One of the things that strikes you (hopefully not literally) on the streets of Copenhagen are the sheer number of bikes, three deep at every …

I must admit to having mixed feelings about taking other people’s children on holiday. When my kids were younger my first reaction would have been …

Episode 17 in my travel podcast series takes us for a long weekend to Copenhagen in the early summer. You’ll hear the sounds of the …

The Hohensalzburg fortress was top of our list of things to do in Salzburg, as it seemed to be mentioned by practically everyone who gave …

Hotel Zur Post is one of those attractive small, family run Gasthaus hotels that you find all over Austria and proved to be a comfortable …

It’s a while since I read Thomas the Tank Engine as a bed-time story to my kids, but if I was making the Schafburgbahn steam …

In anything epitomises Danish food, it must be the Smørrebrød. This open sandwich is made with dark rye bread topped with an endless combination of …

The food in Salzburg, as everywhere in Austria, is often hearty: slabs of roast pork, huge bratwurst sausages or goulash made with beer. We tried …

Why did I want to visit the Karen Blixen Museum near Copenhagen? Karen Blixen returned from Kenya to her family home to write her book, …

Copenhagen is packed with gourmet restaurants, but when you meet top Danish chef Henrik Yde-Andersen, at his flagship restaurant Kiin Kiin, the only Thai restaurant …

Copenhagen may be a gourmet destination where Michelin star restaurants are two a penny, but you won’t find eating out is cheap here. A meal …