The best Christmas markets in Europe ranked

I've made the Christmas market list I always wanted to see: one with actual opinions, not just the usual suspects, ranked by the market-and-city combo rather than the market alone...

The Reichstag: Berlin’s top tourist destination

Since it first opened in 1894, it’s been burned, bombed, fallen into disarray and disuse, bordered by the Berlin Wall, rebuilt and finally renamed as the country’s parliament building in the late 90s. And because of, and despite, all this, the Reichstag should be at the top of your list when visiting Berlin. READ MORE

Hamburg: the perfect weekend getaway

In Hamburg you feel like you could jump on a ship, sail away and be anything or anyone, anywhere. Not that you’d want to do that straight away of course, because there is plenty to see, do, eat and drink in this fabulous city...