The live-music capital: SXSW, bats under the Congress bridge and breakfast tacos.
The illuminated Maharaja palace, the Dasara festival and the sandalwood and silk of the old bazaars.
The city of trees in Tohoku, Date Masamune's castle hill, the Tanabata festival and gyutan beef tongue.
Edo-period merchant streets in the Japanese Alps, a morning market and the spring and autumn float festivals.
The food capital of the Philippines, the Dinagyang festival and a river esplanade, opposite Guimaras island.
The Ice and Snow Festival, whole palaces built of river ice, and Russian onion domes on the main street.
The Vitkovice ironworks turned festival ground and the Stodolni street of a hundred bars.
Chagall's birthplace, his house museum and the Slavianski Bazaar festival each July.
Five original Viking ships in the museum and the cathedral where Danish monarchs have been buried since 1400.
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