48 hours in Porto

There’s a saying in Portugal – “Porto works, Braga Prays, Coimbra Studies and Lisbon gets all the money”. As you can guess, Porto is traditionally a working class, port/trading city and is not one that’d typically come up when you’re talking about Portugal with your mates. It’s situated in the north of the country, and has [...]

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48 hours in Oslo

What springs to mind when you think Norway? Vikings? Snow? Fjords? Gorgeous people getting about in big furry hooded jackets on snowmobiles perhaps? Oslo wraps all of this up into a convenient, compact and historic Scandinavian experience in one city, easily accessible from the UK. Oslo is teeming with striking new architecture, intelligent design and [...]

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Chocolate in Sweden to cider in Scotland

One thing I love about travelling is the amazing variety of food and drink available from country to country. The contrast in things like alcohol, snacks, soft drinks and toys among heaps of other items out there between say, France and Sweden is incredible, and totally rocks my socks. A lot can be said about [...]

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