The alternative city guide to Lyon, France

The final instalment of our alternative city guides takes us to stylish, cultural Lyon where redevelopment of the city is creating a southern rival to Paris. Our local experts show us around

The alternative city guide to Gothenburg, Sweden

The fourth in our series of guides to Europe’s alt cities takes us to Gothenburg, which has spruced up its once rundown neighbourhoods and reinvented itself to show off the best of cutting-edge Swedish design, food and music. Local people immersed in the city’s creative rebirth offer their highlights

The alternative city guide to Leipzig, Germany

The third in our series of guides to Europe’s alt cities takes us to a former GDR metropolis being revitalised by artists. The result is an ever-changing, regulation-defying mosaic of restaurants, galleries and clubs. Here, local people sift for the gems

The alternative city guide to Turin, Italy

In the first of a series of guides to Europe’s alt cities, we head to Turin, where a new generation has transformed the old factory city into the beating heart of Italy’s progressive music, food and arts scenes. Here, they tell us about the best clubs, festivals, restaurants and creative hubs in town

Cape Cod’s hidden modernist houses

Some of the world’s greatest mid-century architects built their summer houses in the woods of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and now a few of these modernist gems are available to rent as holiday homes

10 of the best budget restaurants in Venice

With the Biennale opening a month earlier this year, to coincide with Milan’s World Expo, Venice is expecting a visitor overload. But that doesn’t mean they have to resort to overpriced, underwhelming tourist restaurants