Founded in 963 and expanded over the centuries, today the “Gibraltar of the North” is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The population used to hide in the tunnels during sieges. You can still tour them. Read more.
Love Italy but already been to Rome? Venice? Florence? Give Assisi a chance: basilicas, churches, cathedrals – the birthplace of St Francis, founder of the Franciscan order, does not disappoint. Read more.
This former production hall of the 100+ years-in-business car manufacturer now houses the Škoda Auto Museum. Cars were manufactured here as late as 1928 and the museum was remodelled in 2012. Read more.
5,500 hectares coupled with 42 km of bike paths, explore Hoge Veluwe the Dutch way: on two wheels. Don’t forget to visit the museum, housing the largest collection of Van Gogh’s outside Amsterdam. Read more.
Hailing for the 1st to 3rd century Roman Empire and serving as a surveillance and defence stronghold right up until the Serbo-Bulgarian War in 1885, today it stands as a monument of Bulgarian culture. Read more.
35 kilometres north of Copenhagen, Louisiana is worth the trip: hailed as one of the world’s most beautiful museums, you’ll enjoy the architecture, exhibitions and panoramic view of Øresund alike. Read more.
Like museums? Then you’ll love it here: the entire village is an open-air museum, collecting 80 historical buildings – filled with thousands of artefacts – from all over the Weinviertl. Read more.
Enjoy beautiful quiet scenery and family fun in this ancient crater mountain lake: swimming, climbing, canoeing and hiking – or just stay at the beach and take in the activities from your sun chair. Read more.
The fourth greatest natural wonder in the UK, folklore tells us the 40,000 interlocking basalts were originally giant-made. Geology tells us it was actually a volcanic eruption. Either way: worth it! Read more.
50 hours off Tahiti, Rapa Iti is one of the South Pacific’s most isolated islands – and still a part of the EU! Its 400+ inhabitants enjoy EU benefits such as the popular Erasmus+ programme. Read more.
Open Doors 2014 offers a wide variety of activities and concerts. Just make sure to be there for the opening ceremony @ 12.00 CET: Ixelles mayor Willy Decourty wouldn’t miss it for the world. Read more.
Welcome to Open Doors 2014! Come meet the different political groups and directorate-generals – and make sure not to miss the Greek Presidency photo exhibition, “Around Greece/The Experience”. Read more.
This was once Vilnius’ first power plant. Lithuania is still struggling to cut its energy-dependency on Russia. Being in the EU helps it establish power interconnections with its European neighbours. Read more.
Can the answers to the universe’s big mysteries be found in the Mediterranean? Scientists believe so, placing the underwater telescope Nestor at the bottom in an attempt to unravel a few of them. Read more.
One of 93 Transylvanian castle gardens painstakingly documented by the faculty of landscape architecture at Budapest’s Corvinus University. This earned it the 2014 Europa Nostra Award for research. Read more.
“The authenticity of this restoration, using research methods and professional restorers, deserves to be widely copied,” said the jury, making it a winner of the EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014. Read more.
Does your city have a “new urban regeneration model where people and creative industries cooperate and spur growth”? Malaga does – this is why it was shortlisted for first EU Capital of Innovation. Read more.
European Parliament ex-president Jerzy Buzek opened ReACT Warsaw, the second of five conferences throughout Europe. The theme in Warsaw is EU in the world: how can the EU wield more influence abroad? Read more.
8 November, the lights were switched off and a banner was projected across the façade, promoting the second ReACT event 14 November: EU influence in the world, from energy prices to data protection. Read more.
President Schulz joined teachers and students in a school debate on the topic “Europe and the youth”, signed the school guestbook and met with the mayor of Viljandi, Loit Kivistik. Read more.
A safe, modern integrated railway network is one of the EU’s major priorities. The European Railway Agency provides technical assistance in the fields of railway safety and interoperability. Read more.
Europol is the EU’s law enforcement agency. Its main goal is to help achieve a safer Europe. In achieving this, it deals with over 13.500 cross–border investigations each year. Read more.
Established in 1993, The EMCDDA exists to provide the EU and its Member States with a factual overview of European drug problems and a solid base of evidence to support the drugs debate. Read more.
The main task of the EEA is to provide sound, independent information on the environment for those involved in developing, adopting, implementing and evaluating environmental policy. Read more.
The largest town in Cavan County, the “Lakeland County” countryside famously dotted with 365 lakes – one for each day of the year – Cavan is a true hidden treasure waiting to be discovered. Read more.
It not just the ocean view that’s impressive: you may also recognize this 13th century Brittany castle from the movie 1958 movie “Vikings”, starring Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis! Read more.
This glacial lake is Slovenia’s largest permanent lake, home of the brown trout and a popular day trip destination for swimming and other water sports. Read more.
Rent a bike and discover Estonia’s 4th biggest island: Celtic crosses in the cemetery, Viking remnants – the island is even said to be named after a Viking - coastal grasslands, bays and lagoons. Read more.
A place of true natural beauty and a favourite of hikers, be sure to come here in the summer as it gets very cold and some years the lakes can be frozen for as long as October till June. Read more.
A UNESCO world heritage since 1995, besides sun the small city of Visby offers visitors winding cobblestone streets, church ruins – and of course the famous 13th century city wall is a must. Read more.