Conchita Wurst on Vienna

Last year’s Eurovision winner can’t wait for the contest to hit Vienna in May. The fairytale city is the perfect backdrop for the ‘gay Olympics’, says Conchita

How Skopje became Europe’s new capital of kitsch

Skopje’s new neo-classical splendour is divisive and expensive – not to mention of questionable taste. But one thing’s for sure: it’s made the Macedonian capital a truly surprising and impressive spectacle

Top 10 national parks in Europe: readers’ travel tips

Our article on Europe’s less-well-known national parks caught your attention and prompted hundreds of you to submit tips and suggestions for more areas to explore in the article’s comments section. Here is a selection of what you liked best …

Top 10 museum cafes and restaurants in Paris

Many of Paris’s museum cafes and restaurants now offer a lot more than coffee and cake. You can now expect great food and magnificent art – and some take their cuisine so seriously they merit a visit in their own right