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France: Paris address book

Three stylish women, frequent visitors to France, share their favourite Parisian haunts.

Portugal: An emphasis on simplicity

Geoff Cumming samples the hearty peasant fare of Portugal.

Norway: Humanity - harsh and sweet

David Hill joins the trail of people who have gazed at or shrunk from a prolific Norwegian sculptor's work.

The world's top five aerial trams

Aerial trams and cable cars take visitors up mountains, over rivers and above cities, and sometimes these cable cars are the destination themselves.

Italy: Bruno's in Positano is the place to eat

Fifty years ago, Bruno Amitrano opened a bar half-way up the hill from the tiny beach in the seaside resort of Positano. Seventeen years ago, his daughter Ornella and her husband Mario converted the bar into a restaurant.

Nuenen: In Vincent's footsteps

Liz Light follows the trail of a tortured artistic genius to a quaint Dutch village.

Germany: A taste of Kiwi in Berlin coffee

The German capital's eccentric eateries come with a dash of Kiwi in the shape of decent coffee, finds Eva Buzo.

Court cameras experiment 'failed'

Cameras 'swanning' around courtrooms in England will see judges 'heckled' the UK's top judge believes, citing NZ as a bad precedent.

Prague: Where beauty steals your breath

Prague is famous for its medieval art and architecture but it's the Art Nouveau that delights Liz Light.

Italy's 'Oskar Schindler' to be taken off the list

Giovanni Palatucci has long been praised as an 'Italian Schindler', but the US Holocaust museum is now removing Giovanni Palatucci from its exhibits after research claimed he was a zealous Nazi collaborator.

Flooded Lourdes calls for help

Europe: Trans Europe Express

Europe’s rail network has long enabled travellers to piece together unique itineraries. A new high-speed connection from London to Barcelona will be a welcome addition. Gavin Bertram reports.

Big Tokyo losses spark jitters in Europe

Europe's main stock markets rode out a rollercoaster session after heavy losses in Tokyo on investor fears of central banks pulling the plug on their extraordinary stimulus measures.

France: Marseille's revolutionary makeover

Funded by the European Union to the tune of $140 million, a deft bit of reinvention has turned France's drug and crime epicentre into the nation's Capital of Culture. Jenna Hand goes along for the ride.

Tens of thousands homeless in 'worst' Europe floods

In the east German city of Magdeburg, flood waters from the Elbe rose 80cm higher than during 2002's so-called flood of the century.

Germany: Under the spell of the Pied Piper

The Pied Piper has been telling the people of Hamelin for 25 years now that he is not the culprit - meet Michael Boyer.