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New places worth the trip, stories behind famous ones, and what is changing in travel right now.

• 28 October 2026The side of Amsterdam the canal boats never reachCross the IJ by free ferry and cycle into Waterland's polder villages, a flat, quiet landscape of dikes and wooden houses that most visitors to Amsterdam never see.
• 23 October 2026Prague before the crowds wake upCharles Bridge at sunrise, a 600-year-old clock still keeping time, and a beer garden with the best view in town. A morning plan for the most crowded city in Central Europe.
• 23 October 2026Where you can still see the Berlin WallIt stood for 28 years and fell in a night. Most of it is gone, but if you know where to look, the Wall is still all over Berlin.
• 23 October 2026Lisbon without the Tram 28 queueThe famous yellow tram is worth riding, just not the way most people do it. How to see the same hills, views and pastries with half the wait.
• 23 October 2026How Venice learned to hold back the seaSeventy-eight yellow gates under the lagoon, raised when the tide comes in. The story of how Venice stopped drowning, and what it means for your visit.