Coloring Istanbul is a bilingual adult colouring book that combines creativity with the city’s history and landmarks. A charming and unusual souvenir for anyone who loves Istanbul.

Travelling to Türkiye with ADHD medication or prescription medicine? Here’s what to know about documentation, doctor’s letters, original packaging and travelling with medication to Türkiye.

Discover retro shopping in Istanbul’s Yeldeğirmeni district in Kadıköy. Explore thrift stores packed with vintage jackets, denim, sneakers, bags and unique second hand finds at low prices.

Why is the German Fountain standing in the middle of Sultanahmet in Istanbul? The story behind the small green pavilion leads directly into Imperial Germany, the Ottoman Empire and European power politics around 1900.

Hidden inside Hagia Sophia, a Viking carved his name into the marble over 1,000 years ago. The story of Halvdan changes how we see Constantinople.

I’ve released the electronic pop album Tales from the Bosporus today - a project built around vocals, international collaboration, and a sound shaped by Istanbul’s past and present. YouTube - Spotify - Apple Music Electronic pop. Melodies. Vocals up front. As composer, lyricist and co-producer, I keep myself in the background as a backing voice, while the vocals take the lead. Miklagard is a nod to my own Viking-rooted identity and the name the Vikings gave Constantinople. I

1. maj 1977 endte i blod på Taksim Plads i Istanbul. 34 døde. I dag er pladsen lukket for demonstrationer - og historien bruges stadig politisk.

Kamondo i Galata er kendt for sin særlige hexagonale form. Læs historien om familien bag, arkitekturen og hvorfor alle stopper op her.

Is Turkish Odyssey worth your time? This three-volume work goes far beyond the guidebook - connecting history, culture and geography across Turkey in a way most travel books don’t.

En af Byzans mest kontroversielle kejserinder. Theodoras liv spænder fra skuespillerinde til central magtfigur under Nika-opstanden.

A large sea creature troubled ships in the Bosphorus for years. The story, recorded by Procopius, is stranger - and more real - than it sounds.

Greeks and Turks are at it again. This time over something as (un)appetising as tripe soup - patsas in Greek, işkembe çorbası in Turkish. If you enjoy the blog, you can support it by buying me a virtual coffee Follow the blog on Instagram and YouTube Read also: Skip-the-Line Tickets in Istanbul: Hagia Sophia, Topkapi, Basilica Cistern & More According to Associated Press, a restaurant owner in Thessaloniki - the birthplace of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk - wants to have the soup re