Basler Herbstmesse, or the Basel Autumn Fair in English, is not your average funfair. This is a 554-year-old celebration, ...

As workers erect a towering Christmas tree on Basel‘s vibrant Marktplatz, not all parts of the city center prepare for the same festive mood. Just a hundred meters away, at a place called Kunstmeile, ...

I would like to receive news and special offers. Hi from Velika Gorica! The town in the suburb of Croatia‘s capital is the official home to the country’s busiest airport, Zagreb Airport. This normally ...

The air at Kathu Shrine before dawn feels different. Thicker, charged, almost breathing. Smoke curls above a sea of white, the scent of incense mixing with the tang of gunpowder. Devotees move through ...

Out of the past 12 months, I spent one-fourth in Thailand. For another three months, I was in Croatia, working on its coast. And then there was a trimester in Switzerland, too, a country from which I ...

But even in Europe (remember, I flew over from Switzerland ), I felt confused by experiencing the season. Basel started ...

In fact, after five months, I returned to Basel, the country’s cultural capital, with cabinets of curiosities ranging from ...

The post-pandemic skies are filled with travelers, but one special breed is hard not to notice: the unruly aircraft passenger. They are exceptionally loud and even physically expressive while causing ...

What are the best airplane seats? I have an easy question to this widely debated question: go for the last row! The last seat on the flight is always my first choice! Selecting a plane seat may or may ...

Once a year, the city of Basel swaps its lab coats and precision watches for lightsabers, horns, and an alarming number of Super Marios. Wizards ride trams. Stormtroopers line up for coffee. Princess ...

From spotting rare pink dolphins in Louisiana waters to witnessing Lake Techirghiol in Romania turning pink due to high temperatures, it seems as if even nature these days is employed by the “Barbie” ...

Malta is sinking. Azure Window, the famous natural rock arch on the Maltese island of Gozo, collapsed in stormy weather in March 2017. This saddened all lovers of iconic landmarks. Malta’s landscape ...