Europe

Fantastic Maps Apps for Getting Around When Traveling

Fantastic Maps Apps for Getting Around When Traveling

The ultimate app tool-kit for getting anywhere - whether you want navigation to the closest ATM or find the cheapest way to cross the globe, your smart phone knows how to get you there. We'll help you navigate through the overwhelming amount of navigation apps and get the ones any traveller should carry with them when globetrotting!

How to make Danish braided Christmas heart decorations

How to make Danish braided Christmas heart decorations

The braided heart is a traditional Danish christmas decoration. Not only are they pretty, they can also be opened and filled with treats as well as hung on the christmas tree. They're surprisingly easy to make. Here's a quick guide so you can make your own 'christmas heart' step by step. 

24 Danish Christmas Traditions

24 Danish Christmas Traditions

Danes seriously know how to do christmas. We're lucky enough to spend christmas in christmas country and here's a run down of some of the awesome and crazy traditions that are to this day being honored in this capital of christmas.

Extremely funny Danish words pt. 2

Extremely funny Danish words pt. 2

Here's another one for you guys - A small collection of Danish words that will surely make you die from laughing (Well not literally die - it's just a Danish expression). Seriously. I am not taking pee on you (Translation: I'm not joking)...

The very best Turkish food

The very best Turkish food

Here are the most famous, weird, interesting and delicious must-try dishes from Turkey!
We've collected the best local food experiences while living with locals in Istanbul.
Don't miss out on these amazing dishes if you're gong to Turkey.

Our futures in a Turkish coffee ground reading

Our futures in a Turkish coffee ground reading

It seems we wont always be so lucky... Our futures look like they're on shaky ground, at least according to our coffee grounds. Our friend Ozlem picked up our mugs after we finished our Turkish coffee and gave us a proper fortunetelling session. Here are the juicy results.

Translation of a Portuguese coffee menu

Translation of a Portuguese coffee menu

Survival guide for any coffee shop in Portugal, the country where an Espresso can have 10 different names. Having gone through the mess of ordering a simple Americano in several Portuguese coffee shops myself I've put together this guide which should help you out!

Translation of a Spanish coffee menu

Translation of a Spanish coffee menu

Finding and ordering coffee or ’Café’ in Spain can be a real challenge. Walking into a ’Cafeteria’ you will rarely find a menu, let alone one in English. Also the hours and traditions around coffee can seem quite weird. Here’s a translation of most kinds coffee you will find on a Spanish coffee shops menu as well as an introduction to finding wifi and figuring out the opening hours.

Extremely funny Danish words

Extremely funny Danish words

Danes are dummies and don't like inventing new words. Why not just make up a word from already existing nouns?  We tend to name things exactly what they are to the point of ridiculous. Here are some hilarious examples!

5 Reasons Jerez de la Frontera will kill your travel buzz if you're on a budget

5 Reasons Jerez de la Frontera will kill your travel buzz if you're on a budget

"Jerez de la Frontera, ass of Europe". Locals writing this on their city wall really says it all. We spent a week in Jerez as budget travellers and learned our lesson. These are the reasons Jerez is a nice city for rich tourists but a mistake for backpackers.

The cheapest way to travel Europe : How we did it and how you can do it too

The cheapest way to travel Europe :  How we did it and how you can do it too

Get an idea of how expensive (or cheap) your trip will be with these tips and tricks for budget traveling. An introduction to alternative cheap options for accommodation, transportation and tourism as well as our own personal spreadsheet from our two months of travelling Europe. 

Our top 8 cheap tapas bars in Granada

Our top 8 cheap tapas bars in Granada

In Granada you never have to buy food - get a drink and you will get tapas for free. You get free tapas in almost every bar in Granada, but here is our top 8 list of places where you can get the biggest and cheapest plates of delicious tapas!

10 fun local secrets you should read before traveling to Granada

10 fun local secrets you should read before traveling to Granada

Granada has some really fun and sometimes annoying quirks. Actually it is probably one of the most quirky cities I know. Here are 10 mostly funny and also useful local secrets you should definitely know before going to fully appreciate this colorful place!  It's knowing the little quirks of cities that make you feel at home!