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Fascinating Europe @fascinatingeurope.bsky.social · 6h

🇸🇮 Piran in 1831: fishing boats in the little inner harbour, Venetian houses on the quay, and the bell tower of St George's high above. Oil painting by Leo von Klenze, the architect of Munich. #Piran #Pirano #Istria #Slovenia #Slovenija #Europe #OilPainting #art #vintage

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Fascinating Europe @fascinatingeurope.bsky.social · 17h

🇳🇱 The Oudezijds Kolk in Amsterdam in the 1890s: a narrow canal between tall brick houses, barges with barrels, green shutters and a sailmaker's sign. Photochrom by Photoglob Zürich. #Amsterdam #Netherlands #Nederland #Europe #photo #photography #vintage

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Fascinating Europe @fascinatingeurope.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🇩🇪 Emerald water, pale limestone cliffs, goats on the shore and a tiny boat far out on the lake: Koenigssee in the Bavarian Alps, painted by the Hungarian artist Dániel Somogyi in 1879. #Koenigssee #Berchtesgaden #Bavaria #Bayern #Germany #Europe #OilPainting #art #vintage

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Fascinating Europe @fascinatingeurope.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🇫🇮 Helsinki in the 1840s, seen from the rocks in the north-west: a quiet bay, a few sailing boats, and the new domed church rising over a still very small town. Lithograph by Magnus von Wright. #Helsinki #Helsingfors #Finland #Suomi #Europe #Lithography #art #vintage

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Fascinating Europe @fascinatingeurope.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🇮🇹 The Roman Forum in the 18th century, when it was called the Campo Vaccino, the cow field: cattle graze among ancient columns and arches, with the Colosseum beyond. Oil painting by Antonio Joli. #Rome #Roma #Italy #Italia #Europe #OilPainting #art #vintage

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Fascinating Europe @fascinatingeurope.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🇳🇱 The Amsterdamse Poort in Haarlem around 1900, the only one of the city's old gates still standing, mirrored in the still water in front of it. Photochrom by Photoglob Zürich. #Haarlem #AmsterdamsePoort #Netherlands #Nederland #Europe #photo #photography #vintage

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Fascinating Europe @fascinatingeurope.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🇨🇭 Bern seen from the Thun road: the Aare curving below the old town, the minster above its high terrace, and a family pausing on the path. Coloured aquatint by Johann Hürlimann after Gabriel Lory. #Bern #Switzerland #Schweiz #Europe #Aquatint #art #vintage

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Fascinating Europe @fascinatingeurope.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🇫🇮 Helsinki's South Harbour in 1893: yachts at their moorings, the first pavilion of the NJK yacht club on its little island, and the domes of the two cathedrals behind. Photo by Daniel Nyblin. #Helsinki #Finland #Suomi #Europe #photo #photography #BW #BlackAndWhite #vintage

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Fascinating Europe @fascinatingeurope.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🇮🇹 Fishermen haul in their nets in a quiet bay on the Amalfi Coast, with houses at the water's edge and a church on the slope above. Oil painting by Carl Morgenstern, 1867. #Amalfi #AmalfiCoast #CostieraAmalfitana #Italy #Italia #Europe #OilPainting #art #vintage

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Fascinating Europe @fascinatingeurope.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🇩🇪 The Frauenkirche in Dresden around 1898, its great stone dome above the Neumarkt, with Luther's statue in front and carriages crossing the square. Photochrom by Photoglob Zürich. #Dresden #Frauenkirche #Germany #Deutschland #Europe #Photochrom #vintage

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Fascinating Europe @fascinatingeurope.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🇨🇭 A floating washhouse on the Rhône in Geneva, with washerwomen at work and the old town and cathedral rising behind. Hand-coloured lithograph by Samuel Prout, 1839. #Geneva #Genève #Switzerland #Suisse #Europe #Lithography #art #vintage

Hand-coloured lithograph of Geneva: a wooden laundry boat with a red tiled roof floats on the Rhône, women wash linen on a stone bank, and the old town climbs to the cathedral towers, with a mountain ridge beyond.

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Fascinating Europe @fascinatingeurope.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🇦🇹 Heiligenblut in Carinthia, ca. 1860: the Gothic spire of St Vincent's church, wooden farmhouses, and behind them the white peak of the Grossglockner. Oil painting by Markus Pernhart. #Heiligenblut #Grossglockner #Austria #Österreich #Europe #OilPainting #vintage #art

Oil painting of Heiligenblut: a Gothic church with a tall needle spire and wooden farmhouses on sunlit slopes, a woman on a dirt path by a stone wall, and the snow-covered Grossglockner rising behind under a blue sky.

