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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...

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Marc Atchison is a veteran journalist and a seasoned traveller with more than 20 years of travel writing experience. As the former Travel Editor of the Toronto Star, Canada's largest newspaper, and now Editor-in-Chief and Senior Writer for TraveLife magazine (Canada) and travelife.ca, Marc has been to over 100 countries in the world. Japan is one of his favorite destinations and he's been there on numerous occasions.

Ancient Óbidos is a Sweet Surprise

Marc Atchison |

ÓBIDOS, PORTUGAL - The blackened oak doors of the 14th century Bar Ibn Errik Rex are closed the day we arrive with a local man named Luis Garcia.

Tip toe through the tulips in Holland

Marc Atchison |

LISSE, THE NETHERLANDS - Holland looks good any time of the year but it’s especially beautiful in the spring when the national flower, the tulip, blooms in a rainbow of colours and blankets farmer’s fields and gardens throughout this incredible land.

New Markthal is Rotterdam’s biggest attraction

Marc Atchison |

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Public markets in Europe are as common as grains of sand on a beach. So what’s the big deal when a new one opens?

'LRE' World War II route a Tour de Force

Marc Atchison |

ARNHEM, THE NETHERLANDS - The old soldier, aided by his proud family, shuffles toward the granite monument and with trembling hands salutes his fallen comrades for whom the monolith honours.

Dutch still celebrate De Stijl art movement

Marc Atchison |

THE HAGUE - Their names are not as familiar to me as their Dutch counterparts Rembrandt, Vermeer or Van Gogh, but their art is admired equally.

Museum honours Rotterdam’s maritime history

Marc Atchison |

ROTTERDAM - Looking out over this city’s glass and steel skyline, it’s hard for me to imagine that such a futuristic-looking city has an ancient past.

Rotterdam’s past, present thrive in the ‘Basement’

Marc Atchison |

ROTTERDAM - Our water taxi cuts through a foggy mist and bounces off the choppy surf while making its way across the harbour to Kop van Zuid, this city’s trendy entertainment district located on the southern bank of the River Maas.

Experiencing future shock in old Amsterdam

Marc Atchison |

AMSTERDAM - Old Amsterdam is so beautiful, especially when you’re looking at the 12th and 13th century doll-house homes, cathedrals and museums from the seat of a canal tour boat.

Walking Streets of Amsterdam a Dutch Treat

Marc Atchison |

AMSTERDAM- It's early morning and as usual Amsterdam Centraal is crowded with commuters. Each day, more than 300,000 people pass through the castle-like railway station and it seems like all 300,000 are huddled together on the main platform as I exit the train from Schiphol Airport.

Amsterdam's a foodie's paradise

Marc Atchison |

AMSTERDAM – It’s an honest question from someone wanting to immerse themselves in this country’s food culture: “Where does a visitor to the Netherlands find authentic Dutch cuisine and what are the favoured dishes among the locals?”