During the Tang era (618-907) what is now Xi’an formed a part of Chang’an, which at that time was 37km/23 miles in circumference and had a population of a …
Your time off request is finally approved. You consulted the family, and as expected, the kids want to go to Disney. Which Disney Park? It doesn’t matter. Hardly surprising, …
Tea and water are not often drunk with meals; on festive occasions and particularly when foreign guests are present you will be served nonalcoholic refreshments such as orange lemonade, …
Vaxjo, main town of the province of Kronoberg, lies at the N end of Lake Vaxjo. There was a trading station here in the Iron Age and in Viking …
China’s economic reforms and open door policy have laid the foundations for greater market freedom and growing privatisation in the past few years. There are still the state-run shops …
Some ofthe larger tourist hotels also have their own medical facility with a nurse and sometimes a doctor in attendance. The following three hospitals have medical clinics which specialise …
SHOPPING. Copenhagen’s main shopping area is the long pedestrian precinct known as Stroget, with its numerous side streets. Here are found not only large department stores but numerous small …
Harbin is undoubtedly the country’s main centre for Chinese furs and skins. These can be bought in the Fur Product Shop on Zhongyang Lu as well as in the …