Schiphol Airport serves over fifty million visitors a year. This sleek, modern airport is one of Europe’s main transport hubs. Amsterdam centre is only a twenty-minute train ride away. If your layover does not allow you to travel to Amsterdam, Schiphol is the ideal airport to spend a few hours....

Feeding wildlife is widely regarded as ‘not advisable,’ despite which plenty of it gets fed in Australia’s Northern Territory. Aquascene is one of Darwin’s big attractions, particularly for children. Every day at high tide the local fish have learnt to swim in to Doctor’s...

The Hermitage in St Petersburg possesses one of the world’s finest collections of early twentieth century French paintings. A selection of seventy-five paintings from this museum is on display in Amsterdam Hermitage until 17 September 2010. The exhibition Matisse to Malevich, Pioneers of Modern Art displays...

Have you ever wondered how cool it would be to live on one of those canal houseboats? Are you dreaming about sailing back and forth on Amsterdam’s canals, mooring one day at Prinsengracht and the next at Herengracht? Forget it! The number of canal-side moorings is fixed and most of the available places...

Amsterdam plus Summer equals Festivals. Long days and mild weather are the reasons why Amsterdam is popular in July. ANNUAL EVENTS IN JULY 2010 WHAT: Julidans WHEN: 1 – 31 July WHERE: Location: various places near Leidseplein Julidans translates as July Dance and is a contemporary fringe dance festival...

So you have taken a walking tour of the Freedom Trail and perhaps a bus or trolley tour to get an overview of the city. Here are some other fun ways to see Boston’s major attractions when you are looking for something to do without wearing out the troops too much. Unofficial Tours These  tongue-in-cheek...