• News

    New York Now Has Its Own Chocolate Museum

    Learn about the history of everyone's favourite sweet treat, and sample it of course.

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    The World's First Craft Beer Hotel Is Coming

    Complete with in-room beer taps, shower beer fridges and beer-filled jacuzzis.

  • News

    Concrete Playground's Autumn Reading List

    From hilarious local poetry to photography dissection and the war on drugs, this list seeks to satisfy every type of literary appetite.

  • News

    Someone Has Invented Transparent Kayaks, Your Next Must-Have Sports Item

    You'll now be able to paddle the seas with an underwater view.

  • News

    A Weekender's Guide to New Plymouth

    Get briefed before you pack up and head to the place they call 'a little bit out there'.

  • News

    Canada Resoundingly Named World's Best Travel Destination of 2017

    Three leading international publishers have crowned the US's northern neighbour.

Latest Guides
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    Six Must-Stay Boutique Resorts in Thailand

    From secluded temple replicas to free jet lag massages and a forest boutique with door-opening monkeys.

  • News

    You'll Soon Be Able to Trek Through Harry Potter's Forbidden Forest

    Follow in the boy wizard's footsteps as part of Warner Bros' London studio tour.

  • News

    Ten Must-Visit Places Worth Travelling Overseas for in 2017

    Check for cheap flights and lock in a date.

Latest Places
  • Restaurant

    House of Dumplings

    117 Taranaki Street, Wellington

    You will have your dumpling and eat it too.

  • Bar

    Southern Cross

    39 Abel Smith Street, Te Aro

    The bar's ridiculously ‘gram-able courtyard is the perfect summer afternoon spot to sip on a cold one.

  • Bar

    St John’s

    5 Cable Street, Wellington

    Bean bags with your beersies? Yeah, go on.

  • Cafe

    Baobab

    152 Riddiford St, Newtown

    A Newtown cultural institution.

  • Restaurant

    Ekim Burgers

    257 Cuba St, Te Aro

    The best homemade burgers that you can’t actually make at home.

  • Cafe

    Enigma

    128 Courtenay Place, Te Aro

    Goliath-sized burgers and laid-back staff make Enigma a great late night haunt.

  • Bar

    Bebemos

    88 Riddiford Street, Wellington

    The laid-back Latin craft beer bar houses over 60 different types of beers.

  • Cafe

    Fidel’s Cafe

    234 Cuba Street, Wellington

    Cuba Street's Cuban icon.

  • Cafe

    Sweet Mother's Kitchen

    5 Courtenay Place, Wellington

    New Orleans staples fused with Mexican snack food.

  • Restaurant

    Tommy Millions

    Cnr Courtenay Place And Taranaki Street, Wellington

    Big fans of Tommy.

  • News

    This Nomadic Life Kit Lets You Travel With the Comforts of Home

    Travel light and take your favourite things with you.

  • News

    A Game of Thrones-Themed Bar Has Popped Up In Edinburgh

    It's enough to send you scurrying over land and sea like a lost Stark child.

  • News

    You'll Soon Be Able to Stay In a King Arthur-Inspired Pop-Up Cabin Hotel

    Add the Wales countryside to your must-visit list.

  • News

    A Budgeter's Guide to Travelling Around Scandinavia

    Travel to one of the world's most expensive regions without draining your wallet. Yes, it's possible.

  • News

    Paris Could Be Getting An Exercise-Powered Floating Gym

    You won't just ride your way along the River Seine — you'll ride on it.

Latest Events
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    An Ex-Noma Chef Is Building a Temporary Pop-Up Restaurant On Mount Everest

    Now that's how you celebrate scaling the world's highest peak.

  • News

    100 Hours in Sydney: A Trifecta of Restaurants, Hassle-Free Golf and Plant-Tastic Skyscrapers

    With better weather and architecture and equally as grand geography, it's hard for a fan of Auckland to not also be a slightly gushing fan of the Australian metropolis.

  • News

    This Japanese Bar Is Made Entirely Out of Recycled Rubbish

    There's recycling, and then there's this.

  • News

    You Can Now Stay In a Harry Potter-Inspired Wizarding School

    And you won't even have to exclaim "alohomora!" to get in.

  • Feature

    Outside Guide: 48 Hours in Byron Bay

    We've teamed up with Converse to embrace the elements in an all-weather travel guide series.

  • Guide

    Your Socialiser Guide to the Weekend in Wellington

    Weekends are precious. Just over two and a quarter glorious days devoid of responsibility and overflowing with possibility.

  • News

    Six Breathtaking Escapes in the South Island

    Discover and see some of the country's best landscapes in a different light and from a completely different perspective.

  • Feature

    Outside Guide: 48 Hours at Thredbo

    We've teamed up with Converse to embrace the elements in an all-weather travel guide series.

  • Feature

    Outside Guide: 48 Hours in Wanaka

    We've teamed up with Converse to embrace the elements in an all-weather travel guide series.

  • News

    The Less Obvious Guide to Kraków

    Discover deliciously hidden delicacies in one of Poland's oldest cities.

  • News

    Spain Is Getting a Permanent Nude Garden of Eden-Like Restaurant

    You'll be able to eat your meal off the naked skin of the waitstaff.

  • News

    Ten Glamping Experiences Worth Travelling For

    From luxury Moroccan desert camps, to those only accessible by seaplane or boat.

  • News

    Eight Food Festivals Worth Travelling For

    Take a coffee break adventure.

  • News

    A Tiny Two-Person Pub Has Popped Up in London

    And it's giving out free beer — as long as you don't use your phone while you're there.

  • News

    Soak Your Stresses Away at Float Well

    Caring for yourself is more important than ever.

  • News

    You Can Spend Halloween in Dracula's Castle Thanks to Airbnb

    Try to get some shut-eye in a velvet-trimmed coffin and be hosted by the great grand-nephew of Bram Stoker himself.

  • News

    A Free 24-Hour Wine Fountain Has Opened in Italy

    The fontana del vino is dripping with the good stuff.

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