Berlin, Germany travel guide

Berlin, Germany

Eternal and changing

Berlin never ends. Firstly, this is more than a city, it is rather a composite of several. It is clear that what is today the neighborhoods, spread out over a large area, was once their own municipalities belonging to two different countries. For while each district has its character, with their own characteristics and moods, the streets are constantly changing.

Previously run-down neighborhood in Prenzlauer-Berg and Friedrichshain after the fall of more than twenty years ago made rocket career with renovated houses and trendy shops. From punk Kreuzberg is a short walk into Neukölln, where the Turkish markets and classic German ölhak begins to give way to a wave of hipsterflörtande bars and art galleries. But not without the mix that remains - with korvmojar and fines, side by side.

Berlin offers a vivid lesson on both contemporary culture, World War II and East Germany's surveillance apparatus. There is always more to learn, and endless reasons to return.
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Dominican Republic travel guide

Dominican Republic

The beauty on the other side hotel wall

One might think that the Dominican Republic is all about upscale hotels with private beaches and lavish buffets included in the price. But outside the hotel walls on the East Coast is a country waiting to be discovered - from the capital, Santo Domingo's colonial area with cool stone houses and lush parks, to tropical rainforests and the Caribbean's highest mountain.

Find your very own pure white beach in Bahia de las Aguilas, soften salsa hips a late night at a bar in Las Terrenas and visit Jesus in Puerto Plata. Taste cheap and delicious mofongo (mashed plane trees with garlic and fried pork) on the local neighborhood restaurant, test school Spanish is the old men in the nearest Colmada (store / bar) and learn to surf on the north coast.

What about the much talked about crime then? Yes, it is good to take the admonitions seriously, but still with a grain of salt. You need not be afraid to take the bus, and people are generally extremely welcoming and nice. With a dose of vigilance baked into curiosity, you can travel independently here.

Suitable for: Sports Geeks, nature lovers, history and culture enthusiasts, sun worshipers and dance.

Best time to go here: The heat is constant throughout the year, but it rains more during May-October. If you want to avoid the peak season (at the risk of feeling a little lonely sometimes) October is a good month.

The best tip of the Dominican Republic: Nature Experiences

It's well worth making a boat trip from nice Samanáhalvön in the north, to the nature reserve Los Haitises. See Tainíindianernas cave paintings and enjoy being in the middle of nature, surrounded by frigate birds, pelicans and mangrove forest.

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Colombia travel guide

Colombia

South America's new star

Colombia was long known for its bloody drug cartel agreements and otherwise very violent crime. The capital, Bogota was in the 1990s, more akin to a combat zone is a city. In recent years, in line with increased security and stability, has the image of a completely different Colombia has emerged - wild national parks, welcoming people, expansive beaches, rolling coffee fields, whale watching, lively dancing and delicious rum. Some of the country's highlights is the Tayrona National Park on the northern, Caribbean side, the paradise Provedencia thrown out in a turquoise sea, the Amazon tours by boat to the south and the beautiful coffee district Zona Cafetera. More and more people have discovered Colombia - and more and more will do so in the coming years. Take the opportunity to travel now while everything is in its infancy. You will not be disappointed!

Suitable for: The fearless and resvane backpacker tired of Asia and who want to experience something different.

Best time to go here: Dec-March.

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Ikaria, Greece travel guide

Ikaria, Greec

Avigast in the islands

Ikaria has never asked for attention. The island has been in the charter shadow and instead reached its notoriety through strong wine and hard-working farmers with left-wing sympathies. But then overnight blazed the island as one of the Greek islands hottest destinations.

The reason? The discovery that Ikaria has more active 90- and 100-year-olds than any other place promoted the island into one of the world's five blue zones. Now the whole world to seek the secret behind the verge of eternal life. Ikaria explains it with healthy food, socializing, solidarity, exercise and the occasional nap. Additionally waiting beautiful beaches, hiking trails and purl the village Christos Rahes who turned the clock back to front and sleeps during the day.

Suitable for: health nuts, hikers, surfers and nudists.

Best time to go here: May-September

The best tip on Ikaria: At home with Thea
Thea Parikos Inns (theasinn.com) is the hostel easily and can accommodate only a few rooms. Though it is less important. Participate in the kitchen baking and cooking, learn all about the island's healthy herbs and eat phenomenal dinners to hemkört wine. Five minutes away waiting Moreover, the beautiful beach of Nas.

