Germany

From Rapunzel's tower to Hamelin's Piper, Grimm's stories are being retold for a modern audience.

As saunas gain global popularity, a hypnotic offshoot involving theatre, music and towel-twirling known as "Aufguss" is attracting wellness-seekers across the world.

Spanning 1,450km from the North Sea to the Swiss Alps, the Rhine Cycle Route is 87% car-free, culturally rich and surprisingly accessible.

Football legend Philipp Lahm is one of the greatest fullbacks of all time, and a proud Münchner to boot. Here are his picks for exploring Munich, during Oktoberfest and beyond.

Forty years after a tiny Luxembourg village paved the way for border-free European travel, a series of scenic bike paths whisk travellers through the area's vineyard-studded landscape.

More than a century after its medieval centre served as the backdrop of Nosferatu, a new Oscar-nominated remake is putting this Gothic city back on the map.

From techno temples to hedonistic hideouts, anything-goes revelry has been core to Berlin's soul for the past century. But rising rents and rapid gentrification may kill the party.