Plaza Mayor
14:29 30/12/2015
The Spanish Inquisition left Plaza Mayor with a bloody history. Once a centre for executions and bullfights, today it’s chic and cosmopolitan. The 400-year-old equestrian statue of King Philip...
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Hagia Sophia
14:12 30/12/2015
‘Holy Space’! This 1500-year-old monument has seen it all – built as a church then transformed into a mosque, it’s now one of the world’s great museums. Inside, you’ll find an amazing...
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Spice Bazaar
14:10 30/12/2015
Faster than you can say ‘Spice Girls’, the ‘Spice Boys’ of this market will have you soaking up hit after hit of fragrant scents! Pick up jasmine to juniper, and every spice in-between, from...
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Matonge District of Brussels, Home to Swahili, Hindi and Lingala
12:33 30/12/2015
Matonge originated in the late fifties with Maisaf (La Maison Africaine aka 'African House'), a student residence. It developed in the sixties and seventies following Congo’s independence...
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Villa Empain Boghossian Foundation
12:18 30/12/2015
Opening of Villa Empain to the public according to several themes of organized activities and events (exhibitions, concerts, conferences, etc.) from 2010. La Fondation Boghossian has its...
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Ponte Vecchio
11:35 30/12/2015
Peruse the shops perched above the River Arno on this pedestrian bridge. Dating back to 972, its history is the stuff of storybooks. Ponte Vecchio’s seen it all from noble feuds to ruinous...
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Brussels and Comic Strip
11:33 30/12/2015
Brussels, homeland of Tintin and Spirou, the undeniable forerunners of many generations of comic strip heroes. The Smurfs, Lucky Luke and the Daltons, Corentin, Black and Mortimer - to mention only...
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Forget the Hop-on Hop-off bus – Take public transport!
19:32 29/12/2015
What are your best memories from travelling? Well, I have to admit that all my great travel stories are connected with local public transport....
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State Opera House
15:54 29/12/2015
Well-versed in the art of opera? Even if you don’t know your “Rigoletto” from your rigatoni, this building never fails to mesmerise. Inside, it’s an exercise in excess: towering marble...
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Hungarian Parliament Building
15:39 29/12/2015
The “House of the Nation”. Designed by architect Imre Steindl, Hungary’s hulking Neo-Gothic parliament was inaugurated on the country’s 1000th anniversary in 1896. To this day, it’s still...
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