My visit to the smallest of the UN countries was a wash out…
Gallery: Helsinki 2023
Photos from my architecture-heavy tour of the Finnish capital.
A Finnish Feast
Dining is rarely a focus of my trips, but in Helsinki I enjoyed several excellent meals.
Nordic Light
Helsinki offers many remarkable buildings, but three stood out as highlights of my visit.
Polarsteps: 40th birthday wanderings
For this year’s biggest adventure, I tried something new.
Gallery: Switzerland 2023
A return to Zurich, and a first visit to Bern.
Bern 2023: IFSC World Championships
Another climbing-inspired trip to Switzerland, this time for the World Championships.
Gallery: NL/BE 23
Photos from my trip to the Netherlands and Belgium – a mix of The Hague’s Museum Voorlinden and various architectural finds.
The puzzlepiece towns of Baarle Nassau and Baarle Hertog
Exploring the enclaves and counter-enclaves making up a complex Dutch/Belgian community.
Three nights in… The Hague
An overdue return to the Netherlands, and a bit more of Belgium.
Gallery: Stockholm 2023
More from the metro, and a few above-ground sights too.
Stockholms Tunnelbana
Exploring the world’s longest art gallery – Stockholm’s metro.
Three nights in… Stockholm
An unusual return to Sweden, exploring a series of tunnels and tubes in Stockholm.
Gallery: Oslo 2022
An art-heavy return to Norway’s capital.
Two nights in… Oslo
The chance to join Norse Atlantic’s first flight from London to Oslo seemed an ideal excuse to revisit one of my favourite countries.
Gallery: Meiringen
Highlights from an April visit to Meiringen – when the Aareschlucht partially reopens after winter.
Two nights in… Meiringen
Reviving a travel plan from 2020, I headed to Switzerland for the first bouldering world cup of the season.
Gallery: Cordoba, Spain
Photos from the Mosque-Cathedral, and exploring the city.
Is the train in Spain better than the plane?
Trying out the high speed AVE services, in both first and standard class.
Andalusian Architecture 2021
My only international trip of 2021, in search of Spanish architectural highlights.