Spain

Surrounded by the Sierra Nevadas, lies Granada… an enchanting, mystical city known for the jaw-dropping palace, the Alhambra. While the Alhambra is a *must* when visiting Granada (+ one of the best sites in all of Europe IMO) there’s a lot that makes Granada so special: tapas, gypsy caves, cobbled…

Alejandro Malaspina led the largest scientific expedition (1789–94) to the Spanish colonies in America and Asia, one that lasted five years. Malaspina’s two sloops, christened after Cook’s ships, packed cadres of naturalists, cartographers, and painters. But Malaspina’s was a political expedition too. A Newtonian, Malaspina sailed off with “axioms” that…

Madrid is known for having one of the oldest and largest underground metro systems in the world. Line 1, the first metro constructed in the city, officially opened to the public on October 31, 1919. Line 1 ran through the heart of the city, from Cuatro Caminos, just north of…

Malta and Cyprus are heading beyond their giant neighbours in the case of Cryptocurrency Regulations among Southern European nations. EUBlockchain Observatory, named “EU Blockchain Ecosystem Developments,” has run a survey to measure cryptocurrency adoption and regulations in the European Union. …