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MONT DES ARTS OF BRUSSEL The ISMusees Royaux des Beaux-Arts houses the Musee d’Art Ancien, the Musee d’Art Moderne, a sculpture gallery, and temporary exhibitions. The museum library, in …
ENGLAND THE SOUTH BANK Cantina del Ponte, 36c Shad Thames ( 7403 5403), Butlers Wharf. Tube: Tower Hill or London Bridge. Amazing riverside location and high-quality Italian food. Bargain …
Travel to Berlin LOCAL SERVICES Luggage Storage: In Bahnhof Zoo. Lockers ‚0.50-2 per day, depending on size. 72hr. max. If lockers are full, try Gepackaufbewahrung (‚2 per piece per …
ENGLAND B&BS AND HOTELS Si Jenkins Hotel, 45 Cartwright Gdns. (a 7387 2067; www.jenkinshotel.demon.co.uk), enter on Barton PI. Tube: Euston. Bright, airy, non-smoking rooms with antique-style furniture, phone, fridge, …
VIENNA HISTORICAL MUSEUM HISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER STADT WIEN (VIENNA HISTORICAL MUSEUM) This collection of historical artifacts and paintings documents Vienna’s evolution from a Roman encampment, through the Turkish siege, …
WHEN TO GO BRITAIN Shakespeare impresario Laurence Olivier worked both sides of the camera in Henry V (1944); his Hamlet (1948) is still the hallmark Dane. Master of suspense …
THEATER IN BERLIN The pamphlets Kultur.’news, Berlin Programm, 030, Zitty, and Tip have theater listings. In addition to the world’s best German-language theater, Berlin also has a lively English-language …
NORMANDY PARIS Fertile Normandy is a land of fields, fishing villages, and cathedrals. Vikings seized the region in the 9th century, and invasions have twice secured Normandy’s place in …