Art and Culture

Jan 8, 2019 • 2 min read

Van Gogh's 'The Starry Night' has been reimagined by Serbian artists Ivana Jelić and Pavle Petrović as an LED light installation over the canals of…

Jan 7, 2019 • 1 min read

Each year, the Chinese city of Harbin is transformed into a fairy-tale world of ice, snow and lights at the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival. The annual event…

Jan 2, 2019 • 0 min read

Want to go festival hopping in 2019? Let this gorgeous Art Nouveau-style calendar be your guide. If you want to hang it on your wall, you can even download…

Dec 19, 2018 • 3 min read

A blogger who visited Yungay, the Peru town that disappeared in 1970, has captured the eerie silence of what is now the most catastrophic disaster in the…

Dec 18, 2018 • 1 min read

The ancient tomb of a royal priest has been uncovered in Egypt, and the well-preserved site is full of incredible paintings and statues.

Dec 15, 2018 • 2 min read

It may be nearly 15 years old but Dumb and Dumber still has the status of iconic American comedy. Now it's getting a very luxurious reincarnation as a US…

Dec 11, 2018 • 2 min read

We’re all used to snapping pictures while on a trip, but a somewhat more unique keepsake that is seen less and less these days is the travel journal. This…

Dec 5, 2018 • 1 min read

The city’s long-awaited urban green space has finally opened, making it the third largest in central Milan. Sitting at the foot of the Bosco Verticale and…

Dec 4, 2018 • 1 min read

Officials of Rome’s famed Vatican Museums may limit the number of daily visitors following complaints by tour guides of overcrowding, fainting, and…

Dec 1, 2018 • 1 min read

If you have ever dreamed of seeing the City of Angels from the heavens, your wishes have just come true. Thailand’s tallest building, King Power…

Nov 30, 2018 • 1 min read

Gothic architecture flourished in Europe in the Middle Ages, bringing to life masterpieces like Paris’ Notre Dame in France and Cologne’s Cathedral in Germany…

Nov 27, 2018 • 1 min read

Meeting Santa Claus in his Lapland home is a winter treat for many families, but thanks to unseasonably high temperatures that have struck Finland's far…

Nov 27, 2018 • 2 min read

Already one of the most famous attractions in the city, the historic stretch of the Berlin Wall now known as the East Side Gallery will be protected from…

Nov 26, 2018 • 2 min read

The Anne Frank House is one of Amsterdam’s most famous attractions and now, after two years of renewal work, it is welcoming “a new generation of visitors…

Nov 22, 2018 • 2 min read

Travels are one of music’s great sources of inspiration, and there are too many songs featuring cities and countries in their titles to count. If you’d…

Nov 22, 2018 • 2 min read

If you’ve ever wanted to immerse yourself in the daily life of a Buddhist temple, South Korea wants you to know that the dream can become a reality.

Nov 20, 2018 • 3 min read

On 9 November, flowers and candles began to appear in seemingly unremarkable spots on German sidewalks. It was the 80th anniversary of the Kristallnacht…

Nov 19, 2018 • 1 min read

The world’s first ‘underground’ hotel has officially opened inside the abandoned Shenkeng Quarry in Shanghai, China. After almost four years of…

Nov 13, 2018 • 2 min read

The Eternal City can now boast Europe’s very first pollution-eating mural.

Nov 3, 2018 • 2 min read

Few TV series have been so synonymous with a landscape than Outlander is with the Scottish Highlands and the country's recent tourist boom is partially…

Nov 2, 2018 • 2 min read

They’re like towering forests in the sky, and that's exactly as they were intended to be by Milanese architect Stefano Boeri.

Oct 30, 2018 • 3 min read

The creators of the Disney-Pixar film Coco took inspiration from the incredible architectural and artistic legacy across Mexico to create the visual…