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The Westfjords, Iceland

The Westfjords 🇮🇸 The Oldest Part of Iceland Where 7,000 People Live in a Fjord Landscape Almost Nobody Visits

🌐 Around the World with Beyondia 🧵 Nordic & Western Europe Region 🪡 Episode 68: The Westfjords The Westfjords (Vestfirðir, “West Fjords”) is one of the eight administrative regions of Iceland, occupying the large peninsula in the northwestern part of the country. The region covers approximately 22,000 square kilometres — 22% of Iceland’s total land […]

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Reykjavik, Iceland

Reykjavík 🇮🇸 The Capital of the Country With the World’s Oldest Parliament

🌐 Around the World with Beyondia 🧵 Nordic & Western Europe Region 🪡 Episode 67: Reykjavik Reykjavík is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It sits on the southwestern coast at Faxa Bay (Faxaflói). It lies about 40 kilometers west of Thingvellir and about 50 kilometers from Keflavík International Airport. The commune population is

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Orkney, Scotland

Orkney 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The Scottish Islands That Built Stone Circles 500 Years Before Stonehenge

🌐 Around the World with Beyondia 🧵 Nordic & Western Europe Region 🪡 Episode 66: Orkney Orkney is a Scottish archipelago of approximately 70 islands off the northern coast of mainland Scotland, separated from the Scottish mainland by the substantial Pentland Firth (approximately 10 kilometres of some of the most dangerous tidal waters in the

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The Scottish Capital Split Between a Medieval Old Town and the Enlightenment That Named Modern Economics

🌐 Around the World with Beyondia 🧵 Nordic & Western Europe Region 🪡 Episode 65: Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland and one of the most substantial UNESCO-inscribed historic capitals in Europe. The commune population is approximately 510,000, with the metropolitan area approximately 900,000 — substantial specific among Scottish cities, though substantially smaller than

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York, England

York 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The English City That Was a Viking Capital for a Hundred Years

🌐 Around the World with Beyondia 🧵 Nordic & Western Europe Region 🪡 Episode 64: York York is a medieval walled city in North Yorkshire in the north of England, at the confluence of the River Ouse and the River Foss. The city has a district population of approximately 210,000 (with approximately 150,000 in the

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Dingle, Ireland

Dingle 🇮🇪 The Irish Peninsula Where a Stone Church Has Stood Watertight for a Thousand Years

🌐 Around the World with Beyondia 🧵 Nordic & Western Europe Region 🪡 Episode 63: Dingle Dingle is a small town on the southern shore of Dingle Harbour on the western coast of County Kerry in the southwest of Ireland. The town has approximately 2,000 permanent residents, though the specific Dingle metropolitan area extends across

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Doolin, Ireland

Doolin 🇮🇪 The Village of 800 People Where Irish Traditional Music Never Stopped

🌐 Around the World with Beyondia 🧵 Nordic & Western Europe Region 🪡 Episode 62: Doolin Doolin is a small village on the Atlantic coast of County Clare in the west of Ireland, with approximately 800 permanent residents distributed across a specific 3-kilometre stretch of coastal road from Fisher Street through Roadford through Doolin proper.

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Dublin, Ireland

Dublin 🇮🇪 The City That Lost Its Language and Conquered the Replacement

🌐 Around the World with Beyondia 🧵 Nordic & Western Europe Region 🪡 Episode 61: Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, situated on the east coast of Ireland at the mouth of the River Liffey where it enters Dublin Bay. The city commune population is approximately 550,000; the

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Bath, England

Bath 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The Only Thermal Spa City in Britain, Where Romans Built Baths in 70 AD and Georgians Rebuilt the City Around Them

🌐 Around the World with Beyondia 🧵 Nordic & Western Europe Region 🪡 Episode 60: Bath Bath is a small city in southwest England, population approximately 90,000 in the commune, situated in the specific limestone valley of the River Avon approximately 25 kilometres southeast of Bristol and 160 kilometres west of London. The city is

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The Cotswolds, England

The Cotswolds 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The English Region Where Medieval Wool Money Built a Hundred Villages in the Same Honey-Coloured Stone

🌐 Around the World with Beyondia 🧵 Nordic & Western Europe Region 🪡 Episode 59: The Cotswolds The Cotswolds is a rural region in central-southern England, covering approximately 2,038 square kilometres across parts of six English counties (Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, and Somerset). The region is characterised by a specific geological formation — the

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