Your brain on nostalgia: first study shows neurons light up in meaningful places
The brain lights up when a person is in a meaningful place CREDIT: THE NATIONAL TRUST Sarah Knapton, science editor Telegraph 12 OCTOBER 2017 The poet WH Auden coined the word ‘topophilia’ in … Continue reading
Terrorist Threat: International Travellers controlled in Brussels-Midi
BELGA Published on Wednesday 19 July 2017 at 12h31 – Updated Wednesday 19 July 2017 at 14:01 http://www.dhnet.be/actu/belgique/menace-terroriste-les-voyageurs-internationaux-controles-a-bruxelles-midi-596f3ecccd706e263ee505ce?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter BELGIUMMetal detectors and luggage scanners have been operational at the Brussels-Midi station since last Friday. Random checks … Continue reading
Oh Vienna: world heritage status threatened by high-rise
City’s beautiful Baroque centre now on Unesco’s at-risk list over plans to build 66-metre high tower near the Stadtpark A horse-drawn carriage drives by the Hofburg palace in Vienna, part … Continue reading
Hamburg to name street after Germany’s most famous dominatrix
Domenica Niehoff, who died in 2009, was a one-time prostitute who became famous campaigning for sex workers’ rights Domenica Niehoff, pictured in 1987. Photograph: Claus Eckert/AP Associated Press in Berlin … Continue reading
Interrailing for grown-ups – why now’s the time to explore Europe by train
“When I’d told friends I wanted to go on an InterRail, they’d doubted the pass still existed” Chris Moss, travel writer Telegraph 5 AUGUST 2016 Frseeeeeeeeefrong. I was on the … Continue reading
Eurostar launches £25 fare for those who don’t mind when they travel (or who they sit next to)
Passengers who book Snap ticket will be told only 48 hours in advance what time of day their train is leaving The fare can only be booked a week in … Continue reading
End of the line for Europe’s iconic night trains?
The sleeper service is being phased out across the continent as operators are hit by hefty taxes and rise of budget airlines • Cinema’s enduring love affair with the sleeper … Continue reading
Cheap vodka and giant castles: the joy of Interrail
Is the railway rite of passage really under threat, as Nicky Morgan suggests? Not likely, says one former train-powered adventurer Will French railways be off-limits to British youth? Photograph: Images … Continue reading
Vienna named world’s top city for quality of life
Study examining socioeconomic conditions places Austrian capital at apex of index while London, Paris and New York fail to make top 35 A rooftop cafe in Vienna, ranked the world’s … Continue reading
Safe to talk? Brussels invites foreigners to call city and chat to locals
Phones have been placed in Belgian capital for residents to answer in the hope they can reassure potential overseas visitors A woman answers one of the phones in Brussels. The … Continue reading
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