Hit the swede spot

Visiting Lapland may be on many children’s wish lists, but I’ve never seen a more excited bunch of adults than when the northern lights appeared on our trip to Sweden. There is no guarantee, so we wer

An 8am flight from Luton on a Saturday in the middle of summer is rarely a good way to start a holiday, but everything ran smoothly and our Wizz Air flight landed in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania,

Tap, tap, tap. Tap, tap. “Oh, there it goes – that wee one’s for the pot.” The mussel in my hand slowly and silently hinges shut, like a lid on a fancy electronic bin. “If it closes completely that’s

TRAVEL TO SPAIN’S NORTH COAST AND THROUGH INLAND DAIRY PASTURES, AND YOU’LL FIND THE STEW QUEENS OF ASTURIAS, THE GUISANDERAS, SLOW COOKING TRADITIONAL FOOD FOR A NEW GENERATION OF DINERS

IN THE SCOTTISH ARCHIPELAGO, FARM FLAVOURS AND SEAFOOD SPECIALITIES ABOUND

Set against an archipelago of forested isles and the waves of the Baltic Sea, the Finnish capital lives in harmony with nature — locals take artistic inspiration from their wild surrounds and warm up in cedar-lined saunas