Within France, more than 150 canals were built. Most are still in service, as France now has the largest waterways network in Europe, about half of it in canals.
Europe is known for its mountain ranges and for its extensive web of rail networks that spans the continent. In that web are some two-thirds of the world’s mountain railways, lines that employ special technologies to climb and descend steep grades. And mainlines crisscross landscapes at lesser grades. It’s long been that way. Many of [...]
Many urban skiers dream of combining wintertime business and pleasure, of maintaining their city pursuits yet have skiing at their doorsteps. Few fulfill that dream, as city living and snow sports usually are distant from each other, and travel between them is time consuming. There’s an exception: Oslo, the Norwegian capital, where snow sports are part [...]
Arguably the greatest American contribution to Christmas is the story of Santa Claus arriving on the Eve in a sleigh hitched to a team of flying reindeer, known round the English-speaking world and beyond. Across Europe in December, “Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer” is heard in the mix of background music in shopping malls, and Christmas [...]
