Rick Steves
@ricksteves.bsky.social
Guidebook author, TV & radio host, business owner, Lutheran, and NORML Board Member. Fanatically positive and militantly optimistic.
As the years go by and the last eyewitnesses to the Holocaust pass away, it's more important than ever to keep that tragic memory alive — and to remember the stark lessons of what happens when a society gives power to hate and racism.
January 28, 2026 at 2:32 AM
As the years go by and the last eyewitnesses to the Holocaust pass away, it's more important than ever to keep that tragic memory alive — and to remember the stark lessons of what happens when a society gives power to hate and racism.
Enshrined on a Dachau memorial is a message from Hitler's victims: “Forgive, but never forget.”
I have an ethic that virtually every @ricksteveseurope.bsky.social tour through Germany includes a visit to a concentration camp memorial. When you travel thoughtfully, the impact changes you.
I have an ethic that virtually every @ricksteveseurope.bsky.social tour through Germany includes a visit to a concentration camp memorial. When you travel thoughtfully, the impact changes you.
January 28, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Enshrined on a Dachau memorial is a message from Hitler's victims: “Forgive, but never forget.”
I have an ethic that virtually every @ricksteveseurope.bsky.social tour through Germany includes a visit to a concentration camp memorial. When you travel thoughtfully, the impact changes you.
I have an ethic that virtually every @ricksteveseurope.bsky.social tour through Germany includes a visit to a concentration camp memorial. When you travel thoughtfully, the impact changes you.
More than 10,000 people joined me live on Monday night to kick off our virtual travel festival — and together, we enjoyed a mouthwatering hour of my favorite foodie tips and tastiest experiences.
Missed it? Watch a recording here: www.ricksteves.com/travel-tips/travel-classes/festival-videos
Missed it? Watch a recording here: www.ricksteves.com/travel-tips/travel-classes/festival-videos
January 15, 2026 at 2:49 AM
More than 10,000 people joined me live on Monday night to kick off our virtual travel festival — and together, we enjoyed a mouthwatering hour of my favorite foodie tips and tastiest experiences.
Missed it? Watch a recording here: www.ricksteves.com/travel-tips/travel-classes/festival-videos
Missed it? Watch a recording here: www.ricksteves.com/travel-tips/travel-classes/festival-videos
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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Join me tonight for a rollicking review of magic moments from my 2025 travels!
Register here: www.ricksteves.com/mnt, prepare your favorite holiday treats (I’ll be enjoying eggnog with rum & European Christmas cookies and cakes), and I'll see you soon!
It’s free…it’s fun…it’s Monday Night Travel!
Register here: www.ricksteves.com/mnt, prepare your favorite holiday treats (I’ll be enjoying eggnog with rum & European Christmas cookies and cakes), and I'll see you soon!
It’s free…it’s fun…it’s Monday Night Travel!
December 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Join me tonight for a rollicking review of magic moments from my 2025 travels!
Register here: www.ricksteves.com/mnt, prepare your favorite holiday treats (I’ll be enjoying eggnog with rum & European Christmas cookies and cakes), and I'll see you soon!
It’s free…it’s fun…it’s Monday Night Travel!
Register here: www.ricksteves.com/mnt, prepare your favorite holiday treats (I’ll be enjoying eggnog with rum & European Christmas cookies and cakes), and I'll see you soon!
It’s free…it’s fun…it’s Monday Night Travel!
With my dollar-for-dollar match, we've now collectively raised more than $900K to help power @bread4theworld.bsky.social's work fighting hunger at home and abroad.
I’m thankful we’ve almost met our goal — but we still need your help: give.bread.org/page/87677/d...
Happy holidays to all!
I’m thankful we’ve almost met our goal — but we still need your help: give.bread.org/page/87677/d...
Happy holidays to all!
December 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
With my dollar-for-dollar match, we've now collectively raised more than $900K to help power @bread4theworld.bsky.social's work fighting hunger at home and abroad.
I’m thankful we’ve almost met our goal — but we still need your help: give.bread.org/page/87677/d...
Happy holidays to all!
I’m thankful we’ve almost met our goal — but we still need your help: give.bread.org/page/87677/d...
Happy holidays to all!
It’s free...it’s fun...it’s Monday Night Travel! You’re invited to hop on my virtual sleigh on Dec. 15 as I share a collection of fresh sizzle reels and highlights from my 2025/26 TV productions, plus a peek behind the scenes at my creative adventures at home.
