The northern lights are usually associated with frozen ground, heavy winter jackets, and hours spent waiting outdoors under dark skies. In Norway, that familiar image is being quietly rewritten.

Europe’s night trains were hailed as a pillar of the EU’s green-mobility future, but the promised renaissance has stalled — leaving a handful of cash-strapped startups trying to keep the dream alive.

When we think back to the 1950s, often ideas of a squeaky-clean life come to mind. In movies, whenever characters go back in time to the 50s, life always seems so square and simple compared to today.

Visiting Santa Claus's home is no longer a fantasy but a reality in Finland (Yes! You read that right). The winter wonderland you witnessed on television, especially in those animated movies and ...

If the train had had a single working toilet I would have been fine. Ditto if it had been the fast route. But I was on the slow train to Derby and knew I was in trouble ... I had been visiting my ...

Hidden away in Belgium stands a 1950s neighborhood café, once the heart of local life and late-night conversations. Inside, beer glasses, trophies, radios, and furniture remain scattered as if the ...

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The task is simple: walk or die.

If meeting Santa is on your family wishlist, this trip on a festive sleeper train from Helsinki to Rovaniemi, with reindeer and huskies thrown in, is Christmas with jingle bells on Christmas was only ...

There’s something special about being the longest continually operating large-scale ski resort in Colorado, a state known for its world-class skiing. That distinction belongs to Winter Park Resort, ...

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Drag superstar The Vivienne, musicians Ozzy Osbourne, D'Angelo and Brian Wison and Oscar winners Diane Keaton and Robert Redford are among those who died in 2025.