Berlin’s Festival of Lights Turns the German Capital Into a Giant Open-Air Gallery
For 10 nights each October, Berlin’s most famous landmarks become canvases for enormous projections, 3D mapping and light installations. Here’s…
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Europe’s Winter Escape Hatch: Why Corralejo, Fuerteventura, Might Have the Best January Beach Weather You’ve Never Heard Of
While most of Europe is digging out scarves and watching the forecast for snow, one stretch of coastline just off…
While Most of Europe Is Setting Up Christmas Markets, These Beaches Are Still Open for Business in November
By the second week of November, the European travel calendar has largely moved indoors. Mulled wine stalls are going up…
Overtourism in Spain: Beaches Are Overflowing – and the Sea Is Paying the Price
By August, Spain’s beaches are supposed to be at their most inviting. Instead, in some of the country’s busiest coastal…
Tornado Strikes Southern France After Exceptionally Hot Summer
A powerful tornado swept through parts of southern France on Monday, leaving a trail of damaged homes, injured residents and…
One of the Most Photographed Beach in Europe Has Been Closed for Four Straight Summers – and You Still Can’t Set Foot on It
For a beach that virtually nobody is allowed to actually stand on anymore, Navagio has an unusual talent for showing…
Everyone Wants to Find Odysseus’ Island. That Could Make Ithaca Greece’s Next Tourism Hotspot.
Greece’s next big tourism boom may not be coming to Santorini or Mykonos. It may be heading to a much…
Magnitude 5.0 Earthquake Strikes Southern Spain in the Early Hours of August 15, 2026
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake shook southern Spain in the early hours of August 15, 2026, at 1:04 a.m. local time,…
Oktoberfest Started With a Royal Wedding. Two Centuries Later, It’s a $1.4 Billion Party
Every September, more than six million people descend on a single meadow in Munich to drink beer out of one-liter…
Bulgaria Just Picked a Surprise Eurovision Host City – And It Could Be the Best Advertisement for Its Black Sea Coast Yet
Forget Sofia. Eurovision 2027 is heading to the beach. Bulgaria has just chosen Burgas, its laid-back Black Sea port city,…
Millions Chased 2 Minutes of Darkness. Here’s How Spain Turned a Solar Eclipse Into a Tourism Gold Rush
Millions of people spent months – and, in some cases, thousands of dollars – chasing just a few minutes of…
Istanbul Airport Smashes European Record With 289,732 Passengers in a Single Day
Istanbul Airport has shattered its own record and set a new all‑time high for daily passenger traffic in both Türkiye…
A 650-Pound Tuna Appeared to Chase a Swimmer Off a Marbella Beach. The Reality Was Far More Disturbing.
A giant bluefin tuna weighing nearly 300 kilograms came frighteningly close to swimmers at a beach in Marbella, Spain. But…
World Lion Day: The Big Cat That Once Roamed Europe Now Clings to a Fraction of Its Former Range
Today, August 10, marks World Lion Day – an annual occasion dedicated to raising awareness about one of the planet’s…
The Danube May Look Clean. That Does Not Mean It Is Safe to Swim In.
Across Europe, people are returning to rivers for relief from increasingly hot summers. But along the Danube, water quality can…
10 Things I Love About Cyprus After a Decade on the Island – and 3 I Still Can’t Get Used To
“I moved to Cyprus more than 10 years ago, and I still can’t get over how much the island changed…
Why Europe Shuts Down in August: The Origins of a Continental Tradition
Try calling a business in Paris, Rome, or Madrid in the second week of August, and there’s a good chance…
Europe’s New Heat Threat Doesn’t Arrive at Noon – It Arrives After Sunset. Why ‘Tropical Nights’ Are Becoming a Growing Public Health Concern.
When temperatures soar above 35°C (95°F), the danger seems obvious. But increasingly, health experts are warning that the most dangerous…
Ceuta’s Migrant Surge Is Reversing Fast – And Spain Says 70,000 Have Already Gone Back to Morocco
Spain says the vast majority of migrants who entered Ceuta in a dramatic border surge have already returned to Morocco,…
Istanbul’s Old Atatürk Airport Is Becoming a Giant Startup Campus
Istanbul’s former Atatürk Airport is getting a second life – not as a runway for passenger jets, but as one…