Amongst Europeans, Brussels is best known as the home of the EU, which, given recent developments, is something of a poisoned chalice. But in fact, the EU neither dominates nor defines Brussels, merely forming one layer of a city that has become, in...
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Modern ANKARA is really two cities, a double identity that is due to the breakneck pace at which it has developed since being declared capital of the Turkish Republic in 1923. Until then Ankara - known as Angora - had been a small provincial...
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Three highways converge at HAMILTON , where you can see the Grampians from the edge of the main street. It's a civilized little city whose main claim to fame is that it's the Wool Capital of the World. The only reason you're likely...
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