Travel

Ikea’s meatballs turn 40. We asked Swedes how Köttbullar became a global phenomenon.

Buried beneath Paris since 1912, the ghost river Bièvre shaped the French capital in unexpected ways.

How an Arctic town rose from WWII ruins to reinvent itself as Europe's Christmas capital.

Once a curiosity, photo booths are having a surprising revival as an escape from our digital world.

Can the Amazon’s gastronomic wisdom reshape our bond with nature and save our future?

The state's blue sinkholes are the silent reminders of a time when giants roamed the Earth.

Testing his skills, a German speaker explores an Amish tongue that feels familiar yet strangely distant.

The Gowanus Canal, a once hazardous waterway, owes much of its transformation to this canoe club. 

A mysterious 1892 death at a California hotel sparked ghost stories that still intrigue visitors today.

In the village of Magome, a 16th-century discipline leads to a sharper focus on the present moment.

Artist Dasic Fernández turns grey streets in New York, Santiago and Diriyah into colourful 3D landscapes.

In Kazakhstan, tiramisu-coloured canyons and otherworldly gorges are the keepers of our geological history.

On Ikaria, people on average lead longer, happier lives. A resident of the Greek 'island of immortals' shares her tips for longevity.

Presenter Jeremy Paxman visits the last Victorian steam-powered weaving mill in Britain.

Legend has it that these ruins were once ancient baths and a wedding gift from Mark Antony to Cleopatra.

Emperor Claudius’ sunken palace reveals dark secrets of the Romans' coastal decadence.

A colourful journey through fruit markets and forests reveals a nation’s most beloved kitchen ritual.

Why are there so many conspiracies around the man and the park? Two of them are actually true.

From Hitler's last shelter to an underground tunnel connecting eleven small houses in the German countryside.

Forget Berlin and Paris. This German city quietly champions free love in a way you wouldn't expect.