10 Best Indoor Markets In The World

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1. La Boqueria, Barcelona, Spain – La Boqueria is the largest indoor market in Spain, and the most popular market in Barcelona. It is located right at the Ramblas – the main boulevard of the city. Fresh food products are sold here: fruits, vegetables, meat, fish and seafood. La Boqueria is hardly a new market – it dates back to the beginning of the 13th century! Back then it was an outdoor market located in front of one of the gates to the old city wall. It became an indoor market in the 19th century. Click here for a list of the best attractions in Barcelona 2. St. Lawrence Market, Toronto, Canada – This market was chosen by National Geographic as the world’s best food market. The market is spread over two buildings: St. Lawrence Market North which hosts weekly farmer’s markets and antique markets, and St. Lawrence Market South which hosts restaurants, a gallery and food shops and stalls 3. Borough Market, London, United Kingdom – With a history that dates back to the 11th century and more than 100 stalls, Borough Market is one of the oldest and largest markets in London. The indoor market sells a large variety of food: fruits, vegetables, fish and seafood, meat, cheese, baked goods and more. Dishes ready to eat are also sold here and the large market is visited by both locals and tourists, professional chefs and food culinary enthusiast. Click here for a list of the best attractions in London 4. The Great Market Hall, Budapest, Hungary – The Great Market Hall is an indoor market that was opened as early as the end of the 19th century! It is also located at the end of Váci street (the other end from the square) and offers a vast number of stalls across 3 floors. You can find in the market food stalls (to take home or eat as you go), local Hungarian crafts like wooden toys, table maps, kitchen tools and much more. The market is considered a prime attraction of Budapest 5. Mercato Centrale, Florence, Italy – The central market of Florence is located at the city center, just two minutes walk from the Galleria dell’Accademia. The indoor market hosts a variety of vendors selling typical Tuscan and Italian food produce: olive oil, pasta, mushrooms, artichokes, capers, the famous limoncello, and much more. The building has a second floor which hosts bars and restaurants. Outside the market there are vendors selling leather goods and souvenirs. Click here for a list of the best attractions in Florence 6. Mercado de San Miguel, Madrid, Spain – The San Miguel Market is an indoor market and the most popular market in Madrid among tourists, located just one minute walk from the famous Plaza Mayor. There are over 30 vendors in the market, most of which emphasize on selling prepared produce and tapas to visitors. It’s not a place to buy groceries to take home, but rather a place to hang out, grab a beer or a glass of wine or champagne and taste tapas from different vendors. Click here for a list of the best attractions in Madrid 7. Ferry Building Marketplace, San Francisco, United States – Located in the historic Ferry Building at the popular port of the city, this marketplace is home to stores selling all types of foods – from products to prepared dishes. The marketplace also includes restaurants and cafes, as well as the Ferry Plaza Farmers’ Market - a wonderful farmers’ markets known for its great quality and variety of fresh products. Click here for a list of the best attractions in San Francisco 8. Swansea Market, Swansea, Wales – Located in the city center of Swansea, the Swansea Market is the largest indoor market in Wales. The market includes vendors selling mainly food products: fruits, vegetables, meat and cheese. But there are also stalls selling clothes and other non food merchandise. Fast food and cafes are also located within the market 9. Torvehallerne Market, Copenhagen, Denmark – The Torvehallerne Market is composed of two large halls made of glass and steel on opposite sides of a square, hosting together more than 80 stalls. These food stalls sell both food products like fresh fish and fresh meat, and dishes ready to eat, like fish and chips, sushi and various drinks 10. Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne, Australia – The Queen Victoria Market, or simply Vic Market stands in the center of Melbourne for over a century. The historic market is now a covered market that sells both food products and non-food products. The market is visited by both locals that come to the market to buy affordable fruits and vegetables, or clothing items, and tourists that want to experience the market and buy mainly souvenirs

