Spend €12,50 or more on a Dutch language books between 11 – 21 March and get a copy of  Duel, the title of this year’s Book Week Gift. Duel is written by Joost Zwagerman (1963). This tragicomic story tells how the director of a modern art museum gets into problems when a €30 million worth work...

I guess that’s just a bit of information that is not really of much to use the average traveler today. Yeah, last year could very well be one of the safest years of traveling – we’re very much alive despite going on several trips last year, right? Now, enough sarcasm. The data may seem trivial...

I never really got into Harry Potter that much – I thought it too juvenile – but I have to admit that I read the first several books. Juvenile the series may be, but I simply cannot resist the idea of magic and all that. So when I heard about Universal in Orlando unveiling its very own Harry Potter...

We like to keep on top of things, and we like to do so on your behalf. So we thought we’d bring you a few highlights from our Facebook and Twitter communities this week. On Twitter, there was a lot of chatter about the launch of our Lonely Planet Magazine in India. An appearance from movie star...

Boston has a rich African-American history. The first Africans arrived in Boston as slaves soon after the city was founded in the 1630’s. By the end  of the American Revolution, Boston was home to more free blacks than slaves. And just prior to the Civil War, the north side of Boston’s Beacon...

A lot of people are forever griping about how the travel sector – specifically airlines! – are always out to make more money out of travelers. You can’t really blame the people who complain. We know just how unfair many practices are. However, when the news about Haiti’s plight made the headlines,...