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Citroën 2cv tour, Paris

Explore the city of love and surrounding countryside in France’s most iconic runaround.

A Room For London, on top of the Southbank Centre © Courtesy of David Kohn Architects and Fiona-Banner

A Room for London, England

One designer hotel. One bedroom. One highly unusual location.

Vampire Cafe, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan © HAMACHI!

Vampire Cafe, Japan

Seems it’s not enough that blood-suckers are taking over popular culture, now they need their own bleedin’ restaurant too.

The urinal game unit, which is fitted in the toilets of The Exhibition Bar in Balham, London © Captive Media

The Exhibit Bar, London

A video game controlled by your urine stream…in a bar…in London.

Ninja Restaurant, Tribeca, New York © Paul???

Ninja, New York

A ninja-themed restaurant. We only wonder what grisly end awaits people who don’t pay up…

Reptile Cafe, Yokohama, Japan © Globetoppers

Reptile café, Japan

‘And would you care for a snake with your tea, Sir?’

Shopsins Restaurant, Essex St Market, Manhattan, New York © World to Table

Shopsins Restaurant, New York

Thin-skinned? Sensitive to swearing? Then steer well clear of this legendary eatery.

The Marshfield Paper Boys dress in recycled newspaper and perform a mummers play on Boxing Day, in Gloucestershire © Helen Parker

Marshfield Paper Boys, England

Well, that’s one way to recycle your newspapers! This shaggy Gloucestershire mummers troupe is famous for its quirky Boxing Day performance.

Star gazy pie is especially popular on Tom Bawcock's Eve in Mousehole, Cornwall © Simon Rudkin

Tom Bawcock’s Eve, Cornwall

A celebration of one long-dead fisherman and the rather peculiar, not to mention unnerving, ‘star gazy pie’.

The Burning of the Clavie, Burghead, in Moray, Scotland © Skatedog

Burning the Clavie, Burghead

More proof of national pyromania in Scotland, as if any were needed.

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