Dirk Leyman became interested at a very young age in these peculiar accordion postcard albums, which every self-respecting tourist & souvenir hunter used to take home from their holiday. Dirk started to systematically collect them as time went by. The snapshots, which are folded in zig-zag fashion, are like relics of a long-gone era. Some are veritable typographical & photographic gems. Others are borderline kitsch, with their heavy-handed use of colour. Europe Express spans the decades between the two World Wars to the early Eighties, with photos of San Marco in Venice & the elegant Grand Hotels & the utopian, upstanding world of the former Soviet Union. ...

Europe Eyewitness travel guide from Dorling Kindersley is a lavishly illustrated book concerned with providing the visitor with detailed background information to Europe's key sightseeing destinations & a broad cultural introduction to each country. Popular historical buildings & museums are often described with cutaway diagrams allowing you to view ...

Europe Eyewitness travel guide from Dorling Kindersley is a lavishly illustrated book concerned with providing the visitor with detailed background information to Europe's key sightseeing destinations & a broad cultural introduction to each country. Popular historical buildings & museums are often described with cutaway diagrams allowing you to view ...

Europe Eyewitness travel guide from Dorling Kindersley is a lavishly illustrated book concerned with providing the visitor with detailed background information to Europe`s key sightseeing destinations & a broad cultural introduction to each country. Popular historical buildings & museums are often described with cutaway diagrams allowing you to view “inside” your destination, sites are shown with bird’s eye plans & small, more conventional maps contextualise regions & pinpoint places of interest. The guide is grouped into regions of The British Isles, France & the Low Countries, Iberian Peninsula, Italy & Greece, Germany, Austria & Switzerl&, Scandinavia, Central & Eastern Europe. A selection of places to stay & places to eat have been given for each nation, often divided into venues within popular city destinations of each country. Practical travel information is provided in the introduction & a simple plan of Europe`s rail network is shown inside the back cover. ...

Compact Road Atlas of Europe from Freytag & Berndt in an A4 paperback format, with coverage at 1:1, 500, 000 for route planning extending east beyond Moscow & to include the Aegean coast of Turkey. Plus town centre street plans of most capital cities within the coverage area. The atlas presents the network of main & selected secondary & local roads on a base with relief shading & colouring for forested regions. Driving distances are marked on main routes. Place names, particularly of main towns, are in larger size print that found in most mapping at this scale, but this unfortunately obscures the road network & other information within areas such as the Ruhr, the Netherlands, Paris or London conurbations, etc. Outside these densely populated areas the mapping is much clearer. Within Greece & countries using the Cyrillic alphabet names of larger towns are in the local & Latin alphabets. The maps have latitude & longitude lines at 1° intervals. The index, which

Includes:: postcodes, is arranged by country. The atlas also

Includes:: 34 one- or two-page city centre street plans of European capitals plus Istanbul (no plans of Sofia, Tirana, Skopje, Podgorica, Pristina & Chisinau). Map legend

Includes:: English.





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Impressive, 679-page Road Atlas of Europe from Freytag & Berndt in an A4 paperback format, with an extensive index of localities & indexed street plans of over 60 town centres. Mapping at 1:700, 000 extends east to cover Finl&, Baltic States, Pol&, Slovakia, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria & the Aegean coast of Turkey. Additional section at 1:2, 000, 000 covers the rest of Eastern Europe, extending within Russia beyond Moscow to Kazan’, Volgograd & the Caucasus, plus Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan & Turkey. The main section of the atlas at 1:700, 000 shows the road network including secondary roads, indicating seasonal closures, routes closed to or not recommended for caravans, steep gradients, scenic routes, etc. Railways & main ferry routes are also marked. Symbols indicate various monuments & sights, selected campsites, etc. with places of particular interest highlighted. Topography is well presented by unobtrusive relief shading with plenty of names of mountain ranges, peaks, etc, plus colouring for forested areas; national/natural parks are highlighted. Within Greece & the countries using the Cyrillic alphabet, names of towns & villages are in both Latin & local script; names of topographic features are in the Latin alphabet only. The maps have a latitude/longitude grid at intervals of 30’. Extensive, 150-page index is arranged by country & lists all localities with postcodes. In the less detailed section at 1:2, 000, 000 which extends the coverage eastwards, within Russia, Ukraine & Belarus names of larger & selected smaller towns are in both scripts, with other names in the Latin alphabet only. In Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan all place names are in the Latin alphabet. The maps have latitude & longitude lines at 1° intervals & the index is arranged by country. Centres of over 60 capital cities & other main town are presented on street plans at scales around 1:15, 000. Each plan cover one or two pages of the atlas & has a separate street index. Extra plates provide various additional information: EU, Schengen countries, Euro-zone, time zones, main driving regulations, etc. All map legends include English. ...

Which is the largest country in Europe? Do you know where Sweden is?- 1 Foam puzzle set, 32 country pieces, Sticker Set, Instructions- All country pieces are cut in the shape of the country as per political map & snugly fit with each other to create the World Map- Entertaining for all ages & helps improve geographical knowledge ...

The EFFE Guide is the festival guidebook celebrating the label & award recipients. It contains both inspiring articles on festival life as well as essential details on each festival taking part in this platform. The European project ` Europe for Festivals. Festivals for Europe` (EFFE) aims to provide a uniform platform for all cultural festivals in Europe. The EFFE platform has been set up with the support of the EU in order to highlight the quality & diversity of European festivals even more. A jury of international experts granted the first EFFE quality labels to a select group of 761 festivals in 31 countries. The EFFE platform also wants to stimulate innovation & turn Europe into a dynamic place for diversity, citizenship & democracy. ...

Several hundred satellite photos taken by the American NOAA satellite were used to build this map. The resulting image of the continent is both beautiful & breathtaking. For technophiles, the NOAA craft orbits the earth at a height of 840km & has five sensors with a ground resolution of 1x 1km. ...

The Europe Geo Puzzle by Geo Toys featuring a colourful map of Europe & pieces shaped like countries, helping children to build their motor, cognitive, language, & problem-solving skills. This colourful jigsaw is made from 58 pieces, a lot of them with contour cut following the shape of countries, the smaller countries are grouped together so that the pieces are kept to an average size that is comfortably handled by kids. The countries feature with their names & capital cities. Assembled the puzzle will measure 48.3x 32cm/19x 16inches. Made in Germany from recycled materials & developed for children aged 4+. This is a wonderful & fun way for children to learn geography & more. ...