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Travel News

Water pistols and strikes: What’s behind Europe’s tourism backlash?

Overtourism is putting pressure on health services, waste management, water supplies and housing at the expense of residents.

Design

Barbie's 65th anniversary celebrated at London Design Museum

The show presents 250 objects from Barbie's world, including 180 dolls spanning seven decades.

Culture news

Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice to open 2024 Venice Film Festival

The screening will be the world premiere and stars Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Jenna Ortega and Willem Dafoe.

Culture news

Photojournalism award reveals major problem of e-waste in Ghana

The resulting images capture the immensity of the e-waste problem and the vulnerability of Ghanaians caught up in the system.

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Culture news

World's oldest figurative painting found in Indonesian cave

The painting, found at Leang Karampuang cave on the east Indonesian island of Sulawesi, depicts three human-like figures and a wild pig.

Travel News

This popular Italian destination is finally getting its own airport

Salerno Costa d’Amalfi Airport is getting a facelift and opening as a commercial airport with flights starting this July.

Travel News

Barcelona is increasing its tourist tax again in October

Barcelona charges a tourist tax and a city tax: What's the difference and how much are they?

Art

Inside the Vatican’s eye-opening pavilion at the Venice Biennale

The exhibition, With my eyes, has sight and perception at its heart and controversially transforms the Vatican pavilion from a women's jail into a gallery.

Travel News

Here’s how you can get paid €30,000 to move to Tuscany

Applicants will receive between €10,000 and €30,000 to buy a house in a mountain town.

Travel News

Sexist souvenirs: Barcelona might ban ‘degrading’ mementos

This would include products that contain “homophobic or sexist” content.

Moments

Around the maypole: What it’s like to celebrate midsummer in Sweden

In 2024, Midsummer Eve falls on 21 June and there are celebrations throughout the whole weekend.

Earth News

The Iberian Lynx has bounced back from the brink of extinction

The European species’ population has more than tripled in two years thanks to conservation efforts.

Earth News

Could a heatwave make the Paris Olympics deadly for athletes?

Paris’s population is the most at risk of dying from heatwaves of any capital in Europe.

Travel News

Where in Europe do people take the most - and least - holiday?

One generation in particular is not using up their holiday allowance.

Earth News

Scientists predict Venice will be underwater by 2150

There is a system of flood barriers in place in Venice’s lagoon, but these won’t be enough to protect the city from continual sinking and sea level rise.

Travel News

This sunny southern Italian town is selling off houses for €3

Italy is famous for its €1 houses so why the price increase?

Earth News

This European country is about to build its largest ever wind farm

The wind farm will be incorporated into the Tâmega hydropower complex, one of the largest hydroelectric projects completed in Europe in the last 25 years.

Earth News

Fast deco: The dark side of low-cost furniture and home decor

Nearly half of furniture waste is burned in incinerators or buried in landfills.

Earth News

Valencia’s cemeteries to become the country’s largest urban solar farm

The project has been dubbed RIP, standing for Requiem in Power.

Destinations

Why you should visit Georgia’s buzzy capital city for a budget break

For as little as €10 a meal, you can eat like royalty in Tbilisi.

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