Register now at www.ricksteves.com/mnt
Register now at www.ricksteves.com/mnt
December 14, 2025 at 4:23 AM
It’s free...it’s fun...it’s Monday Night Travel! You’re invited to hop on my virtual sleigh on Dec. 15 as I share a collection of fresh sizzle reels and highlights from my 2025/26 TV productions, plus a peek behind the scenes at my creative adventures at home.
Register now at www.ricksteves.com/mnt
Register now at www.ricksteves.com/mnt
(By the way, if you’re considering a particular Rick Steves tour and would like an honest review of just what that itinerary has in store for you, our scrapbook archives are a great place to start!)
December 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
(By the way, if you’re considering a particular Rick Steves tour and would like an honest review of just what that itinerary has in store for you, our scrapbook archives are a great place to start!)
To add meaning to the holiday season, every Christmas I help raise funds for Bread for the World through my traveling friends and network at @ricksteveseurope.bsky.social: give.bread.org/page/87677/d...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:01 AM
To add meaning to the holiday season, every Christmas I help raise funds for Bread for the World through my traveling friends and network at @ricksteveseurope.bsky.social: give.bread.org/page/87677/d...
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Smart modern development aid (which used to be funded by USAID) creates small-business owners like Pedro and Ana, who are proud and hardworking capitalists.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Smart modern development aid (which used to be funded by USAID) creates small-business owners like Pedro and Ana, who are proud and hardworking capitalists.
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Embracing globalization, Pedro and Ana grow peas not to eat, but to sell — exporting them to London, where, unlike in Guatemala, people love their peas. As I walked with Pedro through his family’s abundant fields at harvest time, he declared, “It’s like I’m walking through money.”
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November 12, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Embracing globalization, Pedro and Ana grow peas not to eat, but to sell — exporting them to London, where, unlike in Guatemala, people love their peas. As I walked with Pedro through his family’s abundant fields at harvest time, he declared, “It’s like I’m walking through money.”
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“Rick Steves’ Europe: A Symphonic Journey” hits the road!
I’m packing my shiny black shoes for an exciting ten-concerts-in-five-cities road trip, and I’m eager to take music lovers in Raleigh, Portland, Columbia, Charleston, and Phoenix on a symphonic journey they’ll never forget.
I’m packing my shiny black shoes for an exciting ten-concerts-in-five-cities road trip, and I’m eager to take music lovers in Raleigh, Portland, Columbia, Charleston, and Phoenix on a symphonic journey they’ll never forget.
November 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
“Rick Steves’ Europe: A Symphonic Journey” hits the road!
I’m packing my shiny black shoes for an exciting ten-concerts-in-five-cities road trip, and I’m eager to take music lovers in Raleigh, Portland, Columbia, Charleston, and Phoenix on a symphonic journey they’ll never forget.
I’m packing my shiny black shoes for an exciting ten-concerts-in-five-cities road trip, and I’m eager to take music lovers in Raleigh, Portland, Columbia, Charleston, and Phoenix on a symphonic journey they’ll never forget.
In 2017, I helped celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation by producing the “Rick Steves’ Luther and the Reformation" TV special — my gift to about 10,000 Lutheran churches across the USA that have this in their libraries.
October 31, 2025 at 9:15 AM
In 2017, I helped celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation by producing the “Rick Steves’ Luther and the Reformation" TV special — my gift to about 10,000 Lutheran churches across the USA that have this in their libraries.
Rick or Treat — Part 5!
October 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Rick or Treat — Part 5!
Rick or Treat — Part 4!
October 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Rick or Treat — Part 4!
Rick or Treat — Part 3!
October 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Rick or Treat — Part 3!
Rick or Treat — Part 2!
October 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Rick or Treat — Part 2!
🧵: It's almost time for...Rick or Treat!
(Thanks to all the happy travelers who've sent in fun Halloween shots over the years. I’d love to see your own travelin’ costumes here on Bluesky!)
(Thanks to all the happy travelers who've sent in fun Halloween shots over the years. I’d love to see your own travelin’ costumes here on Bluesky!)
October 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
🧵: It's almost time for...Rick or Treat!
(Thanks to all the happy travelers who've sent in fun Halloween shots over the years. I’d love to see your own travelin’ costumes here on Bluesky!)
(Thanks to all the happy travelers who've sent in fun Halloween shots over the years. I’d love to see your own travelin’ costumes here on Bluesky!)
Fellow Americans!
I’m happy to announce that, thanks to you, I’m sending $100,000 to the American Civil Liberties Union (@aclu.org) to help them defend something that truly Makes America Great: our civil liberties.
