Lifestyle & Culture
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1.1KMore than a film set: Visit Dubrovnik for its real history, not the ‘Game of Thrones’ fantasy
Dubrovnik has always been Croatia’s tourist Mecca, but more recent years have seen its popularity soar beyond anyone’s wildest dreams as a...
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957Longest day, loudest tunes: Fête de la Music is Paris’s summer solstice symphony
Picture this: it’s 1982, and Jack Lang, the French Minister of Culture, decides to shake things up. He throws open the gates...
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1.1KChris Loar: Summer in Berlin offers endless outdoor options, but here’s where real Berliners go
If you’re visiting Berlin in the summer, it might feel like the happiest city on earth. With the seemingly endless, sunless, cold,...
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1.0KLove is in the air! Dispatches’ list of the best honeymoon destinations in Spain and Italy
(Editor’s note: Dispatches does not receive a fee for these honeymoon recommendations.) May and June are traditionally popular months to tie the...
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1.5KNina Danilova: Berlin is the funky European capital of tango
Over the past two decades, Berlin – once primarily recognized as the world’s techno capital – has also become a global tango...
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1.1KNew for 2023: Dispatches’ list of Vienna’s best mega-summer festivals
Summer in Vienna is simply fantastic. Whether it’s relaxing and swimming in the river, escaping the heat and the city’s bustle with...
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1.3KJackie Harding in Heusden: The ups and downs of expat life in a Dutch tourist destination
(Editor’s note: Read more about Heusden here.) Have you ever been somewhere on vacation and thought to yourself, “I could live here.”...
