In Norway, everyone enjoys the right of access to nature, a principle that dates back to the medieval concept of allemannsretten. Under this law, no landowner (including the government) can prevent people from walking in any open area (except cultivated fields), picking […]
Ethiopia: A Train Journey There aren’t many places in Africa where you can travel by passenger train, but the line from Addis Ababa to Djibouti is the only functioning railway in Ethiopia. Originally built by the French in the early 20th century […]
One August day, my wife and I decided to visit Lithuania’s main Catholic shrine, known worldwide after being visited by Pope John Paul II: the famous Hill of Crosses. Located 12 kilometers from Šiauliai, the fourth-largest city in Lithuania, we took the […]
