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A pint, a pizza & a game of chess: Board game cafes are coming
Blame geek culture or the desire for something different but in Toronto every major street has a board-game cafe, by Lynn Freehill-Maye
Weekend in ... Luang Prabang, Laos
The ancient city in northern Laos offers a vivid,varied Asian experience, writes Ondine Cohane
Weekend in . . . Montreal
The winters may be chilly, but the city offers lots of ways to escape the big freeze
Weekend in ... San Francisco
Take in stunning views at the waterfront; the Mission’s feisty character and Golden Gate Park
Weekend in... Boston
This little big town has emerged from its introverted shell to offer a livelier mix of cultural offerings, plus an exploding food scene
Weekend in . . . Rio de Janeiro
The home of next year’s summer Olympics is undergoing regeneration in advance of the expected influx
Holidays with hoverflies in the Stockholm archipelago
Out of his life on one of the thousands of islands that buffer Sweden’s capital, Stockholm, from the Baltic, the entomologist Fredrik Sjöberg has fashioned an unlikely bestseller
Weekend in . . . Berlin, a place for the strange and libertine
Believe all the hype, the German capital is a hipster idyll – but in a good way, writes Charly Wilder
Weekend in . . . Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
Forty years since Steven Spielberg’s filmed perhaps his most famous movie, the setting for ‘Jaws’ retains all its breathtaking beauty and rich heritage
Weekend in . . . Savannah
The historic port town in the US state of Georgia is having a cultural revival
Weekend in... Los Cabos, Mexico
Desert, surf and fun outdoor pursuits make for a laid-back Mexican holiday
Weekend in . . . Left Bank, Paris
The City of Lights changes, but the Left Bank has retained its classic old-school charm down through the centuries
Weekend in . . . Rome
From outlying areas that beckon with new restaurants and bars, to the historic centre, Rome proves its beauty runs deep
Weekend in . . . Beijing
Compared with China’s other megacities, Beijing is a traditionalist at heart
Weekend in . . . Memphis
There’s a lot more to Tennessee’s ‘other Music City’ than blues and barbecue
Calgary: cuisine and culture in ‘Cowtown’
Calgary keeps landing on Canada’s best cities lists and is growing at twice the rate of Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver
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