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The lovely colours of the autumn is starting to find its wayto the pictures published on flashpacker.org. Stockholm, Sandhamn and Paris have all gotten their fair attention. Speaking of Paris, I recently visited the culinary capital of the world to find out what to exptect from its blooming bistronomies, my results can be found in A Weekend to Discover Bistronomy in Paris.

I recently ...

A Bistronomy is a classic bistro restaurant that seeks to bring an eating experience rivalling or even surpassing the classic gastronomic restaurants on a vastly more moderate budget. It does so by stripping away some of the more expensive extras normally associated with these restaurants and more or less only focus on the food. There's no army of waiters, the dining rooms are packed much tighter, ...

Stockholm is the capital and biggest city in Sweden and the primary hub in the Baltic Sea for politics, economics and culture. Stockholm is built on a number of islands, each representing a distinct part of the city.

It was founded by Birger Jarl in the middle of the 13th century as a stronghold to control the inlet to Mälaren. The castle Tre Kronor (also from the 13th century) was ...

Las Vegas is the Mecca for gambling but there's much more to it nowadays. Everything is built to support gambling so accomodation, entertainment and food can often be found at very good value.

The city is divided in two main areas for visitors, The Strip and Downtown. Basically, most older resorts and casinos are situated close to Downtown while the newer are placed nearer the ariport ...

Visby is one of the oldest cities in Sweden and the main city of the island Gotland. Most of the buidlings inside the city walls date back to medieval times.

Valletta is the capital of Malta and part of the four cities that form the major urban area on the island.