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Costa Rica travel guide

Costa Rica

Green retirement

For each day gets globe little poorer. Clearing of forests. Oceans are emptied and animal species die out. Fortunately, there are also countries like Costa Rica who made the preserved nature can be an asset. More than 20 percent of the nation's surface is national park or reserve. Environments that are usually difficult or impossible to reach here easily accessible by schyst accommodation, good guides and sustainable ekotänk.

In Monteverde runs suspension bridges through the cloud forest canopy. The National Park Corcovado offers the jaguar, tapir and whale watching during a fruitful meeting between the mighty Amazon rainforest and the Pacific. Arenal rests on the threshold of an active volcano. Additionally waiting cocky surfing beaches in Dominical and Tamarindo and bathing along the Caribbean Sea. Calm Costa Rica is also a good place to study Spanish.

Suitable for: Anyone who likes nature, outdoor, adventure and extreme sports.

Best time to go here: Jan-April

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil travel guide

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Football The party attracts

Rio de Janeiro will be the world's most festive place, renowned for its carnivals, beaches and her nice vibe. In the 1960s, waved it goodbye to the title as the capital of Brazil. But the unofficial title as the world's party capital has been retained.

Head to the Samba district of Lapa, here are some of the best music clubs. But you do not even need to visit a club to find partajet, often transforms itself into a beach party. On Copacabana and Ipanema beach walks gather all. And in the afternoon dive salesman up with coolers and hoses out of beer for a dollar jar.

And in 2014 you can expect football party. Even now you can clearly see in the numbers of travel bookings that this is where we want next year.

But even if you hate football, partying and samba are reasons to go to Rio. It may feel like a tourist trap, but to visit Jesus statue is actually a must. Not for the statue itself but for the ride up and the view of Rio's hills.

Suitable for: Football Fanatics, samba lovers, beach greasers.

Best time to go here: Prices go up in carnival times and around New Year. May to September is a pleasant travel time, with less rain and not too hot. However, year-round work.

The best tip in Rio de Janeiro: Sjörövarön Ilha Grande

Ilha Grande has a dramatic history, as a prison and the haunt of pirates. Nowadays it is Riobornas retreat and weekend celebration brasilianares favorite. You will be on small family-run pousadas, guesthouses, and spends his days lying in a hammock, listening to the waves and watching the hummingbirds. Snorkel a bit, hike through the jungle and drink with an umbrella drink.

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Patagonia, Argentina / Chile travel guide

Patagonia, Argentina / Chile

In the Chat Wins footsteps

Patagonia. Just the name smells of adventure and vast expanses. This southernmost portion of South America is the dream of many travelers. Verdant valleys, Guanaca (the wild preceded the llama), condors, snow-capped mountains, turquoise mountain lakes and arid expanse of steppe. Patagonia conjures and seductive. A hundred years ago, many Swedish explorers hit, as the geologist Otto Nordenskjold and biologist Carl Skottsberg. A few decades later fell in love with the now world-renowned travel journalist Bruce Chatwin in the wild area. Love resulted in his breakthrough book, In Patagonia. Today you will find walkers, horse riders, adventurers and outdoor people here. There are numerous routes and things to see, from the fjords to gigantic glaciers. Many combine the national park Torres del Paine in Chile with neighboring Los Glaciares in Argentina. Whatever you choose to visit, so be sure to finish your wilderness adventure with a real tango night in Buenos Aires!

Suitable for: hikers, equestrians and hikers at large.

Best time to go here: Nov-March

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Seoul, South Korea travel guide

Seoul, South Korea

Festa Gangnam Style

One of the world's best food cities. Fish, squid, shellfish? Yes! But also meat, grilled out on the street and in the open restaurant kitchen. More areas from the government district to the hip area around the university, offers many kilometers with meat restaurants.

The meat wrapped in lettuce leaves with marinades and sliced ​​chives. And so the accessories: pickled cabbage, as the name kimchin, but also other vegetables, always fresh and crispy, and the majority of sauce with soy as a base.

When you eaten your fill, go on jjimjilbang, day-hour spas with massage, sauna and swimming. The treatments usually offer strong thumbs pressed hard against the muscles, rough scrubbing with gloves so that the outer skin layer rolls of toilet use, soft oil massage and hair washing. Then a moment's sleep in armchair with nymasserade South Koreans.

And, of course, do not miss the Gangnam town's new downtown, built in the 1980s and 1990s. Here are the liveliest and most brazen clubs, which the artist Psy so effective power with the mega-hit Gangnam style.

