By providing elegant solutions to travel problems these apps make life easier

Blame geek culture or the desire for something different but in Toronto every major street has a board-game cafe, by Lynn Freehill-Maye

The ancient city in northern Laos offers a vivid,varied Asian experience, writes Ondine Cohane

The winters may be chilly, but the city offers lots of ways to escape the big freeze

Take in stunning views at the waterfront; the Mission’s feisty character and Golden Gate Park

This little big town has emerged from its introverted shell to offer a livelier mix of cultural offerings, plus an exploding food scene

The home of next year’s summer Olympics is undergoing regeneration in advance of the expected influx

Out of his life on one of the thousands of islands that buffer Sweden’s capital, Stockholm, from the Baltic, the entomologist Fredrik Sjöberg has fashioned an unlikely bestseller

Believe all the hype, the German capital is a hipster idyll – but in a good way, writes Charly Wilder

A 12-step southern French culinary, artistic and aesthetic smorgasbord

Forty years since Steven Spielberg’s filmed perhaps his most famous movie, the setting for ‘Jaws’ retains all its breathtaking beauty and rich heritage

The historic port town in the US state of Georgia is having a cultural revival

Desert, surf and fun outdoor pursuits make for a laid-back Mexican holiday

The City of Lights changes, but the Left Bank has retained its classic old-school charm down through the centuries