Anabel Dean

Travel writer

Anabel Dean is a Sydney-based freelance travel journalist, with an expertise in arts writing, who began writing as a news reporter in London before joining The Sydney Morning Herald, and later The Bulletin, in a career that spans decades.

Norway

One of the most beautiful places in Europe is virtually unknown

Most people have never heard of Veitastrond, a lost pocket almost unknown to the outside world despite “the finest ice scenery in Europe”.

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Switzerland’s largest art museum, the Kunsthaus, feeds the soul.

Switzerland

Forget France and Italy: Where to see masterpieces without the queues

The Tate Modern is packed, the Prado is heaving and there’s no way around the lines at the Louvre. But I won’t despair as I’ve a crowd-free alternative.

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Postcard beauty: Hurtigruten Coastal Express between Bergen and Kirkenes.

Cruises

This Arctic journey is a Viking (and foodie) fantasy

Cruising 2500 nautical miles along Norway’s ragged coastline enjoy port-to-plate gourmet local dishes along the way.

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Austria

The mysteries of a lost dynasty and an emperor without a throne

An audience with nobility highlights the fragility of ways of life, of monarchies, and even world peace.

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A frenzy of colour and movement … Garma Festival.

Arnhem Land

This stirring Top End festival is among the world’s greatest

The Garma Festival is an invitation to the clans to join in the diplomacy of kinship. It’s also a rare chance to engage with the world’s oldest living culture.

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At the sanctuary, bears begin their lives all over again.

Vietnam

‘Nothing prepared me’: These rare, ‘wretched beauties’ will break your heart

Animals Asia grants limited access to visitors who want to help bring a species back from the brink of extinction while ending bear bile farming in Vietnam.