Suitable for: Gourmets, spanjutare and revelers.

Best time to go here: March-November

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Trans-Siberian Railway travel guide

Trans-Siberian Railway

Daydream for real

There is something about the Trans-Siberian Railway that sets the imagination in play. To let life go on in a limited space for a week, while the desolate landscape and battered villages passes outside the window.

There are currently several branches of the classic trip, which in 2016 celebrates centenary. The traditional line between Moscow and Vladivostok has received stiff competition from the line Transmanchurian that goes straight to Beijing in China, and Transmongolian, branching off into Mongolia before ending in Beijing.

Outside turisthögsäsongen filled trains with ordinary people, and take the train to Mongolia in autumn, you can be lucky enough to experience when the Mongols running their trade route from Moscow with warm blankets and clothing, which they sell at the stations along the way. Each platform in Siberia turned into a market that will continue until the train starts rolling. Another reality intrudes on. An experience of a lifetime takes shape.

Suitable for: Adventurous daydreamer, train buffs and all who have a passion for the desolate landscape.

Best time to go here: High season is during the summer months, but would you rather hang out with the locals, you should go autumn or spring. Or winter, if you do not fear the Siberian icy cold.

The best tip on the Trans-Siberian Railway: A trip to the steppe

Stop in Mongolia and be sure to leave Ulan Bator. Through your accommodation or a travel agent (or an independent guide), you can get a trip to the steppe arranged. Stay with a nomadic family. An extraordinary experience

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Texas, USA travel guide

Texas, USA

The ultimate road trip

Texas is the only state in the US actually been an independent republic, if only for a brief period in the mid-1800s. The state's autonomous history has fostered a sense of arrogant nationalism among the residents of the Lone Star State. It defines itself many Texans first and Americans second hand.

Some associate the state with arms waving reactionaries and straddled cowboys. But in America's second largest state's plenty of room for different ways to live their lives. A visit to the cosmopolitan city of Austin is the best start to a road trip in Texas. If you continue west, you will experience the myth of the Wild West.

Suitable for: with cars adventurers and food enthusiasts.

Best time to go here: Spring and autumn.

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Dolomites, Italy travel guide

Dolomites, Italy

Classical mountain

They are not top but beautiful. The peculiar limestone mountains of the Dolomites in the north eastern corner of Italy has long enchanted visitors. One of them was the writer Ernest Hemingway who drove the Fiat Ambulance in the mountains during the First World War. Later he came back to classic ski resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo (filming location for Bond roller Your Eyes), sat down behind the typewriter and above panoramic window, pumice, the Amarone, rattled down some well-founded rows and looked hurt buns on the slopes.

From Cortina is only a few hours down to Venice. Is there a more enticing combo: skiing and a deckchair on a sunny and snowy terrace one day - and gondola in the Grand Canal and an aperitif in the bar at the Hemingway favorite Gritti Palace second day.

Summertime is fantastic hiking. The Fanes-Senne, one of Europe's largest nature reserve, the views are magnificent with pale mountain peaks and lush alpine meadows sloping as taken from the Sound of Music.

Suitable for: Skiers, hikers, gourmets, literature lovers and art geeks.

Best time to go here: Dr. Jan-MAR for skis and Jun SEP hiking.

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Vancouver, Canada travel guide

Vancouver, Canada

Cool blocks and high mountains

Poor Canada. Often (and erroneously) dismissed as "kind Swedish" and then dumped by us northerners as we seek exotic destinations. The large country north of the United States has simply not attracted some hordes of visitors from our region.

The exceptions are the powder applicants ski enthusiasts, nature lovers and the Vancouver Saved - which are often present in the same shape. For in Vancouver you are always close to the adventure. Mount Grouse, with mountain biking, skiing, reached in half an hour. Whistler, with spectacular cliffs and wonderful nature, is just a little further away. And during the summer you can go kayaking around Vancouver island, and be lucky enough to see both bears and selection up close.

But forget all means not the town, with people reconnaissance in hip Yaletown and cruel shopping along Robson Street. A dinner at one of the restaurants where the world's influences come together in new flavors. Or why not a classic Chinese restaurant in Chinatown followed by a drink round in Gastown.

Suitable for: Sports Geeks, nature lovers, city walkers, gourmets and culture enthusiasts.

Best time to go here: Spring in town is brilliant when the outdoor terraces are filled and cherry trees blossom. But are you looking for wildlife and sports experiences, choose understood by activity - winter or summer?

