When Serbian singer Teodora Pavlovska (stage name Teya Dora) entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 2024 with her song 'Ramonda', no one could have imagined that this flower would come into the ...

On 5 August 1888, aged 39, Bertha Benz was the first woman - in fact the first person - to drive a car over a long distance. She was testing out her husband Carl Benz’s three-wheeled Patent-Motorwagen ...

Maria Skłodowska-Curie ( 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934), commonly known as Marie Curie, was a physicist and chemist who conducted groundbreaking research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to ...

The Cubist art movement emerged from Paris in the early 20th century. It revolutionised painting and the visual arts, and influenced many other art forms. The idea and artistic principles of Cubism ...

Etienne Milette uses - and modifies - heritage material from Europeana.eu in his artistic work exploring fantasy and the paranormal We talk to Etienne Milette about what inspires him, and how he used ...

The depot of MoMu houses many fashionable gems, which we discover with Frieda Sorber, curator and expert on lace. Gaming Lace (opens in new window) Bruges’ long and illustrious tradition of ...

Do you work for an institution that has digitised European cultural heritage collections? Get in touch with us to share them on Europeana.eu. We can help you boost recognition of your institution and ...

Read our blogs and explore galleries on topics from Jewish history For Jews around the world, the beginning of autumn is also the time of the Jewish New Year, or Rosh Hashanna in Hebrew ...

The transition from transatlantic crossing by sailing ship to steamship in the mid-1800s made the voyage faster and less dangerous. At the same time, organising the voyage also became easier as ships ...

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All immigrants had their own unique mix of motivations underpinning their decision to take the big step of emigrating. And a big step it was: leaving their country of birth, and their family and ...

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