No other place but Dublin could combine all facets of Ireland’s multidimensional culture with the contemporary image of a capital city. A picturesque stroll from Ha’penny Bridge to the Liffey river, a visit to the Guinness Storehouse brewery and a night coloured with folkore sounds is enough to convince anyone. For a taste of the local rhythm, take one of the…

Straddling two time zones and four climate zones, Kazakhstan is a country of startling contrasts.

Some would say it is the country of steppes, others of endless flatlands, of deep canyons such as Charyn, of deserts or of semi-saline lakes, like…