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Living like a king during Charles III's coronation

Amy Laughinghouse

England

Amy Laughinghouse introduces us to a posh section of London where out-of-towners planning to attend the 2023 coronation of King Charles III can stay and live like a king themselves.
Lapping Lapland while on a cycle tour of Finland

Gerhard Czerner

Finland

Gerhard Czerner and his photographer friend Martin Bissig set out on a cycle tour of Lapland and discover Finland's remote region has much to offer the adventure traveller.
Walking on water in the Netherlands

David Latt

Netherlands

David Latt looks at how this innovative country uses dikes and dunes in Noordwijk and Almere to hold back the North Sea and keep tourists safe during their stay.

Love letter from Paris: City of Delights

Carmen Chai

France

In a love letter from Paris, writer Carmen Chai introduces us to the things she most admires about the romantic French capital, from its haute cuisine dining to its simple backstreet cafes.
German car museums are country's most popular

Marc Atchison

Germany

Park it here! That's what Marc Atchison did when he visited Munich and Stuttgart, where Germany's famed car companies have set up ultra-modern museums that pay tribute to their incredible history and ...
A night to remember in Zürich

Marc Atchison

Switzerland

Zürich - Out of the shadows of a darkened Old Town street walks a man wearing a black cape and tricorne. His face is gaunt, his skin a ghostly white. In one hand he carries a lamp. In the other, a lon...

Archive by author: Olivia JohnsonReturn

Olivia Johnson is a journalism student at the University of Concordia in Montréal. During her third year of university she studied abroad in Portugal and took the opportunity to travel throughout Europe and write about her experiences. She is currently working towards finishing her degree in journalism.

Portugal's Fado is music to our ears

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Olivia Johnson visits Coimbra and discovers the joy of Fado, the traditional music of Portugal that is sung in the streets of big and small cities throughout this electrifying country.

Magical Malta full of surprises

Olivia Johnson |

Olivia Johnson gets lots of help from Malta's friendly locals when she sets out to visit historic Valletta, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that has so much to offer visitors.

Coffee is a Swede surprise

Olivia Johnson |

Olivia Johnson tours Gothengurg and discovers that Swedes are really hooked on a coffee social scene that would make Starbucks bluch with envy.