Moving out of the family home is a significant milestone in the life of many young people, and in Norway, the path to ...

Wheelchair access is available on the majority of public transport options and visitors can get just about anywhere without having to pay for a taxi. Most people get between cities and tourist areas ...

Voting is now open for our inaugural Best of Travel by In Your Pocket competition, with categories spanning the globe! Vote ...

This impressive gate in the south-west of the city is all that remains of Fort Friedrichsburg which stood here from 1657 until the 1920s. The fort was originally built to protect Königsberg from the ...

Ice swimming has been practiced in Russia for centuries and some historians suggest that the practice was a popular pagan tradition. The most common form of ice swimming however, is the religious ice ...

Did you know that windsurfing was “invented” in the USA? The first mention of someone practising the sport is S. Newman Darby on the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. We don't know much about Newman ...

Bucharest is a relatively new city: mention of it is not made until 1459, as one of the residences of Vlad III (the Impaler), ruler of Wallachia. The exact origins of the city are therefore unknown.

Also called the Mother Fortress of Tbilisi, Narikala is an ancient symbol of Tbilisi’s defence. The fortress was established in the 4th century, around the period when the city itself was founded. It ...

Being the largest Orthodox cathedral in the region and one of the biggest on the planet, the Church of St Sava is definitely worth a visit. And while you're at it, you might want to drop by some of ...

Serbians are big fans of coffee. If you ever visit a Serbian home, chances are you'll be offered coffee before you have a chance to take a seat. In fact, for any Serb a daily chat and gossip with ...