Berlin’s Great Outdoors

This article kindly written by Anna Tobin of Ciao Bambino as part of our #housetripping series. You don’t really think of a city as somewhere you would go to explore the great outdoors, unless that city is right on a beach, such as Barcelona; or in the middle of a ski resort, such as Aspen,Continue reading
The Best New Year’s Eve Fireworks Around The World

Guy Fawkes in the UK, then Diwali around the world, Thanksgiving in the USA to Hanukkah and Christmas just gone we’ve had plenty of things to celebrate at this time of the year; and to go along with all these festivities are the whizzes, pops and bangs of fireworks displays. However, fireworks design teams around theContinue reading
Flickr Friday – Christmas trees around the world

In this week’s Flickr Friday, we’re taking a look at Christmas trees in cities across the world. Many urban centres try to outdo each another with the biggest, brightest and most cleverly designed Christmas trees that their top creative minds can come up with. A lot of the time there’s also a story behind them;Continue reading
Happy Hanukkah

This year, the festival of Hanukkah takes place between Saturday 8th December and Sunday 16th December. Also known as the Festival of Lights, Hanukkah is a happy and joyous celebration in the Jewish calendar and is a time when Jewish communities across the world come together to give gifts, eat and drink and of course lightContinue reading
The six best cities to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Europe

How did this happen again? New year is approaching and only a matter of weeks separates you from writing your list of thoroughly thought out, well-intended New Year’s resolutions, and seeing 2012 off with a bang in one of the world’s best cities. Here are six of the best New Year’s Eve parties in EuropeContinue reading
