Despised by someone, loved by others. Only New York has more skyscrapers per square meter. Benidorm was the first holiday paradise in...

The lighthouse on the top of the cliff at the entrance to the Albir Bay in the Sierra Helada National Park was built in 1863 in...

The village of Biar has an interesting history. It was in the middle of an area that both the Moors and Spaniards fought. The ownership...

Already in the early 1900s, parts of the Akerselva were converted to a park. For a long period of time large parts of the river were put...

In the summer of 1986 Christian Skredsvig and his wife Maggi Plate invited five artist friends to Fleskum farm. In this artist...

On the outskirts of Strömstad there is a cluster of houses, a small western city. Here you can see how they lived in the 19th century....

Perhaps Strömstad's least known beach, but perfect in northern wind. Just behind Strömstad's camping you will find an area with a small...

An hour's drive from Strømstad in Sweden you'll find a small island called Hållö - right outside the tourist resort Smögen. Here...

Tjurpannan National Park is the most beautiful area in Bohuslän. Where the trees have been chopped and the bushes burned to restore the...

A few kilometers from Strömstad lies Blomsholm Manor. Here you can follow a cultural trail through Sweden's largest ship memorial,...

A 20 minute boat ride from Santa Pola just outside Alicante is a small, flat island that has been both a haven for pirates and a prison...

Europe's largest palm grove is found in the town of Elche a few miles inland from Alicante on the Costa Blanca. The area is 1.5 square...

Just outside the small fishing village of Javea - located a few kilometers south of the more famous coastal town of Dénia on the Costa Blanca - is a small sandy beach with pebbles. In this bay, locals have been fishing sardines for centuries - hence the name Cala Sardinera. Large nets were lowered mornings and evenings. Soft sand and limestone has been rounded and eroded by waves over time. The tour starts at mirador Creu de Portixol. Here is the sign for the Cap Prim viewpoi

In the southernmost part of the Sierra Aitana lies Monte Ponoch (Ponoig) or the sleeping lion, which it is called because it is similar...

Hvalstrand bath is the most traditional bathing facility in Asker. It was created in 1934 by private owners with a plundge tower, roller...

The Kadettangen beach has expanded its area with a much larger sandy beach, large lawns with trees, a swan-shaped plunge tower, showers,...

Just outside the center of Strömstad there is a child safe beach area which is also adapted for the disabled. In the area there a water...

Styrsö is the closest neighbor on the mainland to the Koster Islands. Here you can rent rooms at the hostel or simply enjoy the fine...

Kalvøya is one of Bærum's most popular seaside resorts. It is located just outside the Kadettangen connected by a footbridge. On the...

On Nord Långö in the archipelago just off Strömstad is a small park with a small beach. Here you can moor with your own boat, or come...