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Digital Storytelling Festival

In May 2021, join our creative contest bringing people and cultural heritage together

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Exhibition
The Danube: connecting Europe

Explore the river that has inspired musicians, artists, engineers and holders of political and military power
New European Bauhaus

Inspiring green, beautiful and sustainable living
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Blog
Salavdor Dalí, rugby fan

The story of how Salvador Dalí supported a Girona rugby team
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Blog
The ways of counterculture

British, Dutch and German counterculture movements of the 1960s were much more than just being against the mainstream
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Gallery
Cherry blossoms

Beloved in Japan and found across Europe, cherry trees welcome spring with bright and beautiful blossoms
colour photograph, two men in sea kayaks with a mountain behind
Blog
Into the Maelstrom

Discover the story of a 1980 Scottish kayak expedition to northwest Norway
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Blog
Europe in space

Images and videos featuring Europe's space flights, European astronauts and cosmonauts

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Transcribathon

Decipher, transcribe and annotate handwritten stories from Europeana 1914-1918

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Colouring Books

Find your crayons! Sharpen your coloured pencils! And enjoy adding colours in one of the books we have prepared for you.

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