Located on the Unesco-protected Keizersgracht, The Dylan hotel conceals its virtues behind a 17th-century facade.

The beating heart of Northern Ireland continues to unshackle itself from 30 years of sectarian strife, healing and improving with time.

The cafe culture in Thessaloniki rivals that of New Zealand, giving it a very laid back attitude.

Wall St advanced overnight as investors focused on some positive news from the home front, including better-than-expected jobless claims data and Cisco Systems earnings.

Markets fell overnight on both sides of the Atlantic as Italy's borrowing costs soared, intensifying concern that efforts to contain the European Union's debt crisis aren't working.

Anita Harvey discovers a different side to Europe as a welcoming Albania emerges from its drab, oppressive past.

Many fear a Greek default could take the euro down with it, so there have been frantic EU attempts to cobble together some financial aid package that could keep Greece solvent.

Equities on both sides of the Atlantic have started the week in the red as Greece agreed to form a new government and Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi denied reports he planned to resign.

La Fête dé Noué, or Christmas Festival, is held annually on Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands.

Liz Light walks country lanes and forest paths in northern Italy.

Germany's biggest Catholic-owned publishing house has been rocked by disclosures that it has been selling thousands of pornographic novels.

Plans have been unveiled for a four-runway airport on a sparse strip of land on the Isle of Grain in Kent.

Stocks on Wall St and in Europe rose after an unexpected interest rate cut by the European Central Bank and the vote backdown from the Greek PM.

The 29-year-old who married Prince William in April is the queen of British fashion, according to UK style magazine Harper's Bazaar.

See who's joined the Duchess of Cambridge on the style magazine's best-dressed list for 2011.

Granada's cultural legacy will make your head spin, writes John Gardner.

It would seem that the ancient practice of yoga really does work - and it could be even better than going to the doctor.

The roads in this country's north are atrocious affairs, writes Mauricio Olmedo-Perez.

World sharemarkets dropped overnight after the Greek Prime Minister sought to silence critics by unexpectedly calling for a referendum.

Jim Eagles visits a piece of British history and finds out how its unlikely saviour spent five years rescuing it from ruin in a swamp.