Typically, I rather like to change hotels after a few days, also to have some different impressions and material for Flyctory.com. Thus, it was quite remarkable that I stayed four nights in a row at the Radisson Blu in Espoo…
Museum Luciano Pavarotti House
Without a doubt, Luciano Pavarotti is one of the biggest music legends in recent history. The Italian is regarded to be very home-loving – thus, it is not too surprising that he died in 2007 in the same city where…
Madame Tussauds Berlin
Madame Tussauds is a global franchise – not too surprisingly, they also have an outlet in the German capital, Berlin. As I bought a Merlin Annual Pass for Germany anyway, the wax museum was on one of the top positions…
Myvatn – Natural Thermal Pool in Northern Iceland
Having a swim in a (somehow) natural geothermal pool in Iceland feels to be the equivalent to the Blue Lagoon. The place on Reykjanes, not too far away from Keflavik Airport (KEF) is just the most iconic and likely most…
Hampton by Hilton Warsaw City Centre
Arriving from Krakow testing the Polish EIP high-speed train and heading on to Berlin with the Berlin-Warsaw Express – all I needed for a stay in late August 2021 was a place close to the Warsaw Central Station, Warszawa Centralna. As…
InterContinental Toronto Centre
For my trip to Toronto in September 2021, just after the re-opening of Canadian borders, I needed a hotel centrally located to Union Station and the Billy Bishop Airport (YTZ). As there were just quite posh options available, I chose…
Extermination Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau
The same faith which applies to Oswiecim in Poland (better known under the former German name Auschwitz) is also valid, maybe even more, for Brzezinka. As Birkenau, about one million people were systematically murdered in the gas chambers of the Concentration…
The Bridge Between Europe and North America (Pictured Story)
What is the shortest flight time between Canada and the European Union? Can you walk from the USA to Russia? Is there a bridge between North America and Europe? While the first two questions are not in scope of this Pictured…