Sporting events you must attend before you die

Going to a sports event is one o those things that you have to experience at least once during your lifetime, even if you are not into sports (except maybe the occasional soccer or ball game with friends), or worse, even if you are a couch potato when you’re not traveling. It’s not even compulsory to know anything about sports in order to enjoy a sporting event – you’ll love it all the same.

The excitement of rooting for a team or an athlete and cheering together with the other spectators is a unique feeling, and you never know, you might even become a sports fan after an event like this. So here are the most exciting sporting events that you should attend before you die. …

Thrifty travel: the best flea markets in the world

If you are into vintage and retro clothes, or if you collect rare things, you are surely familiar with flea markets. Shopping in fancy places will probably give you good value for money and a sense of prestige, but if you are looking for unique things (and if you have a bone to pick with modern consumer culture), you’re much better off if you go hunting for what you want at a flea market.

And in addition to getting your hands on a rare record or an early edition of your favourite novel, flea markets are the best way to get to know the heart and soul of the place you’re visiting. So here are a few of the most fascinating flea markets in the world. Good luck rummaging! …

The backpacker’s guide to Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of the flashiest cities in all of Asia, and despite featuring tons of attractions, the most exciting attraction is the city itself. Hong Kong has a double personality: one the one hand it is very much the Chinese, from its traditional parts to its modern towers, but the British influence can still be felt practically everywhere.

The crowded and busy streets have earned Hong Kong the nickname of Hong Concrete, in sharp contrast with the wilderness of the surrounding mountains. As a backpacker, you can have absolute freedom in Hong Kong. The best attractions in the city are free, and they hide in corners best explorer with only a travel bag on your shoulder. …

Best bakeries around the world

One of the best feel feelings you can get when traveling is when you’re walking down a busy street, you’re hungry and you suddenly feel a mouthwatering smell coming out of a bakery. Pastries are a great alternative to fast food if you want a quick bite to eat, and the best thing about bakery products is that they are so culture-specific. Sure, croissants and bagels are almost omnipresent, but there are tons of other yummy pastries that you can find only in certain countries. And if you really want to get acquainted with a certain country’s cuisine, you have to dig in deeper into its pastry section. So here’s a list of some of the best bakeries in the world, for the delight of your taste buds. …

Cool subway stations around the world

Ever since underground transport was invented, subway stations have been source of fascination for people who use them. The subway is an efficient way to transport lots of passengers in very little time from one corner of a city to another, but besides the practical reasons, subway stations are interesting places which come in many shapes and sizes.

From empty stations with scribbled walls to crowded undergrounds milling with busy people, there’s something cool about all of them. Hopping on a subways is probably not our reason for visiting a city, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t find something to enjoy about it. So here are the most interesting subways stations that you happen to find yourself in during one of your travels. …

Famous cemeteries that you should visit BEFORE you die

As morbid as it sounds, cemeteries can be really interesting places to visit. Even if you don’t have an inclination towards the macabre, you can admire cemeteries from an aesthetic point of view. Old cemeteries usually have some interesting monuments, crypts and statues, and they will also have one or two famous or historical figures buried within. And then there are graveyards which are famous because they are purportedly haunted, usually by the spirit of some murderer or other buried within. In any case, a walk through a famous cemetery is worth a couple of hours if you want a bit of peace and quiet, and if you aren’t lucky enough to see a ghost, at least you can boast that you’ve see the grave of someone famous. …

5 things you don’t need when going backpacking

Backpacking is the ultimate traveling experience. It is inevitably raw, exhausting and sometimes even unpleasant, but you will be rewarded with the best time of your life. Backpacking is the great-grandmother of tourism, since this was how you had to travel centuries ago if you wanted to get from one place to another. The pilgrims of Canterbury? Backpackers. Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg? Backpacker, with slightly more money then average.

The pleasure of backpacking lies in seeing so many places, meeting people and exploring different cultures without the shelter of a luxury hotel or a business-class plane trip. And if you want to make you backpacking trip easier, you have to know what to pack, and more importantly, what  not to pack. Here’s a list of things that you do not need to take with you. …

Top 5 movie locations to visit before you die

Sometimes when you’re watching a movie, you see such amazing places or landscapes that you instantly wish you were there too. Some filming locations have been chosen precisely because they look spectacular, but sometimes the fame of the movie rubs of on the locations, which become a more or less serious pilgrimage site for the movie’s fans.

In today’s post, we’ll list a few filming locations that can lead a double life as tourist attractions (or simply as a fun place to stop by during your trip). …

Top 5 weird musems in the world

It is a truth universally acknowledged that tourists must visit museums. Sure, museums are not the only reason for visiting a new destination, but nobody can deny that it’s pretty high on people’s the to-do-lists when they visit someplace new. It’s unimaginable that on your first visit to Paris you don’t visit the Louvre, or that you pass by the British Museum without sparing it a glance when you got to London for the first time.

Serious museums like this are a must on any self-respecting traveler’s resume. But how about the other, less traditional but just as serious museums dedicated not to art or archeology, but other things, say, parasites? We mentioned the Meguro Parasitological Museum in Tokyo in a previous post, but if you think parasites are a weird thing to put into a museum, read on and let us surprise you. …

British resort towns to visit this summer

British seaside towns have an inimitable charm that probably goes back several centuries in time, when they were the favorite summer or winter retreats for the wealthy and affluent. Nowadays, the Brits prefer sunnier regions to their cloudy island, but since this summer is definitely going to be too hot, why not visit a place where you can cool down for a while?

These former sleepy little villages rose to fame when the health benefits of salt water where discovered, and ever since they have been important holiday destinations for the British and tourists alike. So here are the most popular British seaside resorts that you can visit this summer. …