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Two flights recently had to make emergency landings for unusual reasons. "Strong odors" caused a Lufthansa Stockholm-to-Frankfurt flight to stop in Copenhagen, where 129 passengers were rebooked onto alternate flights. The reason for the smell? A new ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Strange Smells And Lasers Cause Emergency Landings
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Two flights recently had to make emergency landings for unusual reasons. "Strong odors" caused a Lufthansa Stockholm-to-Frankfurt flight to stop in Copenhagen, where 129 passengers were rebooked onto alternate flights. The reason for the smell? A new ...Get A Free Ride With Your New Car: European Delivery Programs
Like many longtime New Yorkers, I don't own a car and know little about the finer points of purchasing or owning a vehicle. A recent Volvo ad caught my eye in an airline in-flight magazine: If you purchase your car and pick it up in Sweden, they'll pick up the tab on your ...6 Weird Ways To Get Your Food Served Around The World
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Now that food trucks are a staple in pretty much every metropolis, people have to get really creative to think about how to serve food in an edgy manner. But from fries in a vending machine to sparkling water in a public fountain, there are plenty of ...Gummy Bear Art Car Takes Grand Tour
Courtesy of Alex Leuchte
Sometimes an "only in New York" moment has a more global story. On a rainy afternoon this week in Manhattan, my friend visiting from Germany was excited to spot a Mercedes with Munich plates. The car had a distinctive pattern covering its exterior, ...Why Do We Give Countries Different Names?
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You booked a trip to Germany, so why does your passport stamp say Deutschland? Your name didn't change from John to Johann, so why should the country's name change? If you've ever wondered why countries go by different names in different languages, you can ...#OnTheRoad: River Cruising In Germany
Jess Moss, AOL
Guten Tag from the Danube River! I'm Jess, an editor at Gadling and AOL Travel, and am on my first river cruise (actually, my first cruise of any kind). I'm chugging along the Danube on Viking River Cruises' Bragi longship from Nuremberg to Budapest. Our stops ...Great Comeback Cities For Travel
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Recently, the former automotive boomtown of Detroit made history by filing for bankruptcy, making it an easy butt of jokes on Twitter and in the news. However, Motown has also been making strides to become America's great comeback city, with ...Urban Camping: Pitch A Tent In Central Park
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High Manhattan hotel prices ruining your summer travel plans? If you'd like to try urban camping -- sleeping under the skyscrapers of New York City -- you can try your luck for a spot at one of the city's summer Family Camping sessions. The Urban Park ...Two-Wheeled Tourism: 10 Cities to Visit If You Love Bikes
Anna Brones
Why spend your summer vacation on subways and buses when you could be out exploring places on two wheels?
Thanks to an explosion in bike-share systems and a general appreciation for bike culture, making cycling a central part of your travels is becoming ...Call An Ice Cream Truck On Demand Today With Uber
Today is the hottest day yet in New York City's latest heat wave, and the summer weather is no less forgiving in many other cities in the western hemisphere. To help beat the heat, car service app Uber is offering ice cream trucks on demand, today only from 11-5 p.m. in ...
Germany Building Memorial To Hitler's Euthanasia Victims
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The government of Germany has begun construction of a monument to remember the physically and mentally handicapped people killed by the Nazis.
While everyone knows about the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust, Hitler's other victims are often ...Exhibition At Berlin Wall Shows World's Fortified Borders
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The Berlin Wall has been a symbol of oppression and tyranny ever since it went up. When it fell in 1989, the world rejoiced and many hoped we would now live in a world without barriers.
As a new exhibition at a remaining part of the wall shows, however, ...Edvard Munch Exhibition Opens In Stuttgart
Copyright The Munch Museum/The Munch Ellingsen Group/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2012
The Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart, Germany, is celebrating the 150th birthday of Edvard Munch with a exhibition of their entire collection of his work, the first time the gallery has done so in more ...Heathrow Or Frankfurt: Two Of The World's Worst Airports?
Air travel can be a tribulation anywhere but traveling through the world's mega-airports is never high on my list of fun things to do. Last week, I spent some time at Heathrow (in London) and at Frankfurt International airport - two of the world's dozen busiest, and some ...Video: Inner City Surfing, The Latest Urban Adventure Craze
Germany and China don't immediately call to mind hanging 10, but that's about to change. The latest urban extreme sport pastime in these cities is urban surfing the big waves on their river systems. As reported by CNN, Munich's Eisbach River and Hangzhou's Qiantang River are ...
German Police Warn Travelers Of Exploding Train Ticket Machines
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Rail travelers in Germany should exercise caution when using automatic ticket machines because criminals attempting to break into the machines may have left them filled with explosive gas, the Associated Press reports.
According to the news outlet, ...Adventures By Disney Announces New Options For Europe And Beyond
Adventures by Disney
Adventures by Disney has announced that it is expanding its catalog of travel itineraries for 2014 with new options to Europe and several tours specifically created for the teen traveler. These new additions to the line-up will expand on the company's ...Project Bly Brings World Street Market Culture To You
Courtesy of Shriti Bannerjee, ProjectBly.com
If you are the kind of traveler who lives for digging through flea markets and wandering through souks, you might want to travel over to ProjectBly.com, a new lifestyle website featuring a rotation of world street market ...Frederick The Great's Picture Gallery Celebrates 250 Years With Special Exhibition
A magnificent art gallery constructed by Frederick the Great of Prussia in Potsdam is celebrating its 250th anniversary this year, Art Daily reports.
The gallery at Sanssouci Park, part of Frederick the Great's palace complex, was home to his vast collection of ...Vintage Nude Photos On Display In Berlin's Photography Museum
The Museum of Photography in Berlin has just opened an exhibition of nude photos from the turn of the last century.
"The Naked Truth and More Besides Nude Photography around 1900" brings together hundreds of nude photos from an era we normally associate with ...