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Fascinating Europe @fascinatingeurope.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

🇳🇱 Old Utrecht - view of the Oudegracht from the north with the Bakkerbrug and the Bezembrug - based on the lithography by Reinier Craeyvanger from 1835. #Utrecht #Netherlands #Dutch #Nederland #art #artwork #vintage #cityscape #architecture #Europe #Europa #TheNetherlands #ArchitecturalRevival

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Fascinating Europe @fascinatingeurope.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Digitally colourized copperplate engraving of Aachen by Matthäus Merian from 1647. From "Topographia Westphaliae (Westphalen), Topographia Germaniae 8". #Aachen #Germany #Deutschland #Europe #art #artwork #Merian #CentralEurope #vintage #skyline #panorama #NRW #Europa

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Pomerania @pomerania.eurosky.social · 28/08/2026

The Duchy of Pomerania in the 17th century Zôpadnopòmòrsčé Ksižestwò w 17-tim stolatim Księstwo pomorskie w 17-tym wieku Herzogtum Pommern im 17. Jahrhundert #Pomerania #Pomorsko #Pommern #Pomorze #history #Baltic #Europe

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Fascinating Europe @fascinatingeurope.bsky.social · 14/02/2024

🇳🇴 📷 A cove in Eidfjord, in the region of Hardanger in Western Norway - a photograph by Knud Knudsen (1832-1915), one of Norway's first professional photographers, based in Bergen. #Europe #Norway #Norge #vintage #photography #Scandinavia #landscape #Nordic #photo #BW #blackandwhite #Europa

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Fascinating Europe @fascinatingeurope.bsky.social · 14/02/2024

🇩🇪 The Skyline of Cologne (Köln / Kölle) and the Rhine River - a photochrom print from around 1900. #Europe #Germany #vintage #photography #Rhein #Deutschland #Köln #Europa #NRW #foto #Fotografie #architecture

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Vegan Europe @veganeurope.eu · 18/02/2026

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is the Netherlands’ national museum, dedicated to Dutch art & history. The museum attracts millions of visitors annually. Discover more amazing things in Amsterdam: www.veganeurope.eu/destinations... #Vegan #Amsterdam #Europe #GoVegan #Europa #Nederland #Netherlands

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Fascinating Europe @fascinatingeurope.bsky.social · 14/02/2024

🇨🇭 Bern as Seen from the Southeast - a watercolour by Franz Schmid (1796-1851). Bern is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city". #Europe #Switzerland #Swiss #vintage #art #cityscape #watercolor #Schweiz #Europa #skyline

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Fascinating Europe @fascinatingeurope.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

The waterfront in the charming seaside resort town of Sassnitz in Western Pomerania, on the German Baltic coast - a photochrom print from the 1890s. The architecture hasn't changed much since then, just a little bit. #Europe #Germany #Deutschland #Baltic #Ostsee #vintage #travel #photography

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Vegan Europe @veganeurope.eu · 03/02/2026

VEGAN EUROPE presents: Prešeren Square in the beautiful Slovenian capital - Ljubljana. Explore Ljubljana with us: www.veganeurope.eu/destinations... #vegan #VeganEurope #veganism #Slovenia #Europe #Ljubljana #travel #Slovenija #Europa #CentralEurope #govegan

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Fascinating Europe @fascinatingeurope.bsky.social · 14/02/2024

🇮🇲 Loch Promenade in Douglas (Manx: Doolish), the largest town and the capital of the Isle of Man - a photochrom print from the 1890s. #Europe #IsleOfMan #vintage #photography #sea #cityscape #foto #photo

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Fascinating Europe @fascinatingeurope.bsky.social · 09/02/2024

The Old Town of Frankfurt am Main around 1900. The historic centre of Frankfurt was destroyed during WW II. Some buildings were reconstructed later, but the cityscape was to be dominated by modernist and even brutalist architecture. #Germany #Europe #blackandwhite #photography #vintage #cityscape

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Fight Chat Control @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

fightchatcontrol.eu is now available in an additional ten European languages: Български, Català, Deutsch, Nederlands, Ελληνικά, Español, Magyar, Português, Svenska, and Suomeksi. A big thank you to all who contributed to these efforts! Should you spot any issues, please reach out!

