Eidsvoll 1814 at Eidsvoll Verk

Eidsvoll 1814: Norway’s birthday site

Eidsvoll 1814 information for visitors Eidsvoll Verk, a day trip from Oslo, isn't only for patriotic Norwegians. If you want to learn more about how Norway managed to wriggle its way from the control of...
Royal Aberdeen clubhouse

Changing at Royal Aberdeen

A golf visitress at Royal Aberdeen It was an awkward moment. At Royal Aberdeen, the day after Justin Rose won the Scottish Open, I couldn’t find a changing room that seemed to match my gender....
Oslo Airport is 20 years old. Terminal 1.

Oslo Airport turns 20 years old

Let there be Nordic light. Twenty years ago, architects designed Oslo Airport to be simple and efficient, and to let in lots of light. The first impression that many foreign visitors have of Norway...
Swedish whisky casks at the cellar at Mackmyra.

Swedish whisky: Mackmyra was first

Swedish whisky, from dream to reality at Mackmyra Nearly two decades ago a group of young Swedes decided that making excellent whisky might be possible, even for people with no claim to Scottish ancestry –...
Swiss Alps golf - Engadine's Samedan course, 9th green

Swiss Alps for golf – Tiger’s big miss?

Swiss Alps: golf at the top of Europe When Tiger Woods left Scotland after The Open, he headed to the Swiss Alps and the Engadine Valley for a little R&R. But he didn't bring his...
Welcom to the Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada

Do you think you have to be a gambler to be wowed by Las...

You have to see it with your own eyes. Las Vegas, with its bright neon lights, grand casinos and no-holds-barred attitude, may not be everybody’s cup of tea. But no one can deny that it’s...
Chablis is a favorite at the wine shop

Chill out with chic Chablis

Chablis is hailed as vibrant, minimalist, austere and most certainly prestigious. Most people know Chablis as a refreshing white wine, the perfect accompaniment to fish and shellfish, and also extremely satisfying on its own. As so...
Argentario Italy

Argentario, Italy: southern Tuscany’s Silver Coast

Argentario in Italy has more to it than meets the eye. Monte Argentario was the home of Etruscans and wartime money-lenders a couple of millennia ago. Today, Costa d’Argento, ‘the Silver Coast’, has...
At Hans Merensky vervet monkeys roam the golf course

Hans Merensky golf safari

Hans Merensky has African golf stories to tell The 16th hole is named "Leopard Kill." It was on this tee at Hans Merensky Golf Club, under a tall tree, that a golfer teed up her ball...
Golf courses in Geneva are usually very well maintained

Golf courses in Geneva, Switzerland and surrounding regions

Golf courses in Geneva, Switzerland and the nearby area are at a mix of Swiss and French clubs. Here’s your guide to the best golf around Lake Geneva (Lac Léman), from the...

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