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Camille Van Puymbroeck is a Belgian freelance journalist with a big interest in anything lifestyle and ecology-related. Nothing makes her more happy than visiting a former Soviet building, overgrown by nature, equipped with a camera and a coffee. Not without an Italian meal afterwards, of course. Her work has previously been published in Metro, Sabato Magazine and Culinaire Ambiance.

23 March 2023

Could these be the best youth hostels in France?

Hotels are nice, sure, but they tend to come with one major flaw: the price. Especially now that the coast of living has gone up impressively, […]
23 March 2023

Amazing statues to see on your next road trip

A set of Ukrainian prairie giants and a controversial angel larger than a Boeing 757 are just some of the astonishing and amusing roadside statues rounded […]
22 March 2023

What is Ramadan and why is it important for Muslims?

Ramadan, Islam’s holiest month, began at sundown on Wednesday, March 22nd and will end with Eid al-Fitr on Thursday, April 20th. The most important month of […]
22 March 2023

Abu Dhabi scraps tourism tax for events

The Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT) of Abu Dhabi has announced that event organisers will no longer be subject to the tourism tax. 1. Events […]
22 March 2023

When did Google maps become so useless?

Some companies and products seem so dominant, it’s hard to imagine them ever losing their place at the head of the market. But whether it’s a […]
22 March 2023

Will Saddam Hussein’s yacht become a tourist attraction?

A yacht that belonged to Iraqi president Saddam Hussein lies abandoned and half-sunken in a river in southern Iraq. Thanks to images released by news agency […]
22 March 2023

Brussels launches awareness campaign for e-scooter road safety

Electric scooters have become a popular mode of micro-mobility over the past years, but, at the same time the number of e-scooter users has increased, so […]
22 March 2023

Traditional and classical music from Kazakhstan to hit Brussels

Music afficionados should not miss the electrifying Brussels premiere of Turan, coming to Bozar on the 7th of April 2023. Bringing Kazakh folk stylings into the […]
22 March 2023

Berlin allows women to go topless in public swimming pools

Depending on if you were born as a man or a woman, things can be quite different in life. There are discrepancies on each and every […]
22 March 2023

Cirium launches first satellite-based flight tracking tool for airlines

In an industry first, aviation analytics company Cirium has launched a tool that analyses an airline’s routes using satellite-based flight tracking data to identify actual flights […]
22 March 2023

Tokyo’s new theme park ‘The Making of Harry Potter’ set to open on 16 June

On Wednesday March 15th, Warner Bros. Discovery announced that its new Harry Potter theme park, Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo – The Making of Harry Potter, […]
22 March 2023

Japan sees spike in number of international tourists

Japan has seen a substantial increase in the number of international tourists since the country open its borders in late 2022, said Shinya Kurosawa, president and […]
22 March 2023

Power could soon be generated from solar panels placed between railway tracks

The Swiss company Sun-Ways has developed a pilot project aimed at integrating solar modules on railway tracks. Thanks to an innovative automatic installation system, the panels […]
21 March 2023

Ryanair launches petition for EU to protect flights during French air traffic control strikes

After failed calls on the European Commission to protect overflights (flights that do not take off or land in France, but merely have routes passing over […]
21 March 2023

NASA and Axiom Space to launch 3rd private mission to space station in 2023

On Tuesday March 14th, NASA announced that it had signed a mission order with Axiom Space for the third private astronaut mission to the International Space […]
21 March 2023

Melting of large Alaskan Glacier poses serious threat to the US

A detailed “body scan” of Malaspina Glacier, one of Alaska’s most iconic glaciers, revealed that its bulk lies below sea level and is undercut by channels […]