Athens in February: Dodging the Heat and the Hordes
Anyone living in the UK during winter will know the feeling. The strange feeling of, in the middle of London’s pouring rain and dull, grey cityscapes, packing your bag and…
Tallinn: Contrasts in Concrete and Colour
There aren’t many cities (outside of the USA at least) that would openly advertise the opportunity to fire an AK-47 to those attending a hostel bar. Thinking about it, and…
Brutalism and Beauty – Bucharest’s Concrete Jungle
Nowhere is the term “concrete jungle” more applicable than Bucharest. At first, only the imposingly wide boulevards provided some respite from the endless and identical communist-era blocks adorned with oversized…
Poland Is The European City Break’s Last Stand
We are often sold the dream rather than the truth. There is nowhere where this is more true than the European city break.