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Sit on the same bench for an hour. A neighbourhood reveals its schedule: school, deliveries, lunch, dogs, old men, then children again.
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World · Around the World
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In Baarle the border weaves through houses and cafes, with tiles marking which country your table is in.
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Baarle, Belgium and Netherlands · Around the World
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Every good trip has a place where you stayed one night too few. The fix is a rule: if you say maybe on the first evening, book the extra night.
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World · Around the World
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The Arbez hotel sits on the France-Switzerland border, with the line running through rooms and a staircase.
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Haute-Savoie, France · Around the World
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Every exit is an entry somewhere else.Runners in the Istanbul Marathon cross from Asia into Europe partway through the race.
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Istanbul, Turkey · Around the World
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We met on a bus and travelled together for nine days. Neither of us suggested it and neither of us mentioned when it would end.
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World · Around the World
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Mill Ends Park measures about 60 centimetres across and is officially recognised as the smallest city park.
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Portland, USA · Around the World
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Do not plan the last day. Go back to the one place you liked most and do exactly the same thing again.
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World · Around the World
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Giethoorn's centre is reached only by canal or footbridge, with over 170 small bridges.
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Giethoorn, Netherlands · Around the World
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Venetian addresses use a sestiere and a number that can run into the thousands, which is why locals navigate by landmark.
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Venice, Italy · Around the World
External reference (site language): Carnival in Italy ↗
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The strangest part is the supermarket. Forty kinds of bread and nobody making eye contact, and you standing there wondering why it feels rude.
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World · Around the World
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Most Japanese addresses describe blocks rather than streets, working from ward down to building number.
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Japan · Around the World
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Not the carving or the magnet. A bus ticket with a date on it, found in a coat pocket in February, worth more than everything on the shelf.
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World · Around the World
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Washington, Canberra, Brasilia, Ottawa and Ankara were all chosen over larger rivals to settle regional disputes.
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World · Around the World
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Bangkok's ceremonial name holds the Guinness record for the longest place name in the world.
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Bangkok, Thailand · Around the World
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We asked for the recipe and were given a list of ingredients with no quantities. It took eleven attempts and it still is not right, which is the correct outcome.
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World · Around the World
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Despite that number, a small handful of hubs handle a disproportionate share of global connections.
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World · Around the World
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On city-centre to city-centre journeys under about four hours, high-speed rail usually wins on total travel time.
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Europe · Around the World
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The best moment of the trip has no picture. Everyone was holding something, or eating, or laughing, and by the time anyone thought of a camera it was over.
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World · Around the World
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Global ferry travel accounts for billions of passenger journeys a year, more than commercial aviation in some regions.
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World · Around the World
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The cafe was a phone shop and the owner had moved to another city. The view from the bridge was exactly the same and that was somehow enough.
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World · Around the World
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In the 1960s a double-decker ran from London to Calcutta, a journey of about 50 days.
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Europe to Asia · Around the World
External reference (site language): India–United Kingdom bus routes ↗
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A handful of freighter lines sell cabins to travellers who prefer weeks at sea to hours in the air.
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World · Around the World
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The missed ferry. The stranger who handed over a key. The meal that ran until midnight. If something happened to you on the road and you still think about it, send it - a few sentences is plenty, and we do the tidying up.
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