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Colmar: Where the Vosges Mountains Hold Back the Rain
Colmar receives just 550 millimetres of rain each year — less than any other city in France — thanks to the Vosges Mountains, which intercept Atlantic weather systems before they reach the Alsatian Plain. This half-timbered gem on the Alsace Wine Route owes its medieval beauty, its vineyards, and its remarkable microclimate to a single geological fact: a wall of mountains that holds back the clouds.
Undredal: The Smallest Stave-Church Village on Norway's Deepest Fjord
Tucked beneath thousand-metre cliffs where the Aurlandsfjord narrows to a sliver of dark water, Undredal is a roadless hamlet of barely eighty souls that has clung to the same strip of shoreline since the Viking Age. Its stave church — one of the smallest in Scandinavia, seating just forty — has held services since 1147, and its resident goat population still outnumbers the humans ten to one. Until 1988, the only way in was by boat.
Gjógv, Faroe Islands: A Complete Guide to the North Atlantic's Most Enchanting Village
Nestled at the northern tip of Eysturoy island, Gjógv is a tiny Faroese village defined by its dramatic sea gorge, grass-roofed houses, and some of the most spectacular hiking trails in the North Atlantic. This guide covers everything you need to know about visiting one of Europe's most remote and beautiful settlements.