A historic Dutch village is cleverly recreated, finds Phoebe Falconer.

This working museum, just an hour's train trip from Amsterdam, has recreated the sort of community that would have been present in the region during the period of 1850-1930... before the Zuiderzee was cut off from the North Sea and transformed into an inland sea.

The western Ukrainian city of Lviv provides a glimpse of what Krakow, Budapest, Prague and Vienna were like 25 years ago - before they became Central European tourist hot spots.

Two days in chilly Ukraine warm the tastebuds of Michael McKerrow.

The founder of Wikipedia is leading calls for search engines and social media sites to take themselves offline for an entire day over pending US legislation.

Andalucia has harnessed its geographical strengths and benign climate to provide a great variety of active holidays, writes Mick Webb.

There was more bad news from Europe overnight, with data showing the German economy contracted in the last quarter.

The National Rail Rover is one of the UK railway industry's hidden secrets.

Equities in Europe and on Wall Street advanced overnight and so did commodities, as data showed China's import growth last month eased to the lowest level in two years.

Investors are becoming so averse to risk that for the first time they have paid more for German securities than they will get on maturity.

Spanish forces drove the Moors from this medieval frontier, leaving a enticing fusion of both cultures.

Awe-inspiring scenery and beautiful architecture are in store for anyone journeying through southern Spain's Andalucia region.