Adamstown

University of Bern Introdution The University of Bern is located in the Swiss capital of Bern, and it is a university. It was established in 1834. It is financed and regulated by Bern Canton. It is a full-scale university, and it offers a wide sel ...

On a remote hill stands the 12th-century Augustinian Vorau Abbey. In the 15th century, the abbey was turned into a fortress; its present form is the result of alterations made throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. The main entrance has symmetrica ...

South of Hallein lies the small town of Golling. At its centre stands the Church of St John the Baptist and St John the Evangelist, with a Gothic main nave and remodelled Baroque side naves. A small medieval castle, devoid of any ornaments and adjo ...

The town of Lofer, in the green Salzach Valley, has retained much of the charm of an old mountain village. It is surrounded by the snowcovered rocky summits of the Loferer Steinberge (Stone Mountains). These limestone mountains hide many caves stil ...

Since the stone ages, there have been people living in the area that is now Egersund. There are many places where there has been settlement ruins found that date back to the migration ages of Norway, which was in 400 through 600 BC.  Egersund ...