Little-known destinations, forgotten villages and whole regions to discover before everyone else does. The antidote to overtourism, one guide at a time.
A Viking runestone, older than Stockholm itself, set into a corner of Gamla Stan and guarded by a cannon. No plaques, no signs.
Jun 28, 2026
Bakkehuset, the Rahbeks' home in Frederiksberg: period rooms, a historic garden and the literary salons frequented by H.C. Andersen.
Jun 28, 2026
The monumental cemetery of Nørrebro in Copenhagen: tree-lined avenues, the graves of Andersen and Kierkegaard, and locals reading in the sun.
Jun 28, 2026
Beneath Copenhagen's Søndermarken park, a former water reservoir hides a cavernous underground gallery of contemporary art, unknown to most visitors.
Jun 28, 2026
Grundtvigs Kirke in Copenhagen: an Expressionist church built from 6 million yellow bricks with an organ-pipe façade. Free entry, in Bispebjerg.
Jun 28, 2026
In Kispest, the garden district of Wekerle: houses with steep roofs and wooden gateways around Kós Károly tér. How to get there.
Jun 28, 2026
The church of St Ladislaus in Kőbánya: an Art Nouveau masterpiece by Lechner with a Zsolnay roof and the tallest church tower in Budapest.
Jun 28, 2026
A 7.5-hectare botanical garden on Budapest's Gellért hill: 2,000 woody species, Hungary's oldest Persian ironwood, free admission.
Jun 28, 2026
The mausoleum of the dervish Gül Baba in Budapest: a sixteenth-century Ottoman tomb on the Rózsadomb, free to enter and hushed among the roses.
Jun 28, 2026