Plitvice Lakes is a cascade of 16 lakes interconnected by straits and waterfalls. This is a real treasure of Croatia and one of the most beautiful places in Europe. Lakes are on the national park reserve territory, the park covers an area of 300 square meters.…

The country’s capital – Bern (Berne, Berna) lies in the central Switzerland western part and at the same time is the capital of the canton of the same name. Bern is a tiny city despite its capital status (only 130 thousand inhabitants, together with its suburbs…

The Central Armed Forces Museum (рус. Центральный Музей Вооруженных сил) also known as the Museum of the Soviet Army, is located in northern Moscow, Russia, near the Red Army Theater and Ekaterininsky Park. The first exposition which showed the military condition…

The Vadim Zadorozhny Museum of Technology (рус. Музей техники Вадима Задорожного) is one of the largest in Europe and the largest in Russia (Moscow) private museum of historical technology. Here you can find the best rare exhibits of the last century: airplanes…

The fountain “The Friendship of Peoples”. VDNKh Park, Moscow Created in 1954. The architect is K. Topuridze, the engineer is V. Klyavina, the sculptors are Z. Bazhenova, A. Teneta, I. Chaikov, Z. Ryleeva, V. Gavrilov. The fountain has an oval geometry: its…

Park Pobedy (Victory Park) is a cross-platform station of Moscow Metro on Arbat-Pokrovskaya and Solntsevskaya lines. Located in the Dorogomilovo region, Moscow (WAD); named after the park of the same name. It was opened on May 6th, 2003 as part of the Kievskaya…

Moon image. Museum of Space and Astronaut`s Alley, Moscow, VDNKh

Meeting of waters of Amazon and Rio Negro rivers in Brazil. 2005 The black waters of the Rio Negro River meet the sandy-beige Amazon River, or rather one of its tributaries, the Solimines about 10 kilometers from Manaus city in northern Brazil. The waters…

Zambezi national park and Victoria Falls Zambezi National Park is a national park located upstream from Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe. It was split off from Victoria Falls National Park in 1979 and is 56,000 hectares (140,000 acres) in size.…

Bicycles in Zurich, Switzerland A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike, push-bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-powered assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A bicycle rider…

Aare Gorge is located in Switzerland, in the Bernese Alps, in the Hasli Valley, which stretches from the Grimsel Pass to Lake Brientz. The gorge is located between Innertkirchen and Meiringen towns. This area rocks consist of very hard limestone formed in…