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46 votes
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Foreign couples flock to Denmark to get married. Copenhagen wants to save room for locals.
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Buildings in Berlin are weird
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In Tokyo for a couple of days, inviting recommendations
My wife and I are in Tokyo for a couple of days, before moving on to Kyoto. We have a few restaurants booked already, and have a friend or two in the city who will show us around, but I wanted to...
My wife and I are in Tokyo for a couple of days, before moving on to Kyoto. We have a few restaurants booked already, and have a friend or two in the city who will show us around, but I wanted to solicit some recommendations from people here too. We are staying in Ginza area but happy to walk/use metro to explore other parts of the city.
Any recommendations for good shopping or good food? I’m interested in vintage/second hand clothes, kitchen equipment, etc but honestly open to any suggestions of things to check out!
EDIT:
Well, I’m back stateside now, and I want to avoid bumping this thread too much by going through and thanking people, but I found all of these comments really useful! We ended up having a great time and ate some great food, most of the time by popping in places that looked good when walking by. Did some nice shopping as well (I managed to pick up my dream watch from a small store in Omote-sando!) Thanks everyone for the great recommendations, it was useful to get my bearings, and now I just can’t wait to go back.
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Finland's deep affinity with nature is blossoming in its restaurants, where a new generation of chefs are fusing local wild produce with more exotic flavours
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New train route to link Prague, Berlin and Copenhagen from 2026 in another boost for European travel
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Copenhagen is adapting to a warmer world with rain tunnels and sponge parks
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Sweden and Denmark's Öresund bridge turns 25 – while Copenhagen's fortunes grow alongside rise in commuters, benefits for Malmö are proving less obvious
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Meeting client requirements of a 200-year design life for the Kruunuvuori Bridge in Finland demanded ingenuity in structural engineering and material choices
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Tens of thousands have gathered for the Budapest Pride march, defying Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's legal threats against LGBTQ rights activists
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Copenhagen emerged as The Economist's Most Livable City for 2025 – Western Europe scores dropped with a rise in terrorism threats, riots, crime and anti-Semitic attacks
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The world’s most-visited museum shuts down, in response to mass tourism
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The Grenfell Tower fire: London’s high-rise scandal
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Denmark's largest energy community is now under construction, featuring more than 30,000 sqm of solar rooftops with a total capacity of about 4 MW
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Inside Denmark's super-efficient S-tog rail system
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The root of happiness isn't considered to lie in extravagance or materialism in Helsinki. Here, it's about things that are both smaller and more profound.
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Living among volcanoes is nothing new in Iceland – but as a new eruptive era begins, the Reykjavík region is honing defenses and rethinking development
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Huge power cut causes chaos in Spain and Portugal as Madrid mayor warns people to stay put
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Finland is home to some of the most prolific caffeine drinkers in the world, and now Helsinki is positioning itself as a new brew capital
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Why does Athens look so quirky?
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Norway's capital is known for its green policies and widespread adoption of electric vehicles. Why does the city still struggle with air pollution?
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Finland's bid to win Europe's start-up crown – country has spawned twelve unicorn businesses (firms worth a billion dollars or more) like Oura, Supercell, Rovio, and Wolt
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Matias Faldbakken unveils design for Norwegian national memorial to 2011 attacks – twelve-metre high mosaic will show the reflection of a wading bird native to Utøya island
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Dreadlocks and downward dogs, Oslo's new bishop takes unorthodox approach – Sunniva Gylver is keen to show a new side to Norway's Protestant Church
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Roman-era battlefield mass grave discovered under Vienna football pitch
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Helsinki now among the top five cities in Europe for defence, security and resilience investments – Nordic nation has 368 defence tech companies; 40% are startups and scale-ups
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Heathrow Airport shutdown causes flight chaos and leaves thousands stranded
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Waymo plans robotaxi launch in Washington, D.C. in 2026
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Why has bisexual identity doubled in Stockholm – and what does it tell us about global trends?
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The forgotten story of the largest stadium ever constructed
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Beginnings of Roman London discovered in office basement
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Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport closed after a military helicopter collides with a landing regional jet
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Carl Bloch's lost masterpiece finds fame again in Athens – work that made its Danish creator a superstar then mysteriously disappeared is mesmerising art lovers once more
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How France uncovered the mystery of the forbidden photos of Nazi-occupied Paris
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Beirut blast investigator resumes probe, charges ten people
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Oslo leads in quiet, low-emission electric construction – drop in decibels is welcome side-effect of goal to keep city-managed construction projects free from toxic emissions
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Helsinki landmark Finlandia Hall reopens – architectural icon, designed by Alvar Aalto, is now more accessible than ever to the public after an extensive renovation
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Waymo to begin testing in Tokyo, its first international destination
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Is this the best kebab in the world? (Flying to Istanbul for a Döner)
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While ambitious urban planners try to make fifteen-minute cities a reality, the Nordhavn district of Copenhagen has gone one better – what's life like when everything you need is a stroll away?
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How Madrid built its metro cheaply
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Archaeological dig at Notre-Dame unearths 2,000 years of history
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A robot dog advertising a darknet store seized by police in Moscow
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Advice for a day in London
A pretty quick work trip has been planned. I will fly into Heathrow Saturday morning. I'll have until Sunday evening to get to Warwick. I'll be in Warwick for 5 days before flying back out the...
A pretty quick work trip has been planned. I will fly into Heathrow Saturday morning. I'll have until Sunday evening to get to Warwick. I'll be in Warwick for 5 days before flying back out the next Saturday.
I'm looking for any general advice but also if there is anything specific to the following:
- I'm going to book my own hotel in London the Saturday night I fly in. Saturday and Sunday are essentially my "tourist" days. Where is good to stay? Not too concerned with price.
- I'm taking a train to Warwick and mostly have that figured out but is there an app or pass that I should add to my Apple wallet for transit around London?
- I like museums of all types. Are there any in particular I should check out?
- Any classic pubs or restaurants I should try to get to?
- Once the week starts I don't think I'll have much time to do touristy stuff and I won't have a car. Any recommendations on things around Warwick/Birmingham that I can get to some evenings via train or bus?
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Emmanuel Macron praises artisans in ceremony prior to reopening Notre Dame cathedral in Paris
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In Northeast D.C., a rancorous post-election fight erupts — over bike lanes
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Scrapped policy to charge London’s drivers by the mile
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Annual gift of a Christmas tree from the people of Oslo in Norway to London continues – tree was cut down early yesterday morning in woods in the northern part of Oslo's capital
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At least 150 people killed over past week in Haiti’s Port-au-Prince: UN
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Delhi shuts schools, bans construction as pollution levels hit new high
15 votes