10 h. ago Europe's safest city is a seaside gem and it's a sunny Mediterranean spot

One popular European city has been named the safest place to visit, according to new research

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4 d. ago 'Hidden European gem' is 'world's most liveable city' and great for cycling

A study from Oxford Economics has named the 10 top cities offering to the highest quality of life to residents, and the top spot goes to a gem in the French Alps

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5 d. ago 'Hidden gem' city is the most walkable in the world and a UK tourist favourite

Skyscanner has named the most walkable cities in the world for 2025, with a European city taking the top spot

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5 d. ago European city 'on brink of collapse' as mass tourism makes it completely 'unliveable'

The popular city has been plagued by mass tourism in recent years, with the millions of annual visitors leading to a host of problems for locals as they say the city is on the brink of collapse

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6 d. ago 'Disgusting' European city 'on brink of collapse' as mass tourism makes it 'unliveable'

The popular city has long been overrun by tourists, with many residents saying it is now on the brink of collapse due to 'mass tourism' and 'crazy prices' in the region

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7 d. ago Swansea City 'launch bid' for European striker as Kone move stalls

Reports suggest Swansea have launched an offer

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8 d. ago Magical clifftop castle with stunning views and exquisite architecture an hour from Glasgow

The historic estate in Ayrshire was a favourite of former US president Dwight D Eisenhower, who used it as his Scottish holiday home.

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9 d. ago ‘Poetry pulled me out of the abyss’: keeping culture alive in Kharkiv – picture essay

Eastern Ukraine’s biggest city is unsettlingly close to the Russian border and vulnerable to missile strikes, but there is a determination to maintain a cultural life, and a poetry festival is testament to the resilience and creativity of its peopleThe city of Kharkiv, just 18 miles from the Russian border, is a paradoxical mix of tended-to and broken. Public sculptures are wrapped and coddled in sandbags to protect them from missiles. Flowerbeds in parks are punctiliously maintained. The life of the streets is several notches quieter than you would expect from a European country’s second city – and yet, bookshops, coffee shops and restaurants are open and doing a steady business.People browsing the books at Pochaina market Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Beautiful European city with £2 pints named 'cheapest for Brits' this summer

The holiday destination in Spain has been labelled as 'better than Magaluf' by Brits who have visited recently, with cheap drinks, stunning beaches and great nightlife

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3 w. ago I'm a travel expert — this European city with £15 flights from UK is the most underrated destination

Cheap Holiday Expert Chelsea Dickenson is always on the lookout for destinations where you can get more bang for your buck - and she thinks this city break should be on your radar

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3 w. ago 'I found a totally walkable European city with stunning architecture and serene vibe'

We discovered impressive architecture, cultural delights and world-class cuisine on a mini-break to this beautiful European capital city

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3 w. ago Beautiful European city is 'totally walkable' with pristine streets and serene atmosphere

Our writer lived like royalty on a mini-break to this European capital city, where you'll find impressive architecture, cultural delights and world-class cuisine

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3 w. ago Direct trains from UK to historical European city with €4 beers will be running soon

The United Kingdom and Germany have signed a landmark treaty, dubbed The Kensington Treaty, that will pave the way for a direct rail link between London and Berlin in the early 2030s.

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3 w. ago Plans for new direct train between London and major European city

The new service is hoped to get started within the next ten years

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last month ‘People here are as strong as concrete’: the stunning architecture of war

A new architectural guidebook was written as a love letter to the Ukrainian city – then Russia started bombing it. How will this home to Tetris-like offices and daring curved cinemas be rebuilt?When the Derzhprom building erupted on to the Kharkiv skyline in the 1920s, it must have seemed like an impossibly futuristic vision. Standing like a gleaming white concrete castle, it curves around the circular plaza of Freedom Square in the city’s centre.Built as the state industry headquarters of what was then the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, it looks like a three-dimensional game of Tetris, a mighty nest of chunky oblong forms stacked, rotated and interlocked to form a colossal administrative pile. Striding across three city blocks, and towering almost 60m high, it was the tallest office building in Europe for several years, its humungous floor plates connected high up in the air by thrilling sci-fi skybridges. It was far ahead of its time, prefiguring the brawny br...

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