Peter Weiss has built a beautiful house in a remote and verdant valley in Iceland. The views of the mountains are spectacular.

The football World Cup kicks off in Russia this week. One of the host cities is Kazan, the capital of Republic of Tatarstan. Euromaxx finds out what visitors can do apart from watch the matches.

Austria's Ausseerland Region devotes a flower pageant to the poet’s narcissus. Figures adorned in the daffodils glide through Bad Aussee and float across its lake, vying for the top prize in the contest.

Some 17,000 guests have picnicked in style at the 30th annual Dîner en Blanc in Paris. A fixture of the French capital's event calendar since 1988, it’s inspired numerous spin-offs in other countries.

Denmark's Legoland theme-park is celebrating its 50th birthday. It features miniature towns and villages in a typically angular design. An estimated 50-million people have visited Legoland since it opened in 1968.

The French chef Alexandre Gauthier serves vegan food in Amsterdam. And if that’s not unusual enough, artists designed the dishes and cutlery from such materials such mud, glass, paper pulp and wood.

Denmark's Legoland theme-park is celebrating its 50th birthday. It features miniature towns and villages in a typically angular design. An estimated 50-million people have visited Legoland since it opened in 1968.

Lithuanian architect Aidas Kalinauskas is a blues fan. He's built a house in a forest near Kaunas that's accoustically designed for blues music -- where he and his family enjoy turning up the volume.

As unlikely as it sounds - dry statistics can be turned into small culinary gems. Data visualization experts Susanne Jaschko and Moritz Stefaner started this project to make their field of expertise seem more sensual.

The village of La Gacilly in Brittany is the backdrop for a major open-air photo festival. With works by international photographers, the focus is on sustainable development and the future of our planet.