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I’m happy to announce that, thanks to you, I’m sending $100,000 to the American Civil Liberties Union (@aclu.org) to help them defend something that truly Makes America Great: our civil liberties.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Fellow Americans!
I’m happy to announce that, thanks to you, I’m sending $100,000 to the American Civil Liberties Union (@aclu.org) to help them defend something that truly Makes America Great: our civil liberties.
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I’m happy to announce that, thanks to you, I’m sending $100,000 to the American Civil Liberties Union (@aclu.org) to help them defend something that truly Makes America Great: our civil liberties.
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Civil liberties are under attack in the USA like never before. It’s scary, it’s real — and that’s why I hope to raise $100,000 this week to empower the American Civil Liberties Union (@aclu.org). But I’ll need your help.
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October 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Civil liberties are under attack in the USA like never before. It’s scary, it’s real — and that’s why I hope to raise $100,000 this week to empower the American Civil Liberties Union (@aclu.org). But I’ll need your help.
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Last June, more than 5 million Americans joined #NoKings rallies across the country, protesting President Trump's authoritarianism. And this Saturday, with your help, it's going to be even bigger and better.
Last June, more than 5 million Americans joined #NoKings rallies across the country, protesting President Trump's authoritarianism. And this Saturday, with your help, it's going to be even bigger and better.
October 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Last June, more than 5 million Americans joined #NoKings rallies across the country, protesting President Trump's authoritarianism. And this Saturday, with your help, it's going to be even bigger and better.
Last June, more than 5 million Americans joined #NoKings rallies across the country, protesting President Trump's authoritarianism. And this Saturday, with your help, it's going to be even bigger and better.
Planning a trip to Italy? My newest guidebook, "Rick Steves Rome, Florence & Venice," hits the shelves today: store.ricksteves.com/shop/p/rome-...
I've spent a lifetime exploring these cities, and this book includes all my favorite tips and discoveries. Happy travels!
I've spent a lifetime exploring these cities, and this book includes all my favorite tips and discoveries. Happy travels!
October 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Planning a trip to Italy? My newest guidebook, "Rick Steves Rome, Florence & Venice," hits the shelves today: store.ricksteves.com/shop/p/rome-...
I've spent a lifetime exploring these cities, and this book includes all my favorite tips and discoveries. Happy travels!
I've spent a lifetime exploring these cities, and this book includes all my favorite tips and discoveries. Happy travels!
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A year ago yesterday was a very happy day for me. I had lost my prostate. It was good riddance, as it was riddled with cancer. I’m now cancer-free — and thankful for the tax-funded technology that saved my life.
A year ago yesterday was a very happy day for me. I had lost my prostate. It was good riddance, as it was riddled with cancer. I’m now cancer-free — and thankful for the tax-funded technology that saved my life.
October 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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A year ago yesterday was a very happy day for me. I had lost my prostate. It was good riddance, as it was riddled with cancer. I’m now cancer-free — and thankful for the tax-funded technology that saved my life.
A year ago yesterday was a very happy day for me. I had lost my prostate. It was good riddance, as it was riddled with cancer. I’m now cancer-free — and thankful for the tax-funded technology that saved my life.
In my public television special “The Story of Fascism in Europe” (www.ricksteves.com/fascism), we learn from Europeans whose families lived through fascism that a strong democracy requires vigilant and engaged citizens. We are all participants, we are all responsible, and freedom isn’t guaranteed.
September 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
In my public television special “The Story of Fascism in Europe” (www.ricksteves.com/fascism), we learn from Europeans whose families lived through fascism that a strong democracy requires vigilant and engaged citizens. We are all participants, we are all responsible, and freedom isn’t guaranteed.
Join me next Monday (Sept. 15, 6pm PT/9pm ET) for photos, stories & lessons learned from my two-week vacation surrounded by Italian beauty: Venice, the city they call “La Serenissima” (“The Most Serene”)...the dramatic Dolomites...and my beloved Cinque Terre.
Register now at www.ricksteves.com/mnt
Register now at www.ricksteves.com/mnt
September 12, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Join me next Monday (Sept. 15, 6pm PT/9pm ET) for photos, stories & lessons learned from my two-week vacation surrounded by Italian beauty: Venice, the city they call “La Serenissima” (“The Most Serene”)...the dramatic Dolomites...and my beloved Cinque Terre.
Register now at www.ricksteves.com/mnt
Register now at www.ricksteves.com/mnt