The Fight Chat Control website is now available in an additional ten European languages: Български, Català, Deutsch, Nederlands, Ελληνικά, Español, Magyar, Português, Svenska, and Suomeksi.

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Fascinating Europe @fascinatingeurope.bsky.social · 10/02/2024

The Norwegian city of Bergen as seen from the Rosenkrantz Tower, a.k.a. Walkendorff's Tower - a photochrom print from the 1890s #Europe #Norway #vintage #Scandinavia #photography #Norge #Europa #cityscape #travel

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Fascinating Europe @fascinatingeurope.bsky.social · 09/02/2024

Sackville Street and O'Connell Bridge in Dublin, a.k.a. Baile Átha Cliath, Ireland - a photochrom print from the 1890s #Europe #vintage #photography #Europa #travel

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Fascinating Europe @fascinatingeurope.bsky.social · 09/02/2024

View of Brno from the Southeast - engraving by Joris Hoefnagel from Volume 6 of Civitates Orbis Terrarum, published in 1617 Brno is the second-largest city in Czechia, and the largest one in Moravia. #Europe #vintage #history #art #Czech #CentralEurope

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Fascinating Europe @fascinatingeurope.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

🇵🇱 Kazimierz Dolny is a small picturesque town in eastern Poland, on the Vistula river.

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See Scandinavia @seescandinavia.com · 07/01/2025

🇩🇰 Rubjerg Knude Fyr, or Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse, is a truly unique experience on the picturesque Jutland coast in Denmark. Read and see more: www.seescandinavia.com/things-to-se... #Denmark #RubjergKnude #Danmark #photo #travel #destinations #architecture #photography #Scandinavia #lighthouse

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Fascinating Europe @fascinatingeurope.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

🇨🇭 Geneva as seen from the west, from Sankt-Jean - aquatint by an unknown artist, created probably between 1825-1830. Digitally restored. #Genève #Switzerland #Geneva #Genf #Schweiz #art #artwork #landscape #Europe #cityscape #CentralEurope #Alps #Swiss #Europa #Kunst #aquatint

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Amazing Czechia @amazingczechia.com · 27/11/2024

🇨🇿 The stunning skyline of Hradec Králové in north-eastern Bohemia, Czechia Read more: www.amazingczechia.com/destinations... #HradecKrálové #Czechia #HradecKralove #Czech #photography #Bohemia #Europe #foto #photo #CentralEurope #destinations #travel #skyline #cityscape

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Fascinating Europe @fascinatingeurope.bsky.social · 17/02/2024

🇨🇭 The Village of Grindelwald and the Wetterhorn in Switzerland - a photochrom print from the 1890s, colour-corrected. #Europe #Switzerland #Alps #Alpen #photography #vintage #landscape #mountains #Schweiz #Swiss #Europa #foto #fotografie #history #Grindelwald #Wetterhorn

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Ukraine is Beautiful @uatravel.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

1/ Franz de Mezer captured Kyiv’s beauty in the late 19th – early 20th century. A member of the Kyiv Literary & Artistic Society, he was friends with Lesia Ukrainka.

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Fascinating Europe @fascinatingeurope.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

🇨🇭 The old Schadau Castle in Thun, Switzerland - painting attributed to Caspar Wolf & created probably between 1774 & 1777. A new castle was built there in 1852. #CasparWolf #SchlossSchadau #Switzerland #Thun #ThunerSee #history #architecture #art #painting #artwork #Europe #Schweiz #Swiss #heritage

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See Scandinavia @seescandinavia.com · 06/01/2025

🇸🇪 Uppsala is Sweden's 4th largest city, famous for its cathedral and university. See more great places to visit in Sweden: www.seescandinavia.com/country/swed... #Sweden #Uppsala #Scandinavia #Europe #photography #travel #destinations #NorthernEurope #Sverige #foto #cityscape #photo #Nordic

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BLACK-AND-WHITE WORLD @blackandwhiteworld.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

🇫🇷 View of the Seine river during the 1900 Paris World Fair - captured by an unknown photographer and published in "N.D.. Exposition universelle de 1900" #Paris #France #photography #BlackAndWhite #vintage #foto #BW #cityscape #heritage #history #architecture #Europe #photo #BlackAndWhitePhotography

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