Places worth the trip

Points of interest near the cities we cover: how to reach them and when to go.

Markets

• Market 🇧🇪Bruges' Christmas market in 2026: the Markt, Simon Stevinplein, and how to do it right
• Market 🇭🇺Budapest's Christmas markets in 2026: the Basilica, Vörösmarty tér, and how to do them right
• Market 🇫🇷Colmar's Christmas market in 2026: the six markets, the dates, and how to do it right
• Market 🇬🇧Edinburgh's Christmas market in 2026: the dates, the gardens, and how to do it right
• Market 🇩🇪Cologne's Christmas market in 2026: the cathedral, the old town, and how to do it right
• Market 🇩🇪Nuremberg's Christmas market in 2026: the Christkindlesmarkt, the Christkind, and how to do it right
• Market 🇨🇿Prague's Christmas markets in 2026: Old Town Square, Wenceslas Square, and how to do them right
• Market 🇫🇷Strasbourg's Christmas market in 2026: the dates, the squares, and how to do it right
• Market 🇦🇹Vienna's Christmas markets in 2026: Rathausplatz, Schönbrunn, and how to do them right
• Market 🇬🇧York's Christmas market in 2026: the dates, the new Tuesday closure, and how to do it right

Beaches

• Beach 🇺🇸Waikīkī Beach: a famous beach that is rebuilt on a schedule, and how to do it right
• Beach 🇲🇻Rasfannu, Malé's built beach, and how the capital goes swimming
• Beach 🇭🇰Repulse Bay, Hong Kong Island's netted swimming beach, and how to read its statues
• Beach 🇵🇹Carcavelos, Lisbon's biggest beach, and how to reach it in half an hour
• Beach 🇮🇸Nauthólsvík, Reykjavík's geothermal beach, and how to do it right
• Beach 🇸🇬Siloso Beach, an engineered shoreline built over a coastal fort, and how to do it right
• Beach 🇮🇹Punta Tegge, the town's own beach, and the best sunset on the island
• Beach 🇪🇸Barceloneta Beach, Barcelona's own strip of sand, and how to reach it without a car
• Beach 🇪🇸Sant Sebastià, Barcelona's southernmost beach, and how to reach it without a car
• Beach 🇮🇹Cala Coticcio, the guarded cove on Caprera, and how to actually get in
• Beach 🇮🇹Spiaggia del Relitto, the wreck-named cove on Caprera, and how to reach it
• Beach 🇮🇹Spiaggia Rosa, Budelli's pink sand, and the two legal ways to see it
• Beach 🇲🇻Artificial Beach, the capital's east-coast swimming spot, and how to visit it well
• Beach 🇧🇷Copacabana Beach, Rio's four-kilometer arc, and how to pick your stretch
• Beach 🇧🇷Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro's landmark beach, and how to do it right
• Beach 🇧🇷Itapuã, the poet's beach at the city's far edge, and how to visit it right
• Beach 🇧🇷Porto da Barra, Salvador's west-facing beach, and how to catch its sunset
• Beach 🇦🇺Bondi Beach, the start of Sydney's coastal walk, and how to swim it safely
• Beach 🇦🇺Manly Beach, the ferry crossing that is the point, and how to do it right
• Beach 🇵🇫Matira Beach: Bora Bora's one great public beach, and how to do it right
• Beach 🇪🇸Malvarrosa, the city's own beach, and how to do it right