10 Worst Aviation Accidents In History

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1. Pan Am flight 1736 and KLM flight 4805 – On 27 March 1977 two Boeing 747 aircrafts collided on the runway of Los Rodeos airport in Tenerife island. 583 died and only 61 survived from both aircrafts in the deadliest aviation accident in history 2. Japan Airlines flight 123 – On 12 August 1985 a Boeing 747SR operating flight 123 from Tokyo to Osaka suffered mechanical failure and crashed into Mount Takamagahara. 520 died and only 4 survived the deadliest single aircraft accident in history 3. Saudi Arabian flight 763 and Kazakhstan Airlines flight 1907 – On 12 November 1996 two aircrafts collided mid-air over India, killing all 349 people on board both planes. Pilot error was the cause for the accident 4. Turkish Airlines flight 981 – On 3 March 1974 a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 plane crashed outside Paris, killing all 346 people on board. The cause for the crash was an improperly secured cargo door. The cargo door broke off, setting in motion a series of events that ended with the crash The Turkish Airlines aircraft just one year before the accident, at London Heathrow The Turkish Airlines aircraft just one year before the accident, at London Heathrow (source: Steve Fitzgerald) 5. Saudia flight 163 – On 19 August 1980 a fire began in the cabin on Saudi Arabia domestic flight 163 from Riyadh to Jeddah. The pilot turned around and landed safely, but an emergency evacuation was not done as there was no visible external fire and no sense of urgency. valuable time was spent with all crew and passengers on board and finally, almost 30 minutes after landing back in the airport the planes burst into flames killing everyone on board. 301 died in the accident 6. Iranian Air Force – On 19 February 2003 a Ilyushin Il-76 plane of the Iranian air force crashed in mountainous area near Kerman, Iran. All 275 people on board died. The accident occurred due to pilot error under bad weather 7. American Airlines flight 191 – On 25 May 1979 flight 191 from Chicago to Los Angeles crashed to the ground just moments after takeoff. The McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 crashed after an engine detachment caused by improper maintenance. All 271 people on board died along with two more people on the ground, making a total of 273 dead in the deadliest aviation accident in the United States 8. American Airlines flight 587 – On 12 November 2001, an Airbus A300-600 flying from JFK in New York to the Dominican Republic crashed not long after takeoff. The aircraft crashed into the residential neighborhood of Belle Harbor, in Queens. 265 people died in the accident: all 260 people on board along with 5 on the ground. The reason to the accident was a tail structure failure caused by a co-pilot error 9. China Airlines flight 140 – On 26 April 1994 an Airbus A300B4-622R plane operating flight 140 from Taipei, Taiwan to Nagoya, Japan crashed before landing. The accident occurred as just before landing the co-pilot accidentally pressed the Takeoff/Go-around button which raised the throttle position to the same as take offs, causing the plane to stall and crash. 264 died, 7 survived 10. Nigeria Airways flight 2120 – On 11 July 1991 a Douglas DC-8 flying from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to Sokoto, Nigeria crashed shortly after takeoff. All 261 people on board died. The accident was caused due to a fire shortly after takeoff, caused by an under-inflated tire which overheated The aircraft that crashed, two years before the accident, at Faro airport

Top Universities in the World 2014/15

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Today marks the release of 10th edition of the QS World University Rankings®, which uses six performance indicators to assess and compare the top universities in the world each year. Throughout the decade in which QS has been publishing the rankings, the very top the table has remained fairly stable, with just some minor shifts in position each year. Indeed, the differences between these top-ranking institutions are incredibly small; all perform impressively well across all of the assessment measures used.

	Top 10 Universities
	Country	Position  in 2014/15	Position  in 2013/14
Massachusetts  Institute of  Technology (MIT)	US	1	1
University of Cambridge	UK	2=	3
Imperial College London	UK	2=	5
Harvard University	US	4	2
UCL (University  College London)	UK	5=	4
University of Oxford	UK	5=	6
Stanford University	US	7	7
California Institute  of Technology  (Caltech)	US	8	10
Princeton University	US	9	10
Yale University	US	10	8

The global spread of top universities

As this table illustrates, the top of the ranking is dominated by universities in the US and UK, which each claim half of the top 10 places. A further five US universities and two more UK entrants appear within the top 20, but beyond this the list does become much more internationally diverse. US universities account for 28 of the top 100 places, and UK universities 19 – so in fact more than half of the top universities in the world are located outside of these two nations.

Switzerland’s ETH Zurich, retaining 12th position, is the highest-ranked institution from elsewhere, followed by its country-mate Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) at 17=. Canada’sUniversity of Toronto and McGill University place 20th and 21st respectively, with the National University of Singapore (NUS) following directly behind in 22nd. Also ranked within the global top 30 are France’s Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris (24th), Australian National University (25=) and the University of Hong Kong (28th).

South Korea, Japan, Denmark, China, Germany and the Netherlands all also have at least one representative among the top 50 universities in the world this year, while the top 100 also features universities in Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Taiwan, Belgium and New Zealand. The global top 200 universities are spread across a total of 31 countries.

Success of STEM-focused universities

Another trend reflected at the top of the table is the growing success enjoyed by universities with a focus on the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) spectrum of subjects. This is exemplified by table-topper Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and its fellow US STEM specialist California Institute of Technology (Caltech), which has gained two places this year.

Meanwhile the UK’s Imperial College London, another STEM-focused institution, boasts the biggest leap within the top 10 universities this year, rising from 5th to share second place with theUniversity of Cambridge.

The rankings also suggest a wider-reaching pattern of success for STEM specialists. ETH Zurich and EPFL Lausanne both fall into this category, meaning that STEM-focused universities account for a quarter of the top 20 places. Other science and technology-oriented institutions which have gained ground in this year’s ranking include France’s Ecole Polytechnique ParisTech (climbing six places to 35th), Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (up two places to 39th), and South Korea’sKAIST (rising nine places to reach 51st).

As Danny Byrne writes in this year’s supplement to the rankings, it seems universities focusing on science and technology subjects have been particularly successful at meeting the challenge of balancing “research excellence with small sizes and comprehensive internationalization”.

