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On one of Basel’s most recommended riverside walks, the dress code quietly disappears. Here’s everything you need to know about the city’s official FKK beach – where it is and what it’s like.
It’s 4 am. You’re sitting in a plastic chair on a dark Philippine coastline, clutching a queue number and a lukewarm coffee. In two hours, you’ll be face-to-face with a five-meter fish. Whether you should be there at all is the question this article was written to answer.
ORF vowed to show “the world as it is”. During Israel’s Eurovision Semi-Final performance in Vienna, the broadcast featured two suspiciously deliberate cuts to cheering, flag-waving supporters. Who directed those shots – and why only for Israel?
A boy with a mustache sits in a meadow at the geographical center of Europe. He is the perfect introduction to Europos Parkas – and to the story of the teenager who built it. 17km from Vilnius, the Park of Europe is unlike anything else on the continent.
Between the promenades and the peak-season crowds, the Makarska Riviera hides something most guidebooks skip entirely: nude beaches, ranging from officially signed FKK coves to the ones Google Maps barely admits exist. We ranked fifteen of them.
I booked a half-day Thai massage course in Chiang Mai expecting zen. I got zen, a certificate, and the upper-body workout of my life. Here’s what massage training at Thai Oasis Spa School actually feels like from the other side of the towel.
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There is one sure-fire way of not exceeding the baggage weight limit: minimizing your clothes. For naturist holidays in warm Greece, hand luggage will be enough!
If you thought Hungary was all about goulash, you missed out! Loosen those belt buckles, and join the mouthwatering journey to the most delicious Budapest desserts!
ORF vowed to show “the world as it is”. During Israel’s Eurovision Semi-Final performance in Vienna, the broadcast featured two suspiciously deliberate cuts to cheering, flag-waving supporters. Who directed those shots – and why only for Israel?
Pipeaway Newsletter #219: “I exercised” is not really a breaking news story. But once in a while, especially when life serves us a lazy layover, our bodies need a proper reset.
Pipeaway Newsletter #218: We train animals, and ourselves, without noticing. Touching the wild comes with a cost, and some beasts should never be fed.
Pipeaway Newsletter #217: After artwashing in 4K, the world’s most musical distraction might not be dead yet. Reduced to a prop, Eurovision is now clinging to life support.
Pipeaway Newsletter #216: Sweeping problems under the (turquoise) carpet, Eurovision opted for aaaaanything but accountability. Europe’s real heart isn’t in Vienna this week.
Pipeaway Newsletter #215: I prepared a rather caloric birthday cake that made us unbutton our trousers, but some people marked the day in a full-on birthday suit.
