stuff.co.nz has an article on the German seaside resort town of Heiligendamm, the host of last week’s G8 summit and scene of clashes between police and anti-globalisation protesters.
Heiligendamm is accessible by hourly steam trains on the narrowgauge railway known as the Molli, from Bad Doberan; the trip takes about 20 minutes. Bad Doberan, in turn, is approximately 20 minutes away from the northern German city of Rostock, on a regional express service.
A writer from the Toronto Globe and Mail describes his experiences when he tries to visit as many European countries as possible in 48 hours, by plane.
It’s painful enough doing this in several weeks by train – air travel could only make it worse.
Slovenia is one of Europe’s hidden gems, where a mediterranean coastline meets the Alps, and the Pannonian plain. The capital, Ljubljana, with its wonderful baroque architecture, is incredibly lively for a city of only 260000 people.
Now part of the EU, Slovenia is the first former communist country to join the Eurozone, and its economy is streaking ahead – faster than a couple of the original EU countries, in fact.
Amsterdam is a particularly popular city for travellers, not least for its thriving nightlife and beautiful historic centre. But along with the throngs of visitors come high prices, and if not adequately prepared, the unsuspecting traveller can find themselves spending considerably more money than they had intended to.
With a bit of planning, however, it’s possible spend time in Amsterdam without blowing a fortune – or, at the very least, being able to save your money during the day so that you can party hard at night, if that takes your fancy. This guide tells you how.
Fairfax Media NZ investigates Helsinki, to find out why Finns are so good at design.
Many visitors to Denmark spend much of their time in the capital, Copenhagen, but see little or nothing of Zealand, the island on which it resides.
The Irish Independent travels through Soro, Slagelse and Korsor as it investigates what the island has to offer. Surprisingly, however, they didn’t mention the highlight of a visit to Slagelse: the nearby remnants of a Viking fortress, Trelleborg (reconstructed Viking-era building, pictured left).
To get to Trelleborg, from Slagelse, catch bus 312 from the railway station.
It’s the city where cinema began, it was the heart of the French Resistance during World War II, and it was the capital of Roman Gaul. Where is it? The Independent visits Lyon.
In the first of a series of articles on northern Germany, The Toronto Star visits a Ballhaus in Berlin, a city in a constant state of change.
The Times has a guide to some of the many hotels in the historic Croatian city of Dubrovnik.
Next Sunday (June 10th, 2007) marks the opening of the new eastern TGV high speed railway line, that will provide fast rail connections from Paris and Strasbourg to Basel, Zurich, Frankfurt and Stuttgart. As The Guardian explains, this is likely to open up much of southern Germany and eastern Switzerland to rail tourism.
The services to Germany will be operated by a new company named Alleo, as reported by Marcel Marchon of trainblog.com, whilst services to Switzerland will be run by TGV Lyria.
In The Know Traveller reports that prices from Paris to Basel, one way, will be a hefty US$128.
Meanwhile, The Independent provides the Complete Guide to Switzerland in style.
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