CITY VACATION
20 Dec Liverpool
Maritime Liverpool is the center of Lancashire in north-western England, on the coast of the Liverpool Bay of the Irish Sea. It has appr. 460,000 residents, whole metropolitan area having population around 1,5 million. The city is known for its music life and is recognised by Guinness World Records as the World Capital City of Pop, The Beatles being the most famous band originally from Liverpool. The average native of Liverpool, ”Scouser”, speaks droll dialect and surely knows how to party. Liverpool was the European Capital of Culture together with Stavanger in 2008.
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14 Dec Roskilde
Roskilde is one of the historical localities of Denmark. It is located on the West Zealand, 30 kilometres west of Copenhagen. It has about 49, 000 residents.
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14 Dec Sofia
Modern Sofia is the capital of Bulgaria and its largest city with appr. 1,2 million residents.
14 Dec Stockholm
Intriguing Stockholm is located between the Läke Mälaren and the coast of the Baltic Sea, its central parts consists 14 islands. It has about 910,000 residents.
14 Dec Gothenburg
Maritime Gothenburg is the second largest city of Sweden and is situated on the estuary of the Göta River and west coast of the country, by Kattegat Strait. It has appr. 540, 000 residents. The city was ranked as the 12th-most inventive city in the world by Forbes magazine in 2013.
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14 Dec Riga
Latvia’s capital Riga is the pearl among the Baltic cities and radiating Hanseatic history. It it situated on the shore of the Riga Bay and estuary of the Daugava, and it has appr. 640,000 residents.
14 Dec Vilnius
The magnifiscent city of Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania. It is located in the southeast part of Lithuania and with its appr. 540,000 residents it is second largest city of the Baltic states.
14 Dec Sibiu
Sibiu is the real gem of Transylvania straddling the Cibin River. It houses appr. 146, 000 residents. It is known as the cultural center of local German minority and was the European Capital of Culture in 2007.
14 Dec Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca – shortened often as ”Cluj” – is the second largest city of Romania as well as the center of mountaineous Transylvania locating in the northwestern part of the country, Someșul Mic River valley. It has appr. 320,000 residents.