage of the artist Pablo Picasso and his beloved Olga Khokhlova took place at the city hall of the ...

The history of one monument, or how the British executed a monkey for espionage

11-07-2024

The history of one monument, or how the British executed a ...

On the northeast coast of Great Britain is a small port city of Hartpool. This is a boring province where there is absolutely ...

Norwegian Museum Lofotr: a journey into the world of Vikings

11-07-2024

Norwegian Museum Lofotr: a journey into the world of Vikings

There is a museum in the north of Norway, which is not boring, but really interesting. The main object of the Lofotr museum complex ...

Urinal de Paris: Paris ' surprisingly well-designed public toilets for the 19th century

10-07-2024

Urinal de Paris: Paris ' surprisingly well-designed public ...

In a bygone era, photographer Charles Marville was an avid toilet photography enthusiast. Strange as it may sound, there were ...

Power in Motion — Spanish photographer turns street graffiti into GIF

09-07-2024

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 last peaceful summer of pre-war Paris, 1939

09-07-2024

The last peaceful summer of pre-war Paris, 1939

These photos are 80 years old this year. They were taken by LIFE magazine photographer William Vandiver during his business trip to ...

What is a porn passport and how it will help protect children from “adult” content

09-07-2024

What is a porn passport and how it will help protect children ...

The problem of children's access to non-children's content occupies many people today. Alas, in most cases everything is ...

25 amazing facts about Switzerland that you probably didn't know about

08-07-2024

25 amazing facts about Switzerland that you probably didn't ...

Yes, you probably know that in Switzerland there are Alpine mountains, reliable banks and a lot of chocolate. But you probably ...

Carnyx - the psychological weapon of the ancient Celts

07-07-2024

Carnyx - the psychological weapon of the ancient Celts

In ancient wars, along with conventional weapons, psychological weapons were often used. Frightening-looking objects, and musical ...

Best kids: 15 spectacular failures of designers of playgrounds

07-07-2024

Best kids: 15 spectacular failures of designers of playgrounds

We all know that children — this is the best thing on earth. So is it any wonder that on the grounds for kids trying to ...

Ronda — the city on the rocks and the soul of Andalusia

06-07-2024

Ronda — the city on the rocks and the soul of Andalusia

Ronda is a small but very colorful Spanish town located in the north-west of the province of Malaga. On the official website of the ...

What is hobbyhorsing, or Why do people jump on sticks

06-07-2024

What is hobbyhorsing, or Why do people jump on sticks

As a child, many dreamed of saddling a dashing steed and racing it headlong. Some adults also dream about it. But horse riding is ...

Parisian windows into the history of the 19th and 20th centuries

06-07-2024

Parisian windows into the history of the 19th and 20th centuries

French photographer from Paris Julien Knez found retrophotographs taken between 1871 and 1968. In the photos you can see what the ...

Brilliant photography by photojournalism pioneer Kurt Hutton

06-07-2024

Brilliant photography by photojournalism pioneer Kurt Hutton

Photographer Kurt Hutton (or Kurt Hubschmann) was born in Germany in 1893. He began his photography career with the German agency ...

How actress Monica Vitti went against beauty standards and became the face of the era herself

05-07-2024

How actress Monica Vitti went against beauty standards and ...

Fashion is fickle, and it's not just about clothes. Beauty standards are also changing. If earlier cosmetics, diets and ...

Enemy of the state № 1: Jacques Mesrine — the robber, to whom France declared war

05-07-2024

Enemy of the state № 1: Jacques Mesrine — the robber, to ...

About Jacques mesrine written many books and filmed several movies. In France, it is the way it is today is contradictory and ...

"Prisencolinensinainciusol": How Adriano Celentano's meaningless song became an immortal hit

05-07-2024

"Prisencolinensinainciusol": How Adriano Celentano's ...

Surely you have ever sung songs in foreign languages unknown to you as you hear them. It sounds funny, but only in the performance ...

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

05-07-2024

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 ...

European ruins through the eyes of a Polish teacher

05-07-2024

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 ...

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

04-07-2024

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 ...

Drowning in Nantes — a monstrous massacre organized by a fanatic

03-07-2024

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 ...

8 porn actresses, on which the adult cinema of the Czech Republic is based

03-07-2024

8 porn actresses, on which the adult cinema of the Czech ...

If you ask porn connoisseurs about which country's adult films they like the most, many will answer that they are Czech. The ...

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

03-07-2024

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 ...

Why did Europeans eat Egyptian mummies during the Middle Ages

02-07-2024

Why did Europeans eat Egyptian mummies during the Middle Ages

Europeans have not always been enlightened. During the Middle Ages, the Italian, French, and German nobility ate the powdered ...