Fashion and frites

Once the centre of European trading, Antwerp is often missed in favour of the more popular Brussels and Bruges. But as David Atkinson discovers, new design projects are reviving the ancient city

Antwerp epitomises everything you wouldn’t expect from Belgium: it’s fashionable, unstuffy and, unlike bureaucracy heavy Brussels and the open-air museum Bruges, definitely not dull. A cit...

A tale of two cities

Contrast the never-ending pulse of Seoul with the laid back ancient culture of Gyeongju for a differ...

The post-soccer city

After the surge of World Cup interest, can Johannesburg avoid the slump that often follows such inte...

Stealing the spotlight

Barcelona may bristle with pride over its architectural charms, but Madrid's cultural accolades have...

The Dublin advantage

Ireland's capital is an exciting and inspirational city, eager to extend a warm welcome to business ...

Weekend in the cIty

Pairing an ancient pharaonic legacy with a cosmopolitan buzz that has made it a cultural hub of the ...

Green shoots

Germany's capital is a metropolis of opposites. A city where history meets modernity and business me...

A labour of love

Recently recommended to New York Times readers, Lebanon's capital city has regained its tourist appe...

A new recipe for Hamburg

On the waterfront in Germany's second-largest city, cranes hover over a large old brick warehouse. S...

Climbing the Berlin Wall

On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the German capital continues to change at a ...

The buzz of BahIa

Welcome to Salvador, Brazil's 'capital of happiness'...

Clean Copenhagen

Progressive-minded Copenhagen is way ahead in environmental sustainability. Clean energy, green hote...

Ich bin ein Berliner

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, this trendsetting and innovative city never ceases t...

Understanding Oslo

The perfect place to combine business and pleasure – though it covers one of the largest areas of an...

Whole lot of Seoul

Variously dubbed “the new Tokyo” and the “model city of the future”, Seoul is fast becoming one of t...

Vive le Paris

Paris. Does it need an introduction? Home to a thousand iconic images, world-class museums and enter...

Eat like an Alexandrian

Once a beacon of the ancient world, Alexandria today is a lively modern city whose treasures are to ...

Beijing's opulance

Beijing is a city in a hurry, racing to claim its place as the top modern metropolis. But the space ...

Urban Durban

Set deep in the heart of the famed Zulu land, is a city bursting with diversity, a melange of differ...

Racy Dakar

Sharron Livingston visits Dakar, a city that is just as racy as the annual Paris-Dakar rally that br...

Milan, the art of the city

Milan's reputation as a fashion hub is universally known but its dedication to modern art receives l...

Malmo's graft and splendour

Malmo has witnessed a remarkable transformation from a centre of industry into an exciting hub of cu...

National treasure

Washington DC might not be quite what it seems, discovers Emma Holmqvist...

A toast to Kaliningrad

Discover the polished veneer of Kaliningrad, where the minerals, fishing and manufacturing industrie...

Antwerp's stunning vista

Antwerp is cosmopolitan, fashionable and picturesque. Follow our guide to your short stay in Belgium...

Prague: The golden city

Throughout the last two decades, Prague has steadily built up a well-deserved reputation as a great ...

St. Petersburg: History and modernity

Steven Rowland reports on St Petersburg, and highlights the differences that set it apart from the o...

Resurgent Riga

Both geographically and culturally, many cities today claim to be at the apex of where East meets We...

Know your Krakow

Poland is undergoing something of a renaissance: minor blips aside, its economy has been growing sin...

Lisbon's dream

Amy Turner loses herself in mouth-watering delicacies and heartbreaking folk music in Portugal's cap...

Rolling Rovinj

There's a little piece of Italy to be found on the coastal tip of Croatia's crescent. The picturesqu...

Trading in Cape Town

With overnight direct flights, no jetlag and only a two-hour time difference, Cape Town - widely reg...

Joburg bound

The frenetic and fast-paced city of Johannesburg has its detractors, but the buzz is hard to beat an...

Floating above Venice

Want a new take on Venice? Take the canal's eye view - just hire a boat for the week in the lagoon a...

Battling Bratislava

Both now capitals, Prague and Bratislava share history and an alluring appeal, enthuses Roger St Pie...

Rome's eternal foundations

Rome, one of the greatest sightseeing cities in the world, offers a bewildering array of attractions...

Sampling Evian

Roger St. Pierre finds a lakeside idyll in a French resort that makes water its business...

Never a bad year in Bordeaux

Fine wine, yes. But then there's the food, markets and a regeneration project that has added taste t...

The decadent life of Sao Paulo

The teeming, never-sleeping metropolis of Sao Paulo has been the wealthiest city in Brazil for a lon...

Moscow: The ice city

With a surge in popularity in recent times, Moscow is embodying the new Russia: brash, bold yet unde...

Viennesse delight

Imperial palaces and great music, Old Masters and modern art, legendary coffee houses and trendy res...

Fair city wind in Chicago

Roger St. Pierre gets blown over by Chicago...

Durban's popular front

So often overlooked in favour of Cape Town and Jo'burg, Durban is South Africa's fun city – and good...

Seizing Cairo

Roger St. Pierre finds the business heart at the centre of the hustle and bustle of Cairo...

Monolithic Montreal

Roger St. Pierre spotlights the endless appeal of Montreal – French Canada's biggest city...

Copious Copenhagen

Tucked away on the chilly eastern coast of Denmark, Copenhagen is one of Europe's more diminutive ci...

Geneva's thumping heart

With political and financial crises brewing beneath its polished veneer, Geneva has decided it needs...

A taste for Budapest

At the end of a tough business day, there's nothing quite like having your body steamed and pummelle...

Warsaw: Poland's spring

The sun is rising in the east, illuminating the cultural delights of central Europe. Nowhere is this...

On a Shanghai

Shanghai, meaning above and sea, is an inordinately fitting name for the city that's overtaken Rotte...

New York, New York

As business cities go, it's a whopper. Generating more wealth than the whole of Switzerland and exis...

Edinburgh: Britian's second capital

Edinburgh is Britain's most popular conference venue and it is easy to understand why given its magn...

Sampling Seville

The poet Lord Byron once referred to Seville as a city famed for its oranges and women; today's visi...

Zurich: A philosopher's city

Switzerland's largest city sturdy, workman-like reputation is gradually being superceded as it lets ...

Unraveling Genoa

Since being crowned European City of Culture 2004, the tangled capillaries of old town Genoa have fl...

Raw Reykjavik

Know as Europe's hottest city, both for its location on a geothermal ridge and its pulsating night l...