How to get there: There are no direct flights from Sweden but for example from Iceland with Icelandair. Or why not combine with Washington state in the US? It only takes two and a half hours to drive between Seattle and Vancouver.

Travel time: About 14 hours including stopover.

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Lofoten, Norway travel guide

Lofoten, Norway

A dream for the active

Many people dream of going to New Zealand, on the other side of the globe. Without in any way diss that experience, it still feels a bit to go over the river for water. Why not start with Norway this? Here are some of the world's most beautiful scenery, with deep fjords and rugged mountains that plunge straight down into the flat calm water.

More postcard-like than the archipelago Lofoten will not be. Follow the winding roads, stay overnight in the picturesque fishing villages and spice up your days hiking, kayaking, fishing, climbing or surfing. A roadtrip through Lofoten is a dream for the active tourist, and despite the country's oil generally expensive price point, significantly more affordable than a trip to New Zealand.

Suitable for: Hurt buns, adventurers and nature romantics.

Best time to go here: Summer is the most popular, but also the most hectic. Many therefore prefer spring or fall.

The best tip in Lofoten: Meet the ocean giants

Lofoten is one of the best places in Scandinavia for watching whales up close. Summertime is especially sperm whales visible, in late autumn comes the killer whales. Whale watching cruises are organized including in Andenes on the island of Andøya and in Svolvær. A day trip by boat is highly recommended.

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Portugal travel guide

Portugal

Good wine and cold baths

They have Ronaldo and they went to the World Cup this summer. But that's not why we have chosen Portugal as one of the year's destinations. A better reason than football is the Douro Valley, where vineyards are tight and the river winds its way beneath the slopes with neatly planted grapevines. Stay at the quinta, vineyard, go boating on the river and finish with a glass of port and a swim at Douroflodens outlet in the icy Atlantic Ocean in the coastal city of Porto.

Then head to the capital, which is hilly San Francisco, small as Amsterdam and romantic as Paris. In Lisbon, listen to Portugal's own blues music, fado, performed every evening to music Interested in Bairro Alto and Alfama.

Nearby Lisbon are also world-classed castle town of Sintra, which comes from a fairy tale and situated on a hilltop, and classic seaside resort of Cascais, where one moves to the cover of a tourist brochure from when Grandpa was young.

Suitable for: Wine lovers, worshipers of the true and vibrant local culture and all who believe that the Mediterranean is a warm and jolmigt inland sea.

Best time to go here: September-November (the grape harvest) and MAR July

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Koh Kut, thailand trael guide

Koh Kut, Thailand

Barefoot Paradise

When smoggen hits like a gråblöt biff dream to Bangkok here. We understand why. The sea shimmers like a turquoise jungle is a steaming drapery and sandy beaches mildly tender.

Koh Kut share qualities with many other Thai holiday favorites. But the island has managed to stay away from large hotels cities and noisy bars. Instead simmer life goes on much as it always has.

Across the island sways the narrow main road as a green roller coaster. The fishing village Ao Yai on stilts in the sea. The waterfall Nam Tok Khlong Chao creates a badvänlig pool in the middle of the jungle and at Ao Jak and Ao Bang Bao waiting barefoot beautiful moments.

Suitable for: Families, Robinsonwannabes and couples on romantic holiday.

Best time to go here: Nov May.

The best tip of Koh Kut: Jungle Adventure with bath

The canoe trip is short. But during the 20 minute paddle from ecological hotel Bann Makok to the sea you will be offered a full Tarzan Adventures of jungle and mangrove. Ultimate goal is in addition to the wonderful beach Yaikee Cliff Beach which easily seats among Thailand's most beautiful.

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Chicago, Illinois travel guide

Chicago, Illinois

US real

Chicago is the Midwest metropolis, the gateway to America's heartland. A city that is called the most American of all cities. Here you will meet a US without varnish and dissimulation.

Chicago is the industrial city and immigrant city built in record time. Today is investing Chicago on renewal and ekotänk. Large parks have been built around the center and Michigan lake is lined with fine beaches and bicycle paths. Not many people think of Chicago as a beach town. But Lake Michigan is so large that it feels like a sea, and in summer when the temperatures peaks are the favorites as Oak Street Beach and North Avenue Beach as people hanging.

Around the skyscraper-The Loop is experiences that keep visitors busy for days: architecture, shopping, world-class museums. To explore the rest of the town - rent a bike or hop on "The L", the sludge Riga höghöjdståget that is so typical of Chicago, and discover the beautiful neighborhoods that affluent Lincoln Park, youthful Wicker Park and intellectual Hyde Park.

