Whereas Westerners once travelled to communist nations in order to witness the creation of a promising new regime, there is now a growing market for those wishing to see the ruins of the same, failed world

With three contrasting capitals playing host to a range of historical, cultural and contemporary spectacles, a stay in the Baltics with Radisson Blu offers more than one might expect

In honour of Halloween here are our top spooky tourist destinations

With a Guggenheim set to arrive in Abu Dhabi in 2013, Eleni Chalkidou examines the museum’s unique cultural influence around the world

Spending a year as a ‘European Capital of Culture’ gives a city a wonderful opportunity to reinvent itself. This year, Turku in Finland has been awarded the accolade. Fleur Kinson looks at a triumphant EU scheme and some of the cities it has most recently tried to boost

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Roger St. Pierre gets blown over by Chicago

From the bright lights of Moscow to the European grace of St Petersburg, Ekaterinburg’s history and Kaliningrad’s burgeoning economy, Russian cities are interesting places to do business. By Sue Dobson