2 w. ago Boy designs innocent Butlin's treasure hunt but one prize causes alarm

A young child's innocent Butlin's treasure hunt sparked confusion at the Skegness resort earlier this month after one item in the game was mistaken for something rather rude

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2 w. ago Kid's treasure hunt at Butlin's leaves guests doing 'double take' for rude reason

A young boy who designed a treasure hunt game at the iconic Butlin's holiday resort in Skegness caused a stir after other guests saw what it was they were searching for

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3 w. ago 'I've never seen it like this': The hunt for treasure in Manchester's dried up canals

''All the fish are trapped in little pools... obviously they're dying, they've got no food now'

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3 w. ago Sandi Toksvig to hunt for undiscovered treasures in new archaeological series

The former Great British Bake Off presenter will present the four-part series, titled Sandi Toksvig’s Hidden Wonders.

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4 w. ago ‘Why would you take away a parking place?’: the city where anyone can build an urban oasis

Grätzloasen – low-cost, urban ‘parklets’ built by volunteers – are on the rise in Vienna as sceptics are being won over by the splash of welcome greenery and boost to community spiritsIn a quiet corner of Vienna’s well-to-do 18th district, Jana is explaining how her assembly of wooden decking and planters is bringing a bit of greenery to the area. “There’s not a single tree on this whole street – it’s just parking spaces on both sides.”This is a grätzloase, or neighbourhood oasis – a miniature park tucked into the side of the road. With the blessing of the city hall, more than 100 of them have sprung up across Vienna. The scheme has been growing since 2015, and its proponents say it’s struck a rare balance for urban projects: cheap, community-driven and appreciated by local people. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago ‘A great way of getting under the skin of a city’: the rise of urban treasure hunts

Whether team-building or exploring with friends and family, searching for clues and solving puzzles is popularIf you spot someone in a busy city centre street with a puzzled, possibly pained look asking their companions whether that’s an elephant at the top of a drainpipe, they are probably not mad – but on an urban treasure hunt.There has been, one city tourism boss said, an “explosion” in the number and popularity of treasure and scavenger hunts in the UK. Continue reading...

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