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Mother Nature has so much beauty to offer! We’ll show you our country’s mountains, give you tips for your next trip, and take you to breathtaking regions.

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Stephan

The phrase “Peaks of the Balkans” is the “brand name” of a long-distance hiking trail developed from 2006 onwards. Extending for 192 kilometres, this Peaks of the Balkans trail connects Kosovo, Albania and Montenegro. It crosses the highest and wildest mountain ranges at the southern end of the Dinaric Alps. The local descriptions for this […]

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Robert

A few weeks ago, we reported on our colleague Robert’s preparations to climb Mera Peak (6,476 m) in Nepal. He has now returned from his Mera Peak trek, with many impressions and experiences. So many in fact that we had to divide his travelogue into two parts. So let’s get started: Filled with high expectations, I […]

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Jemima

With the goal to climb in Leonidio – a resounding name – we set off on our 7-week trip to Greece. Among climbers, this tranquil town in the south east of Greece hasn’t been a secret for a long time. The enormous rock face, combined with Greek hospitality and beautiful beaches, has raised Leonidio’s fame […]

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Jan

Only just over 10 million people live in Sweden in an area of around 450,000 km². (Compare this with Germany where it’s almost 84 million inhabitants in an area of merely 360,000 km²). Of these 10 million people, more than half live in the two metropolitan areas of Stockholm and Gothenburg as well as in […]

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Stephan

the most important things What was the first “proper” high mountain region you saw? The Alps? For me, it was the Tatra mountains at the early age of six. That may be decades ago now but the effects have stayed with me. What I experienced then really sowed the seed in me for this undying […]

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Stephan

the most important things Are the Pyrenees merely a smaller version of the Alps? This may be the case theoretically because both of them are fold mountains that developed about 50 to 100 million years ago during the Tertiary period. Both of them were also covered by glaciers during Ice Ages and have therefore been […]

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Florian

When it’s below zero and sleet here, it feels great to pack shorts and sleeveless running shirts in your travel bag and fly to Madeira – because on this Atlantic island, it’s spring all year round! Madeira is a dreamlike paradise to discover and marvel at, especially for hikers and lovers of the natural world. […]

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Stephan

I had never underestimated an area as much as the Norwegian Jotunheimen Mountains. In more ways than one. In fact, I didn’t want to go there at all, I wanted to go to a lesser-known corner between fjords and glaciers. It was only two days before I left that the disappointing weather forecast for the […]

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Marco

Crossing the central mountain range in Europe on foot is a “must-do” for many mountain hikers and outdoor enthusiasts. There are now a number of ways to do this. As well as the all-time classic, the E5 from Oberstdorf to Merano, in recent years a number of very exciting Alpine crossings have been added, from […]