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More than 58 percent of Slovenia is forested, and brown bears still roam within an hour's drive of the capital.
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Slovenia · Europe
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On Lake Bled's only island, visitors climb 99 steps to ring a church bell said to grant a wish to anyone who rings it properly.
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Bled, Slovenia · Europe
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The Stari Most in Mostar was destroyed in 1993 and rebuilt stone by stone using original techniques, reopening in 2004.
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Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina · Europe
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The country's name refers to the dark pine forests of Mount Lovcen, which appear almost black from the coast.
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Montenegro · Europe
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Private car ownership was effectively forbidden in Albania until 1991, so the country went from almost no cars to full traffic in a single decade.
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Albania · Europe
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Lake Ohrid is among the oldest lakes on Earth, holding species found nowhere else after two to three million years of isolation.
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Ohrid, North Macedonia · Europe
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The word vampire entered western European languages in the 18th century from Serbian folklore reports sent back by Habsburg officials.
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Serbia · Europe
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Bulgaria's Rose Valley supplies a large share of the world's rose oil, and it takes roughly 3,000 kilograms of petals to make one kilogram of oil.
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Kazanlak, Bulgaria · Europe
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The Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest is the heaviest building on Earth, using around a million cubic metres of marble.
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Bucharest, Romania · Europe
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The Carpathian Mountains hold one of Europe's largest brown bear populations outside Russia, along with lynx and wolves.
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Transylvania, Romania · Europe
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The Cricova cellars run for more than 100 kilometres of tunnels with street names, and visitors tour them by electric car.
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Cricova, Moldova · Europe
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A working freight train trims a leafy corridor near Klevan into a perfect green tunnel that has become a pilgrimage for couples.
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Klevan, Ukraine · Europe
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This forest on the Polish border is the last large remnant of the woodland that once covered the European plain, home to wild European bison.
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Belovezhskaya Pushcha, Belarus · Europe
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A train from Moscow to Vladivostok crosses seven time zones, yet the whole Trans-Siberian timetable was long printed in Moscow time only.
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Russia · Europe
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Ireland genuinely has no native snakes, not because of St Patrick but because the island separated from Britain before snakes recolonised after the Ice Age.
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Ireland · Europe
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The Cliffs of Moher rise 214 metres at their highest point and take the full force of Atlantic swells that begin near Newfoundland.
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County Clare, Ireland · Europe
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Scotland's national animal is the unicorn, chosen in medieval heraldry as a symbol of purity and untamable strength.
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Scotland · Europe
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Edinburgh Castle stands on the plug of an extinct volcano, and Arthur's Seat in the city centre is another part of the same ancient system.
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Edinburgh, Scotland · Europe
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Wales counts roughly three sheep for every resident, and its hill farms have shaped the landscape for over a thousand years.
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Wales · Europe
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Llanfairpwllgwyngyll and its full 58-letter version was reportedly extended in the 1860s by a local tailor to attract railway tourists.
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Anglesey, Wales · Europe
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The Metropolitan Railway opened in 1863, making the London Underground the world's first urban underground railway.
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London, England · Europe
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Big Ben is the nickname of the great bell inside the tower. The tower itself was renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012.
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London, England · Europe
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Some of Stonehenge's bluestones were transported roughly 250 kilometres from the Preseli Hills in Wales more than 4,000 years ago.
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Wiltshire, England · Europe
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Around 1.1 million litres of 46-degree water rise through Bath's Roman baths every day, heated deep underground and falling as rain thousands of years ago.
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Bath, England · Europe
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