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Look, we couldn't knowingly send you to Temple Bar. Instead, local rapscallion James Hendicott drags...
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From surfboards to cemeteries, via a nibble on a pintxos or three, we select the best ac...
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Fire-wielding men dressed as the devil chase Gavin Haines through the streets of Palma de Mallorca. ...
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Facing budget cuts and a shift in cultural identity, is it curtains for Le Panier’s raucous street...
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Decades of violence saw Medellín ranked as the world’s most dangerous place, but now Colombia’s...
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From bubbling mud volcanoes to revolving sky bars, we seek out some of the more surprising highlight...
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10 years after the Danish government began ‘normalising’ Christiania, Alex Fahey heads to Copenh...
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With Egypt unveiling plans to construct a brand new capital east of Cairo, we talk to city planners ...
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We sent Lillian Marx to San Francisco, smartphone in hand, to see how technology is transforming the...
To observe the city of Cardiff when the Welsh national rugby team are playing at home is to see a city at its most vibrant and euphoric. A vast sea o...
Situated at the crossroads of Europe, two hours from the ski resorts of the Alps and the Mediterranean, Lyon's history, architecture, and cultural and...
Barcelona is the city of Gaudi and the ultimate Olympic success story that consistently ranks high on lists of top travel destinations. The 1992 Olymp...
Famed for its tropical climate, Hispanic culture and Art Deco seafront, Miami has the glamour to rival LA but offsets any glitz with a gritty urban ed...
There are many reasons why San Francisco continuously rates as one of the most liveable cities in the USA. For starters, its residents retain a relati...
Formerly called 'Formosa' (Portuguese for 'beautiful'), Taiwan is relatively small, although its population numbers almost 23 million, making it the s...
New Orleans is one of those cities with a fierce sense of identity. Sitting at the mouth of the Mississippi River and looking out over the Gulf of Me...
London’s vociferous mix of grandeur, history, style and culture seems to get more enticing by the year. It charms with leafy Royal parks, free world...
Renowned for its frenetic pace, ever on the edge of invention, New York City’s creativity includes venerated restaurants, chic nightspots, cutting-e...
Few cities inspire as much passion as Jerusalem (Yerushalayim in Hebrew, Al-Quds in Arabic), rooted deep in the past and revered by three major religi...
Beijing is one of those wonderful cities that manages to combine the historic with the modern, and pull off both with aplomb.
Backdropped by the hulking Mount Esja and perched on the southern shores of Faxaflói Bay, nature is never far away in Reykjavik.

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