Quirky Guide

If you think massage is good for the body and soul, just wait until you’ve been massaged by a nun.

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

One of a handful of places worldwide where you can hop on the saddled back of an ostrich and go for a ride.

If the thought of teeing off in the dead of night gives you the willies, you’ll be pleasantly surprised by the Arctic Open Golf Championship.

You could join the Mile High Club with ease and comfort at this Costa Rica retreat, if only the plane in question were a little further off the ground.

You’ll have to order in sign language at this bistro, France’s first cafe-restaurant to be staffed by deaf people.

This upside-down house was designed by two Polish partners and built on the grounds of a zoo on the northern German island of Usedom.

Surfers take note. The UK’s first Flow Rider – artificial inland surf wave – opens in April 2010.

An art installation of ten half-buried cars that actually invites visitors to deface it.

You’ve watched Akira, Ghost in the Shell and countless other classic Japanese animations. But could you make anime worth watching?