Basel Autumn Fair had its own army of swindlers back in its early days. Today, you mostly get what you pay for. It’s not the ...

Practically seven months after the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, enduring contractions, cold sweats, and an exhausting ...

But even in Europe (remember, I flew over from Switzerland ), I felt confused by experiencing the season. Basel started ...

Basler Herbstmesse, or the Basel Autumn Fair in English, is not your average funfair. This is a 554-year-old celebration, ...

In fact, after five months, I returned to Basel, the country’s cultural capital, with cabinets of curiosities ranging from ...

Out of the past 12 months, I spent one-fourth in Thailand. For another three months, I was in Croatia, working on its coast. And then there was a trimester in Switzerland, too, a country from which I ...

The air at Kathu Shrine before dawn feels different. Thicker, charged, almost breathing. Smoke curls above a sea of white, the scent of incense mixing with the tang of gunpowder. Devotees move through ...

It’s absurd. A fluffy Maine Coon struts down a diving board, somersaults into the air, and slices through the water with Olympic-level finesse. Welcome to the Michi Olympics, where AI-generated cats ...

For thousands of years, the local economy here rested on salt. Some 75 kilometers southeast of Salzburg (translates to Salt Castle), Hallstatt or Salt Settlement is home to some of the oldest salt ...

The perception of a travel blogger’s life is often built on glamorous illusions. Since I started an intense global journey back in 2017, I’ve had my fair share of high-end stays. From wildlife lodges ...

If you’ve ever experienced a Chinese New Year celebration, you know it’s long, lively, and loud. But for the Hokkien people, the 9th day is the grand crescendo of the 15-day event, a festival within a ...