The Chinese tiger starts to roar
On February 14th, Chinese New Year celebrations will get off to an explosive start in the Hong Kong megalopolis with dragon dances, age-old symbolism and superstitions, and fireworks - lots of fireworks - lighting up the skyline of state-of-the-art skyscrapers.
Venice hosts drama and drag queens
The place they call Serenissima, the city of light and canals, is preparing to serve up a sensual experience of masks and music, dances and drag queens, pageants and parades.
A winter market in the Arctic
Since 1606, the indigenous people of Swedish Lapland have held their Winter Market at Jokkmokk. Today, the event includes demonstrations of traditional ice fishing, reindeer sleigh races and maybe even an aurora borealis.
The thud of hooves on ice
When it comes to sport and glamour, did you think you'd heard it all? San Moritz, the celebs' favourite resort, is all set to host the Polo World Cup On Snow, and what could be cooler than that!
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48 hours in Madrid Madrid is night time, tapas, the unstoppable and unending rhythm of life..., a city that adapts its pace to suit everyone.
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If you've been lucky enough to have been given money for Christmas, why not head across to Paris to the sales?
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