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Iceland is a young country in geological terms, only 20 million years old. The land is constantly changing. Volcano eruptions create lava fields. Bays and fjords fill up with ash. Islands are joined to the […]
No doubt you’ve heard about the Nobel prize, but did you know that Alfred Nobel was a Swede and that the Nobel prizes (with the exception of the Peace prize) are awarded in Stockholm every […]
I knew little about Sweden when I arrived in the country last month. I imagined it would be pretty similar to Canada, a nordic first world country with good infrastructure and mostly middle-class people. And […]
Art lovers will love Stockholm! For a city its size, Stockholm is surprisingly well endowed with museums, and especially art museums. Most visitors flock to the famous Vasa Museum of course, but if you love art, […]
Did you know that the castle where Shakespeare’s play Hamlet takes place really exists? Elsinore Castle is actually Kronborg Castle, located in the small town of Helsingør (known as Elsinore in English), a short train ride north […]
The morning I landed at Keflavic Airport in Iceland, I wondered what had possessed me to leave behind beautiful warm summer weather in Montreal to end up in pouring rain and 9C temperature barely five […]
So, what else do you do in Athens besides eating and making day trips to nearby islands? Well, for starters, there are museums and archeological sites galore. Athens is one of the world’s oldest cities, […]
Hi, I’m Marie! Welcome to BigTravelNut. Since 2013, my mission is to give YOU, the 40+ solo traveller, the means and inspiration to travel safely on your own, stray off the beaten path, and have unusual adventures, all without breaking the bank!
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