Ten Places to Get an Early Taste of Summer

Here are ten destinations that could well have you digging out your long lost swimmers.

‘Jane Fonda House’ Is Powered by Your Exercise

You become the guinea pigs in this exercise powered house-of-the-future

Ten Gourmet Winter Getaways

These hotel dining rooms draw food critics like thirsty wildebeest to a watering hole.

The Ten Best Swings Ever

Things have come a long way since your ma or pa tied a threadbare rope to a used tyre.

Tourist in my Own Country /// Raglan

We loaded up the surfboards and took the brand new VW Golf for a spin to New Zealand's surf mecca township of Raglan.

Try a Truly Sustainable Diet at Pestival

The Noma chefs pitch in to help tune your tastebuds to the appreciation of bugs.

Ten Incredible New Zealand Road Trips

List off ten of the best road trips in New Zealand.

Ten Inspiring Surf Getaways Across the Globe

Surf traveller and Editor/Founder of Stab Magazine, Derek Rielly, offers his insights into ten dreamboat waves across the globe.

Photographer Gets Led Around the World by His Girlfriend

Osmann's photographic journey takes viewers on a trip which is stunning in more ways than one.

South American Dreaming

Regular contributor to Concrete Playground Kristy Mayo offers up her advice and experience of South America.

Nosh Food Market’s Top 5 Picnic Spots in Auckland

Nosh Food Market put together five of their favourite picnic spots in Auckland for you to enjoy.

Tourist in my Own Country /// Cape Town

Thinking of hitting up Cape Town for a holiday?

Contiki’s Ten Best Travel Destinations for 2013

Contiki offers their Top Ten Holiday destinations for 2013.

The World’s Most Beautiful Public Swimming Pools

Natural and human-made beauty combine in these stunning locales that are open to all.

Eat and Drink Hong Kong Style

Concrete Playground offers some advice for eating and drinking in one of the world's most expensive cities.

Trippin on the Pacific Coast Highway

Guest contributor Sam Mickell loses his soul along the Big Sur.

Bruce Myren’s Inspired 40th Parallel Photo Series

The 40th parallel is much more than simply a line of latitude spanning the distance of America from East to West.

The Kombi Trail: Nine Students and VW Van

A tale of nine students fresh out of university who embark on the journey of a lifetime with the Cold War as a backdrop and a VW Kombi as means of transportation.

Rare Colour Photographs of Paris in 1914

These photographs of Paris in 1914 are particularly enchanting not only because they go back to the denouement of the peaceful and reformatory Belle Epoque...

Aerial Views of Australian Beaches

Shot from doorless helicopters, American photographer Gray Malin has captured your weekend days on the beach, from above.

Remarkable Aerial Photographs of Iceland’s Volcanic Systems

Andre Armolaev has captured incredible aerial images of Iceland's twisting rivers meandering across black, ashy volcanic land.

Ten Film-Inspired Luxury Getaways

We've reviewed the new releases and flipped through the DVD cabinet to bring you ten jaw-dropping locations.

Ten Weird but Wonderful Spas

Whether you use them for cleansing, decompressing or just some well-earned R 'n' R, spas have been a ubiquitous part of the tourism industry.

Tourist In My Own Country /// Hokianga Harbour

The first in a series of travel inspired travels around God's own.

The Ten Best Picnic Parks in Auckland

It's important to know the 'it' spots to picnic - we have it covered with this Top Ten Picnic Parks in Auckland guide.

Contiki Send Vloggers Around Europe

Contiki utilise vloggers in their latest global campaign.

The Best Photos of Oktoberfest 2012

A little peak into the thrills and spills of the first week of Oktoberfest 2012.

Eight International Festivals New Zealand Could Learn From

Here are a few overseas festivals that manage to combine brazen antics, booze and grannies in souped-up shopping carts with more cultivated offerings.

The Five Best Winter Golf Courses in Auckland

Reece Witters from Mr Bo Jumbles, one of the finalists in The Bloggers 2011, rounds up his picks of best winter golf courses in Auckland.

A Glamping Guide for Music Festivals

Gear up for all of winter's festivals with 10 glamping necessities.

The Ten Best Luxury Getaways from Auckland

If you fancy a glam getaway close to home, you’re in luck.

The Five Best Vineyard Getaways in Australia

Pop open a bottle of estate-grown wine at these stylish stays among the Australian vines.

Highlights of an Unmapped Roadtrip of NSW

Five highlights from an Unmapped Road Trip around New South Wales.

Five of the World’s Weirdest Hotels

These hotels will ensure that the destination will be just as exciting as the journey on your next holiday.

Sceptic Kiwi Heading to New South Wales

Nominated to be one of five international bloggers, I promise to be entertaining and represent New Zealand responsibly. If that is possible?

Nike FuelBand Tracks Your Every Step

Measure your data, such as steps, calories and distance throughout the day, against other competitors of different body types and skill levels.

Interview /// Concrete Playground meets Lilo the Waikato

A beautiful story of the battle of depression and one man's mission to Lilo the Waikato.

Top 5 Franklin Road Christmas Lights

Concrete Playground chooses their favourites from the Franklin Road Christmas Lights

Wheels On The Bus – The Roadtrip to Rhythm and Vines

Sweden’s Treehouse Hotel

The hotel has five different rooms, all of which are themed differently and offer much more than your standard bed and complementary chocolate.

Japan Tourism to Offer 10,000 Free Flights to Bloggers

At last, there may be a way to put your otherwise life-crippling Facebook addiction to good use.

First-Ever Space Hotel Set to Open in 2016

Space tourism set to become a reality in the next few years.