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Oceania
From Fremantle Prison to Victoria Quay on Foot
Fremantle Prison stands above the old commercial streets, while ships, trains and ferries move through the harbour below. This walk follows the ground between them: from a convict-built prison down to the streets that served maritime trade, then across the railway to the working waterfront.
Oceania
Bondi to Coogee, Beach by Beach
At South Bondi, swimmers trade the open surf for saltwater lanes cut into the rock below Bondi Icebergs. From there, a paved coastal path follows sandstone headlands, small beaches and swimming bays for six kilometres to Coogee.
Oceania
Cycling Wadjemup, from Thomson Bay to the limestone coast
Thomson Bay provides the landing point for a day on Wadjemup/Rottnest Island: white sand, moored boats and a compact settlement sit beside the Main Jetty. From there, a bicycle reaches reef-ringed swimming coves, salt lakes, a lighthouse climb and the exposed western coast.
Tallinn · Tromsø · Kyoto
Eight cities where winter changes the streets
Tallinn’s medieval lanes, Tromsø’s blue midday twilight and Kyoto’s frost-bright temple steps belong to the cold months. In these eight cities, winter changes how public spaces look, how residents use them and what visitors can see.
Europe · South America · Venice
Ten trading cities where the old streets still work
At Venice’s Rialto market, fishers and wholesalers still sell the morning catch beside open-air fruit and vegetable stalls. Across ten old trading cities, quays, lanes, workshops and fortifications still show how goods once moved and how people use these places now.
Murgia · Altamura · Tbilisi
Ten places where local bread is still made by hand
Bread shows the daily work behind a neighbourhood meal: a household’s marked dough at a Marrakesh communal oven, dark rye beside sourdough in Copenhagen, and bolillos from brick ovens in Mexico City. These ten working addresses and market settings sell local bread made through distinct local practices.
Europe · Plaça Reial · Piazza Santo Spirito
Ten Squares That Change After Dark
At sunset, restaurant stalls fill Jemaa el-Fna and listeners close around storytellers who adjust each performance to the crowd. Elsewhere, evening brings aperitivo tables, commuter tides, street food, ceremonies and concert audiences to public ground.
Europe · Portugal · Czechia
Eight European cities best read from a tram window
A good tram route does more than join landmarks. It follows the grades, quays and street plans that shaped a city, then leaves enough time to see them from a seat by the window. These eight rides turn everyday public transport into a clear route through the urban grain.
South America · Europe · Middle East
Eight mineral landscapes shaped by salt, iron and hot water
On Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni, a hard white crust runs towards an empty horizon. Elsewhere, iron colours whole mountains red, hot springs build terraces, and Roman miners have left cliffs behind.
Eight train rides where the railway takes centre stage
These eight railways do more than cross remarkable country. Their curves, tunnels, viaducts and gradients explain why the view looks the way it does, from a Norwegian fjord valley to the Canadian Rockies.
Europe · Asia · Netherlands
Eight islands for taking the long way round
On Schiermonnikoog, low tide exposes the mudflats. On Yakushima, rain feeds cedar forest above the ferry ports. These eight islands suit travellers who would rather follow a path, a shore or a working harbour than race between sights.
Wadi Rum · La Palma · Atacama
Ten dark-sky landscapes, ranked from moorland to mountain basin
Pink sand runs below Wadi Rum’s sandstone walls, while telescope domes stand on La Palma’s volcanic crest. This ranking places New Zealand’s glacial Mackenzie Basin first, where a wide alpine floor gives the night sky a large, uncluttered frame.