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Rick Steves' Europe
Art Bites 191: Edvard Munch and Expressionism
Munch’s iconic “Scream” seemed to tee up a world ready to go off the rails, filled with angst, and demoralized by WWI. Expressionism captured the emotions, trauma, and cynicism of that generation with distorted, haunted, and garish works.
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Budapest feels like the capital of Eastern Europe.

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Poland is ready to be rediscovered as the old “east” transforms into the heart of Europe.

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A longtime favorite escape of Europe's elite, the Riviera coastline still sparkles.

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Provence is as loved by Americans as it is by the sun. We climb Roman ruins in Nimes.

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Belgium is a land of contrasts.

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Packing the best of Paris into one episode, we scale the Eiffel Tower.

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London is quintessentially English yet cosmopolitan. We check out the new & admire the old

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We tour Belfast, the Antrim Coast and Portrush, and stomp our feet to Irish music in Derry

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The half-timbered charm of Rouen, Monet's lily ponds, Honfleur's harbor, Mont. St. Michel

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Castile sparkles with Roman Segovia, walled Avila, student-filled Salamanca, holy Toledo!

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Madrid's lavish Royal Palace, flamenco dancers, El Escorial and the Valley of the Fallen

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If Heidi is alive, she's in this sky-high corner of the Swiss Alps on breathtaking ridges.