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Crowds dance at Ferropolis, a former open pit coal mine near the city of Gräfenhainichen in ...

Environment and Conservation

See relics of Europe’s industrial past reimagined as amusement parks

Food writer Irina Georgescu on the culinary culture of Romania

This fearless man lives day to day practising a strange profession: vampire hunting.

7 November 2022

Witches, spells and black magic – all are here in the hidden forests of Romania.

26 October 2022

Environment and Conservation

See the remarkable richness of life in Europe’s old-growth forests

Vlad the Impaler's thirst for blood was an inspiration for Count Dracula

Romania: The edge of land and sea

10 of the best places to see autumn leaves

Eastern Europe: Mountain matchmaker

Tintagel Castle, Cornwall: Tales of King Arthur

Long weekend: Maramures

Flossie Baker: Romania

The not-so-rough guide to Dracula's Transylvania

Bucharest: The People's House

Environment and Conservation

Magma found simmering under an 'extinct' volcano. Here's what that means.