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Japan’s cherry blossom season dazzles locals and tourists
The tiny white and pink petals of cherry flowers, known as sakura, herald the start of spring in Japan
World’s ‘ugliest’ city finds allure in decay
The once-prosperous Charleroi, in Belgium, is attracting urban explorers seeking beauty in dilapidated factories and rundown warehouses
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ brings global fans to Seoul’s sites
The real-life settings of the Oscar-winning animated film have become a pilgrimage site for fans of the Netflix blockbuster
‘Wuthering Heights’ unleashes fresh wave of Brontë-mania
The latest adaptation of the classic novel is drawing many visitors to Haworth, a small English village where the author and her sisters lived
Love on the Seine: the rise of picturesque Paris proposals
The luxury marriage proposal business is booming in the French capital
When water gets the wine treatment
In South Africa, where water is not readily available, a sommelier aims to educate his clients about the qualities of this precious resource
French museum fare hikes for non-European tourists spark outcry
The French move has few precedents elsewhere in Europe, but is more common in developing countries
TikTok drives ‘bizarre’ rush to Prague library’s book tower
‘The Idiom’, by Slovak artist Matej Kren, is a cylindrical tower of 8,000 books
German dog owners sit out New Year’s Eve chaos in airport hotels
Animal welfare organisation warns that noise, the smell of burning and flashing lights are ‘a nightmare’ for animals
When cuisine means more than food
Italian cuisine was added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list earlier this month. Here's what the recognition entails and how Rome marked the moment.