Europe

“Europe’s past isn’t behind you. It’s under your feet.”

— Umberto Eco

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Ireland Has a Cuisine. Who Knew?

Turns out there’s a lot more on the Irish menu than Guinness and potatoes. Although, to be fair, there’s still quite a lot of Guinness and potatoes.

Shhh... Brescia Be Quiet!

The quiet Lombard hamlet needs to shut up before people know it’s there.

Finland Wants To Set You Up On A Blind Date

Sixteen singles. Two Finnish cities. Four days of eating, drinking and potentially making prolonged eye contact with a stranger over some very good fish.

Learning Ireland The Hard Way

What do you learn about Ireland when you let the Irish teach you what they’re good at? Quite a lot, as it turns out.

Ski, Sauna, Repeat

Austria doesn't do subtle.

This New Retreat Wants You To Feel All Of Its Five Seasons

Deep in the forests of a remote Baltic island, Eha Retreat has opened with a rather different idea of what a wellness holiday should look like.

Hiking Through Millennia

One bruised shin, 80km, and a few thousand years of ruins along Türkiye’s Lycian Way.

The Atlantic’s Forgotten Isles

While neighbouring Iceland pulls almost two million travellers each year, the Faroe Islands are among Europe’s best-kept secrets. Freya Muller discovers an untamed archipelago rich in legend.

The Full Monte

Paddling across once-troubled waters in Montenegro, Lisa Perkovic learns a little about espionage and international relations from a small country with a colourful past.