Lapland’s friendly fire
LIZ Johnston was nervous about her solo trip to Lapland to stay at an ice hotel after an elegant couple in Helsinki made no effort to contain their mirth.
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Ice safaris with flying Finns
‘TAXIS are for wimps’ was clearly the message, as Jenny Stevens climbed aboard a sleek snowmobile at the start of her Lapland adventure.
A week in Languedoc
THE dream of spending a year à la Française in Provence might have been truncated to a week in Languedoc, but what a week it was, writes Colin Fraser.
Paradise in the midnight sun
THE air is crisp in Iceland, so fresh it feels alien. Like opening a fridge and drawing a long breath, writes Neil Dowling.
Basquing in Bilbao’s glow
FOR the locals, football comes first and last but, in between, their historic Spanish city offers tourists so much, writes Mike Smith.
St Petersburg’s tsar turn
Life in St Petersburg is lived as if there’s no tomorrow and, during mid-summer White Nights when the sun never sets, the city barely sleeps.
Your best foot forward
LEARNING to waltz like the Austrians for the Mozart festival was a big step for Kevin Pilley.
Step out in Porto
OBSESSED with Lisbon and the Algarve, visitors to Portugal are missing out on the richly textured northern city of Porto.
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