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Museum in small Turkish village of Baksi the best in Europe

Museum in small Turkish village of Baksi the best in Europe

Baksi village, formerly known as Bayraktar, looks like an ordinary village in Turkey where the remaining 480 inhabitants (the ones who have not yet gone to Istanbul 1100km away, to the capital Ankara 600 km...

The historic village and the five museums

The historic village and the five museums

Skopje has 8 museums, Ohrid has 4, Bitola has 2, and most of our small towns have one museum. But this tiny village with 200 or 300 residents, hidden between the mountains in the central...

Rumelian Castle – fortress with spectacular view of the Bosphorus

Rumelian Castle – fortress with spectacular view of the Bosphorus

Tourists visiting Istanbul have always wondered where to find the place with the best view of the Bosphorus. Balkon3 reveals the secret of making all your photos of the strait that separates Europe and Asia...

Greek history, music and food on Independence Day in Athens

Greek history, music and food on Independence Day in Athens

If you are interested in getting to know Greek history and music, or tasting traditional Greek food, then the Acropolis Museum in Athens is the right place for you. On the occasion of Greek Independence...

A scientist from another planet – Balkon3 in Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade

A scientist from another planet – Balkon3 in Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade

Millions of people are too big for their cities, thousands find themselves too confined within their own country, and hundreds of others find crossing continents too easy. However, there are only a few for whom...

“Two times a stranger”

“Two times a stranger”

Photo exhibition at the Benaki Museum, Athens (18-25 September 2012) As the organisers describe it, the exhibition provides an insight to “the greatest population exchanges and displacements of the 20th century”. Focusing on personal testimonies...

A Balkan Tale

Five prominent Balkan photographers have photographed a series of unique monuments of the Ottoman period and present them to the public at an exhibit at the Museum of Greek Folk Art in Plaka, the center...

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