Category Archives: Belarus

“Sovietistan” and “The Border” by Erika Fatland

Posted on 2021-01-15 by Andreas Moser

Hier gibt es diese Rezension auf Deutsch. Do you also have so many travel guides at home for countries you never made it to? I still got a Lonely Planet guidebook for Central Asia, which I bought in 2007. Apparently, … Continue reading →

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How Climate Change will end

Posted on 2020-01-31 by Andreas Moser

Many big issues are at their heart debates between optimists and pessimists – with some pretentious self-declared realists thrown into the mix. This is also true about climate change. Will we develop carbon-neutral technologies? Or can we capture the carbon … Continue reading →

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Where is the center of Europe?

Posted on 2017-08-11 by Andreas Moser

Reading the book Schwarze Erde, I became aware of a village in Ukraine that was calculated and named as the geographical center of Europe in 1887: Dilove. “Really?“ I wondered, not because I would begrudge Dilove the distinction, but because I had … Continue reading →

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How far can you get by train?

Posted on 2016-09-09 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Artikels. One of my readers wrote that he had been wondering how far he could get if he took his local commuter train and continued traveling with no other means of transport than the railway. As a train enthusiast, … Continue reading →

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In the Lithuanian Alps

Posted on 2015-01-23 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Artikels. Boyan Stoyanov is a mountaineer from Bulgaria who is on a mission to climb the highest mountain in each European country. This includes tough nuts like Mont Blanc, Triglav or Elbrus. Luckily, Boyan visited me when I lived in Lithuania. The … Continue reading →

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