/ ADVERTISEMENT / culture hub: europe ARTS + ARCHITECTURE + STYLE + DESIGN Discover a treasure trove of art and style in Europe, where culture is the continent’s very heart and soul. VISITEUROPE.COM is your trusted source for exploring the best of Europe, connecting you to the vast cultural riches of 34 amazing destinations. So go ahead and get your fix of fine art and high design, worldly museums and must-see modern architectural gems. It’s all here, and it’s all Europe. 34 fab DESTINATIONS  CY AU PRU FLA ND S ERS C H ZEC GE STR IA REP RM UBL AN Y BEL IC DE GIU NM GR M AR EEC K E BU LGA EST HU RIA ON NG IA AR Y CR TIA OA FIN ICE LAN D LAN D 1) Marvel at AUSTRIA’s Habsburg art collections in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. 2) Discover why art-filled Mons, BELGIUM, is 2015’s European Culture Capital. 3) See the treasures inside the Cathedral of the Assumption in Varna, BULGARIA. 4) Catch a concert at the 9th-century Church of St. Donatus in Zadar, CROATIA. 5) Revel in Gothic beauty at Bellapais Abbey in Northern CYPRUS. 6) Immerse yourself in classical music at Prague’s Municipal House in the CZECH REPUBLIC. 7) Celebrate the 150th anniversary of composer Carl Nielsen in DENMARK. 8) Wander the charming Old Town of Tallinn, ESTONIA. 9) Stroll through Helsinki, FINLAND and admire the city’s Art Nouveau gems. 10) Keep company with the Rubens portraits at Rubenshuis Antwerp in FLANDERS. 11) Visit HafenCity— Hamburg, GERMANY’s new city center and urban mega-project. 12) Admire the blue-domed churches of GREECE in the Cyclades Islands. 13) Hear divine divas at the Hungarian State Opera House in Budapest, HUNGARY. 14) Gaze upon The Harpa concert hall and conference center in Reykjavik, ICELAND. > FIND YOUR INSPIRATION AT visiteurope.com / / ADVERTISEMENT culture hub: europe LAN MA R PO SLO D LTA TUG VE N MO AL NIA VI L AT LY I TA M RO AC AN S PA O IA IN MO EN NT MA SAN SW ED A EG H LIT RO RIN NO O EN UA RW SER S Z WIT NIA LU AY PO BIA ERL AN M XE SLO D BO LAN VAK TUR UR G D IA KE Y 15) Bask in books and poetry during Yeats2015, IRELAND’s yearlong celebration of W.B. Yeats. 16) Ogle eco-friendly design at EXPO Milano 2015 in Milan, ITALY. 17) View the ultra-mod façade of the Žanis Lipke Memorial in Riga, LATVIA. 18) Get acquainted with the venerable edifices of Vilnius, LITHUANIA. 19) Score tickets at the Philharmonie concert hall in LUXEMBOURG. 20) Roam through MALTA’s old town of Valletta. 21) See where modern architecture meets Belle Époque beauty at “The Monte-Carlo Pavilions” in MONACO’s Casino Gardens. 22) Peek at Christian relics at the Cetinje Monastery in MONTENEGRO. 23) Stand in awe at the Stegastein viewpoint along NORWAY’s national tourist route. 24) Visit the copper-and-glass POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, POLAND. 25) Join the bustle at PORTUGAL’s Cerveira International Arts Biennial. 26) Enjoy a feast for the eye and the ear: the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest, ROMANIA. 27) Be dazzled by the basilica in SAN MARINO. 28) In SERBIA, admire the beautiful Art Nouveau architecture of Subotica. 29) Explore Gothic splendor at St. Elisabeth Cathedral in Kosice, SLOVAKIA. 30) See how architect Jože Plečnik made his mark in Ljubljana, SLOVENIA. 31) Roam through the 1,000-year-old Reales Alcázares, a royal palace in the heart of Seville, SPAIN. 32) Be wowed by icy design at the Ice Hotel in Kiruna, SWEDEN. 33) Take a modern-art pilgrimage to SWITZERLAND for the Art Basel expo. 34) Shop for crafty treasures at the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, TURKEY. FIND YOUR INSPIRATION AT visiteurope.com Photos: BELGIUM WBT-Aniball Trejo DENMARK Per Morten Abrahamsen FINLAND VisitFinland GERMANY www.mediaserver.hamburg.de/R.Hegeler LATVIA Ansis Starks. Zaigas Gailes birojs (TAVA) LUXEMBOURG © Ministère l’Économie / ONT POLAND Polin Museum of History of the Polish Jews PORTUGAL Fundação Bienal de Cerveira SERBIA Slava Micic Terzic/NTOS SLOVAKIA Slovak Tourist Board IRE