13 of the coolest neighbourhoods in the world are in Europe
The hottest area in Athens – Neos Kosmos – claimed first in Europe and third place in the overall ranking.
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why I can't stop thinking about Papua New Guinea
When you talk about Papua New Guinea, people may say, oh, is that the place where:
Why Is Moscow So Weird?
Why so far north? So cold? Why not on a big river or a coast? Why the biggest city in Europe? Why the capital of the biggest country on Earth?
I see nothing but hills, ridges and sea: a breathtaking five-day walk around Ireland’s south-westernmost headland
The creators of County Cork’s Sheep’s Head Way had to win over hundreds of landowners to complete the ambitious project, but the result is a gloriously unspoilt trail
George Town, Penang, Malaysia: Trains, Ferries, and Life in Little India
We went to Malaysia for the first time in December 2025 on a bit of a whim.
Tristan da Cunha: The busiest place you’ve never seen
Photographer Julia Gunther and writer-filmmaker Nick Schönfeld chronicle the rhythms of daily life on Tristan da Cunha, the world’s most remote inhabited island.
Swaziland: The Last Autocratic Monarchy in the World | TheCollector
With a history of expansion, struggle, and scandal, Eswatini’s monarchy continues to make headlines.
The Island Without Time
I traveled above the Arctic Circle to find out whether a town really can live free from the clock.
A Journey Into Rebel-Held Myanmar
Seventeen years after I left my post as the U.N.’s representative in Myanmar, I crossed into the rebel-held part of the country to witness new forms of local governance emerge amid a dramatic revolution.
A cool guide to the subregions of Oceania : r/coolguides
154 votes, 19 comments. 5.5M subscribers in the coolguides community. Picture based reference guides for anything and everything. If it seems like…