Europe
Plan your Europe adventure with guides to top destinations, hidden gems, travel tips, and cultural experiences across the continent — from Paris to Prague and beyond.
Best Restaurants in Solothurn: Why This Small Swiss Town Eats So Well
If you type “best restaurants in Solothurn” into Google, you are probably standing on a cobblestone street in the old town, phone in hand, slightly overwhelmed. That reaction is completely normal. Solothurn, Switzerland’s baroque “ambassadors’ city” on the Aare river, is famously said to have the highest number of restaurants per square meter of any…
Swimming in the Aare River: The Complete Guide to Switzerland’s Favorite Wild Swim
There’s a moment almost every visitor to Switzerland remembers: standing on a riverside path, watching locals of every age casually jump into a fast flowing, glacier fed river and float away like it’s the most normal thing in the world. That’s Aare swimming. It’s not a spa activity and it’s not a lazy river at…
Stadtfest Solothurn: Inside the Baroque Old Town’s Biggest Party
Once every two years, the quiet cobblestone streets of Solothurn’s old town stop being quiet. Fountains that normally just trickle become gathering points, the Kreuzackerplatz fills with a Ferris wheel, and the Aare river gets a soundtrack of live concerts drifting over the water until two in the morning. This is Stadtfest Solothurn, the city’s…
Events in Solothurn: The Complete Yearly Calendar
Solothurn looks like it should be a quiet town. Baroque facades, eleven church bells, a slow-moving Aare river, the kind of place you picture reading a book on a bench. And for most of the year, that picture holds up. But scattered through the calendar are pockets of time when this small city turns almost…
6 Hours in Florence: A Walking Tour for Your Layover
If you’ve got a few hours in Florence between trains, you can see far more of the city than you’d think, and without dragging your luggage across cobblestones the whole time. We had roughly six to seven hours here while waiting for our connecting train to Rome, and rather than sit it out at the…
Tuscany Itinerary – Wine, Culture & Culinary Adventures from San Gimignano to Volterra
There’s no better way to celebrate a milestone than with sunshine, good food, and great company in one of the most charming regions on earth. Our Tuscany itinerary was built around my aunt’s 60th birthday and turned into a weeklong journey through medieval towns, coastal wine regions, and culinary highlights. From wine tastings at some…
One Day in Rome on Foot: My Self-Guided Walking Route from Colosseum to Vatican
Can you really see Rome in one day on foot? We wondered the same thing before we tried it, and the answer is yes, if you walk it in the right order. Last spring we set out from near Termini just after sunrise and traced a single, mostly flat route through the city’s greatest hits:…
Japan Digitalization and Automation Compared to South Korea and Switzerland: Lessons for Modernizing Public Services
In the past decade, the conversation around Japan digitalization and automation has become increasingly relevant for governments and businesses grappling with shrinking workforces, demographic change, and the rapidly rising expectations of digitally native citizens. While Japan’s leadership in robotics and consumer automation often garners admiration, South Korea and Switzerland have demonstrated that integrated digital infrastructure…
Discovering Einstein’s Closet at ETH Zurich: An Inspiring Glimpse into Genius
ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich) is not only known for its world-class education and groundbreaking research but also for its fascinating connection to one of history’s greatest minds: Albert Einstein. Among its many historic offerings, ETH Zurich houses a unique gem—Einstein’s Closet—a place where visitors can step back in time and…
Living in Switzerland vs Korea – The Ultimate Expat Guide
Choosing where to build a life is never easy—especially when you’re deciding between two of the most developed, fascinating, and very different cities on earth. Zurich and Seoul both attract thousands of expats, digital nomads, and professionals every year. I was born in Solothurn, Switzerland, and later lived for two years in Zurich while working…