Suitable for: Architecture buffs, families, sports geeks, music historian.

Best time to go here: from September to October and APR June

The best tip in Chicago: A trip on the river

Sightseeing by boat sounds like a tired tourist trap. But this tour allowed and recommended even by the townspeople themselves. Architecture Foundation (architecture.org) 90-minute tours of the river is the best introduction to Chicago and its world famous architecture

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Mexico travel guide

Mexico

Hitlisten in matuniversum

Many countries in Central America have an unexpected pale food culture, given the variety of spices and ingredients. Mexico is the shining exception. In these days are food trucks and fast food places that deliver mexmat in almost every city in the world, but this is where you find it uncorrupted original, and width.

Each state has its regional specialties. Pretty soon you realize that Mexico has more strings to his bow than just tacos. A taste odyssey through Mexico should of course include stops in Mexico City, one of the most underrated cities, and a mecca for gatumatskonnässörer. Please continue down to the beautiful Oaxaca, where you can feast on grasshoppers and chocolate, before you move on to Veracruz on the Caribbean side of the country, where the food is lighter and focuses heavily on seafood.

Cooking classes are all over the country and is the perfect introduction for the beginner who wants to learn more.

Suitable for: Anyone who likes spicy food and travel experiences.

Best time to go here: Apr and May.

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Tobago travel guide

Tobago

Caribbean Dream

Tobago is singular nature endowed. There are small bays where the rain forest is dense surrounding beaches without footprints. The water is just as turquoise as in your fantasies. The beautiful beaches surrounding Pigeons Point has all the props you need to create the Caribbean dreams and in the low-key fishing villages in progress everyday life much like it always has. One thing is evident: the calm.

This is part of the Caribbean where mass tourism has not yet reached. But for those looking for nightlife are also albeit on a modest scale. Crown Point is the center for restaurants and bars. And every Sunday there is a loud and popular partying in Buccoo Village.

Even under the surface, it can go to vividly. Here are the Buccoo Reef, one of the largest coral reefs in the Caribbean, which attracts lots of snorkelers and divers. Like birds rather than fish is a tropical rainforest full of hummingbirds. And for the chocolate lover produced award-winning chocolate, with ingredients from the cocoa plantations.

In December, started the Apollo first Swedish organizer direct charter here. It is only to be congratulated. We appoints Tobago to year charter destination in 2014.

Suitable for: honeymooners, divers, bird watchers, chocolate lovers and surfers.

Best time to go here: Daily temperature is constant at around nearly 30 degrees. The heaviest rain in June-November, but even then the bursts of short duration. Peak season is decapril.

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Burma travel guide

Burma

The new Thailand?

After decades of dictatorship and isolation, Burma is about to break through as one of Asia's hottest destinations. Burma, or Myanmar as the country is officially called, is like the missing link between India and Southeast Asia. Here Himalayas foothold among both samosas and lemongrass before the nation rounded off to the south by the Andaman Sea tantalizing mosaic of pristine djungelöar and beaches. In Rangoon await the golden Shwedagonpagoden, while Pagan bidding on a mysterious continent of thousands of pagodas and temple ruins.

The tourism industry is still rough and inadequate infrastructure. But a trip to Burma is still memorable and runs partly through railways having been around since the British colonial empire days, and boats along the mighty river Irrawaddy. An alternative to Thailand for all who yearn for pioneering spirit.

Suitable for: Pioneers, backpackers and history geeks.

Best time to go here: Nov-February

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Iceland travel guide

Iceland

Extraterrestrial experience

There was a time when Iceland seemed unattainable. First there was the lengthy journey across the Atlantic. Since a price point that required the backing of Scrooge McDuck. Now the prices reasonable, travel is easy - but great adventure.

The meeting between European and North American tectonic plates creates a third continent of glaciers and geysers. The color scheme feels alien and the language sounds like Swedish, but still not. The mix is well-balanced. Partying in Reykjavik, take a breather in the Blue Lagoon. Creep into Thrihnukagigurs dark volcanic cone or gaze out over Latrabjergs feathered metropolis of puffins. At Heimaey waiting a northern Pompeii. And then there is complete freedom, Icelandic over silent heaths.

Suitable for: Nature enthusiasts, horse bitten, outdoor folk.

Best time to go here: Jun-August

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