Quirky Guide

Flowers for Mother’s Day and tool-kits for Christmas are so lame. Why not splash out on a shrunken head or the skeleton of a conjoined twin?

Unleash the Inuit inside by spending a night in a real life igloo.

Kaleidoscopic farm animals? Why it’s every summer’s essential.

Falling asleep at the controls of a jumbo jet would normally be frowned upon. Not so in this unique Swedish hostel.

This park was set up after the fall of the Soviet Union with what seems to be the quite explicit aim of making fun of the Soviets.

This little fjord-side village is a bookish destination par excellence.

Qbic Hotels offer futuristic, cube shaped rooms, with double beds, a bathroom and desk all incorporated into one small square area.

Would you have the nerve to knock on a stranger’s door and ask for a cup of tea? Well, turn up at this house and they’ll happily put the kettle on.

Giffords is no ordinary circus. It’s a wild Bohemian party with a feelgood factor that takes you through the roof of its very small Big Top.

If the alien cast of Star Trek were to walk through this cult festival in their underwear, nobody would bat an eyelid.