2026 FIFA World Cup in North America: The venues

11 June 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Sport Reading Time:  23 minutes

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© Google Gemini

The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the 23rd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men’s soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will take place from June 11 to July 19, 2026. It will be jointly hosted by sixteen cities—eleven in the United States, three in Mexico, and two in Canada. The tournament will be the first FIFA World Cup to be hosted by three nations, and the first to include 48 teams, an expansion from 32 previously.   read more…

District 1 in Ho Chi Minh City

10 June 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Shopping Reading Time:  5 minutes

Museum of Fine Arts © Phuong Huy/cc-by-sa-4.0

Museum of Fine Arts © Phuong Huy/cc-by-sa-4.0

District 1 was the central urban district of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam. With a total area of 7.7211 km² (2.9811 sq mi) the district had a population of 204,899 people in 2010. It is the historical birthplace of the city, where the Citadel of Gia Định is first built. The district was divided into 10 small subsets which were called wards (phường) prior to the 2025 administrative reforms.   read more…

Vallila in Helsinki

9 June 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

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© Marit Henriksson/cc-by-sa-4.0

Vallila (Swedish: Vallgård) is a neighbourhood in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. It is a central-northern neighbourhood, bordered by Pasila to the west and Alppiharju to the south. Like Kallio, Vallila is mostly residential and has a reputation of being a working-class neighbourhood. In the past two decades people from artistic professions have found the area. Vallila though still retains its roots from 1910s to 1980s by being one of the rare neighbourhoods which still has an industrial area and abundant amount of workshop businesses.   read more…

Mariahilfer Straße in Vienna

8 June 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Shopping Reading Time:  5 minutes

at Zieglergasse © Gugerell

at Zieglergasse © Gugerell

Mariahilfer Straße is the largest and one of the most famous shopping streets in Vienna, Austria. It connects the Innere Stadt with the 15th district, Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, and the Westbahnhof railway station. The street was named after Mariahilf, Vienna’s 6th district, in 1897, and is commonly referred to as “Mahü”.   read more…

Tiella Barese

7 June 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  7 minutes

© Google Gemini

© Google Gemini

Tiella Barese is one of the most famous dishes from the Southern Italian region of Apulia, specifically from the port city of Bari. It is a delicious casserole traditionally made from three main ingredients: rice, potatoes, and mussels (in Italian: riso, patate e cozze).   read more…

Carry-le-Rouet in Southern France

6 June 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

Carry-le-Rouet harbour © FrogsLegs71/cc-by-sa-3.0

Carry-le-Rouet harbour © FrogsLegs71/cc-by-sa-3.0

Carry-le-Rouet (Occitan: Carri lo Roet) or simply Carry is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in Southern France. It is a seaside resort 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Marseille, on the Côte Bleue, reached via motorway A55 then route D5, at the foot of pine-covered hills. It is part of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis.   read more…

Sveti Stefan in Montenegro

5 June 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Hotels Reading Time:  5 minutes

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© Marcin Konsek/cc-by-sa-4.0

Sveti Stefan (lit. Saint Stephen) is a town in Budva Municipality, on the Adriatic coast of Montenegro, approximately 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southeast of Budva. The town is known for the Aman Sveti Stefan resort, a 5-star franchise of the international group of Aman Resorts. Sveti Stefan consists of a small island now connected to the mainland by a narrow tombolo and the mainland part, where most of the residents live.   read more…

NATO Defense College in Rome

4 June 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Universities, Colleges, Academies Reading Time:  5 minutes

NATO Defense College © NATO

NATO Defense College © NATO

NATO Defense College (NDC) is the international military college for North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries. It is located in Rome, Italy. The idea of a NATO Defense College originated with General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the first Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SHAPE), who identified very early on the need for a new international institution with a unique education mission.   read more…

Kensington Market in Toronto

3 June 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon appétit, Shopping Reading Time:  11 minutes

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© Suwannee.payne/cc-by-sa-3.0

Kensington Market is a distinctive multicultural neighbourhood in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Market is an older neighbourhood and one of the city’s best-known. In November 2006, it was designated a National Historic Site of Canada. Robert Fulford wrote in 1999 that “Kensington today is as much a legend as a district. The (partly) outdoor market has probably been photographed more often than any other site in Toronto.”   read more…

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