10 Best Attractions In Milan

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1. Milan Cathedral – The Milan Cathedral or Duomo di Milano is the main cathedral of Milan and stands proud in the main square of the city – the Piazza del Duomo (cathedral square). The monumental church is the largest in Italy and 5th largest in the world. Construction began in 1386 and wasn’t completed until 1965, taking just under 600 years to complete! The beautiful Milan Cathedral is the most famous icon of the city and since the famous “Madonnina” statue atop the main spire reaches 108 meters (354 ft) in height, it can be seen from far away 2. The Last Supper at Santa Maria delle Grazie – The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci is perhaps the most famous painting in the world along with the Mona Lisa. The 15th century mural is painted on the back wall of the dining hall at the Santa Maria delle Grazie monastery (a UNESCO world heritage site). The painting is 460 cm × 880 cm (181 in × 346 in) and visitors are allowed to enter the room to admire the painting in small groups and for only 15 minutes. Entering the monastery to see this amazing mural in person is an absolute must! 3. Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II – Located in the Piazza del Duomo next to the Milan Cathedral, the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is one of the oldest shopping malls in the world. Named after the first king of the Kingdom of Italy and built between 1865 and 1877, this structure resembles a palace more than a standard shopping mall. It houses some of the most prestige shops in the world and just walking through it under the incredibly high ceilings will give you a sense of the importance high-end shopping and quality Milan stands for. Many of the streets that surround the galleria have the same characteristics and you can find the most expensive brands in the world on every corner 4. La Scala -La Scala is one of the most famous and most appreciated opera houses in the world. It was built as early as 1778 and is known for its excellent acoustics. While the building exterior may seem quite simple, the interior is magnificent, and you can take a guided tour inside – or better yet, try to catch an opera performance! La Scala is located with a very close proximity to the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II and the Milan cathedral 5. Sforzesco Castle – The Sforzesco Castle has a long history that starts at the 14th century as a fortress. It later changed into a castle in the 15th century, and was modified and enlarged greatly over the next centuries. Today, the Sforzesco Castle is one of the largest castles in Europe and holds several museums like the Sforza Castle Pinacoteca (art gallery), the Museum of Ancient Art (which holds the Rondanini Pietà – Michelangelo’s last sculpture), the Museum of Musical Instruments, the Egyptian Museum and more. The entrance to the courtyards of the castle is open to the public free of charge 6. Navigli Lombardi – Milan may not be built on 117 islands like Venice, but it has some canals of its own. The canals of Milan date back to the 12th century, when they were built to help irrigation, and the canals system was later expended in the 14th century for the transportation of goods. These canals were commercially used till the 19th century. Today the Navigli Lombardi, which is the canals area and especially the main canal – the Naviglio Grande, are highly popular among tourists. You can take a boat tour in the canals or walk along them, eat Gelato (ice cream, of course) and enjoy the shops and cafes 7. Basilica di Sant’Ambrogio – The Basilica di Sant’Ambrogio is one of the oldest churches in Milan. It was built in the years 379-386, and despite the fact that it was modified and changed greatly over the years, it’s importance is not fading. The remains of Saint Ambrose, the bishop of Milan who built the church and after whom it is named, are still housed in the church 8. San Siro Stadium – The San Siro stadium (formally the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium) is one of the largest stadiums in Europe and can hold 80,018 spectators. It was built from 1925 till 1926 and has been the home stadium for A.C Milan since 1926, and the home stadium for Inter Milan since 1947. The stadium is known as one of the best in Europe because of the proximity of the stands to the field. Watching a game at the San Siro is always a great experience, but it’s even better if you happen to catch the Milan Derby between A.C Milan and Inter, or as it’s called in Italy: Derby della Madonnina 9. Pinacoteca di Brera – The Pinacoteca di Brera (Brera Art Gallery) is an art gallery established as early as 1776. It holds a huge collection of paintings done by Italian painters like Raphael, Tintoretto, Veronese and Caravaggio. The gallery is located just above the Accademia di Belle Arti, an art school that was established along with the gallery 10. Brera district – The Brera district is located in the old city of Milan. It is known as the neighborhood of the artists and for its bohemian atmosphere. The main square of the district is the Palazzo Brera, which holds the Pinacoteca di Brera and the Accademia di Belle Arti, as well as the Braidense National Library (one of Italy’s largest libraries), an astronomical observatory and the city’s botanical garden. The district is home to many bars, cafes and restaurants and is a great place to walk around, relax and enjoy the atmosphere

10 Most Famous Domes In The World

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1. Taj Mahal, Agra, India – A giant mausoleum of white marble, built between 1632 and 1653 by order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife. The most spectacular feature of the Taj Mahal is the marble dome that surmounts the tomb. It is 35 meters tall (115 ft). The top of the famous dome is decorated with a lotus design. The Taj Mahal is the most famous monument of the entire subcontinent of India

10 Most Unique Churches In The World

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We brought you before the list of the 10 Most Famous Churches In The World. Now we bring you the list of the most unique churches. Churches with unusual designs, shapes and other special characteristics, that might not be very famous, but they are very unique and worth mentioning

10 Rivers that flow through Europe’s Capital Cities

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Below is a list of 10 rivers that flow through capital cities in Europe.