#europe central

[quotespile]

Self-deception is a pessimistic definition of optimism.

William T. Vollmann, Europe Central

#literature #quotes #William T. Vollmann #Europe Central #quote #books #lit

[philosophybitmaps]

#philosophy #quotes #William T. Vollmann #Europe Central #Vollmann #happiness #knowledge #information

[renegade-hierophant]

Slovak traditional highland axe dance

EDIT: If you'd like to play a character like these guys in a video game, check out Hellish Quart.

#slovak #slovakia #folk #folklore #traditional #dance #dancing #axe #axes #odzemok #slavic #culture #central europe #highland #tatra mountains #yendrek #hellish quart

[allthingseurope]

Karlstejn Castle, Czech Republic (by bialobrody)

#czech republic #karlstejn castle #castle #europe #travel #central europe #architecture

[gemsofgreece]

Athens by chris_kap.21 on Instagram.

#greece #europe #travel #drone photography #night photography #acropolis #parthenon #temple of hephaestus #ancient greek temples #night #night lights #athens #attica #sterea hellas #central greece #mainland #large

[chechula]

Sketch for this was in my diary for 6 years. That boy was just so sure that America was a fantasy land so for a moment I also believed him ♥

#comic #diary comic #well...actually there are tons of creepy stories about area around this campsite #most of them are real historical things #since if you dig into history at any place in central Europe you find graveyards and battelfields everywhere

[mybeautifulpoland]

Toruń, Poland by opal.i.chabry

#toruń #torun #poland #europe #travel #architecture #wanderlust #tourism #eurotrip #traveling #travel guide #explore #beautiful places #travel destinations #places to visit #travel blog #travel bucket list #central europe #travelgram #slavic

[profesors]

🔸Serbian girl dressed in serbian traditional clothes from Central Serbia 🇷🇸

🔸Time : 1870s

#serbian #balkan #europe #serbian beauty #serbian traditional clothes #serbian folklor #slavic #serbian women #serbian tradition #Serbian culture #Culture #Tradition #Folklor #19th century #19th century Serbia #serbian aesthetic #central serbia #Centralna Srbija #Srbija #Srpkinja #Narodna nošnja

[kaiserin-erzsebet]

For those unfamiliar with the terminology Jonathan is using: in modern terms Magyars are Hungarian, Wallachians are Romanian, Szekelys are linguistically more closely related to Hungarian, Saxons are German speakers.

Here's a simplified ethnic map from 1910:

edit: Fixed the image quality. It was really bad posting from my phone for some reason.

#dracula daily #im not going to get into a long discussion of how the map should be more complicated #this is for people unfamiliar with Central Europe

[dieletztepanzerhexe]

shell necklace made of river mussels

stroked pottery culture, 4800-4400 BC

found in Šárka, Czech Republic

#neolithic #prehistory #stone age #artefact #archaeology #jewellery #stroked pottery culture #czech republic #archeology #my upl #central europe #european prehistory

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Eugène Delaplanche (French, 1836-1891) Musiciennem, ca.1877-78 Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhague

#I have genetic dimples of venus #my family is from southern and central and northern europe #do you have natural venus dimples? where are you from? #Eugène Delaplanche #french art #french #france #Musician #1800s #art #fine art #european art #classical art #europe #european #fine arts #europa #mediterranean #venus dimples #dimples of venus #Musiciennem #sculpture #copenhague #copenhagen

[quotespile]

All that's happened is inconsequential; it cannot hurt us anymore; there's only music, which lives within us and beyond us, needing us to express it but capable of surviving forever between expressions.

William T. Vollmann, Europe Central

#literature #quotes #William T. Vollmann #Europe Central #quote #books #lit

[czgif]

The End of Stalinism in Bohemia (Konec stalinismu v Čechách) 1991, dir. Jan Švankmajer IMDB

#Czech #čumblr #Czech cinema #Czech film #Jan Švankmajer #The End of Stalinism in Bohemia #Konec stalinismu v Čechách #short film #animation #Czech animation #European animation #central Europe #european cinema #european film #1990s #Czech Republic #Czechia #gif #psychotronic film #campy

[travelbinge]

By Manueldietrichphotography

Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland

#curators on tumblr #switzerland #europe #travel #nature #zermatt #central europe #valais #swiss alps #alps #Manueldietrichphotography

[allthingseurope]

Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic (by Jorge Franganillo)

#karlovy vary #czech republic #europe #travel #travel blog #europe travel #photoset #central europe

[gemsofgreece]

Temple of Poseidon, Cape Sounion.  Photo: catrin_pl (IG)

#greece #europe #travel #wanderlust #landscape #ancient greece #poseidon #ancient greek temple #temple of poseidon #cape sounion #attica #sterea hellas #central greece #mainland #greek culture