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Oscar Fredriks Kryka

Tickets for public transport in Goteborg work similarly to those in Malta.  Once you have bought and validated your ticket, … More

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In and around Centralstation

Like in many other European cities, the station building in Goteborg is an architectural marvel, both from the inside and … More

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Hours in Oslo

Having spent quite some time in Norway already, I decided to only stop in Oslo for a few hours.  Luckily, … More

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Brewing up a hill

The competition organisers put on a couple of excursions which any competition participants could join if they wished.  The first … More

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Spring snow

My next trip to a European country was to Norway in April.  I was invited to judge the European Indoor … More

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Why is Sofia called Sofia?

As mentioned in my first post about Sofia, the city was originally called Serdica.  It lay on a much trafficked … More

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More walking around Sofia

After leaving the shopping centre, we walked a little further south to a spot from which you can see a … More

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Free Sofia Tour

This is not a tour to free a captive Sofia, rather it is a free walking tour around the city … More

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St Aleksander Nevsky Cathedral

The architect who build St Nicholas’ Russian Orthodox church was being supervised by A Smirnov, who was building the Aleksander … More

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St Nicholas

On my first walk out in the city, found the Russian Orthodox church of St Nicholas governed by the Moscow … More

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