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Harry Potter fans now have the chance to spend a night at Hogwarts -- after a luxury apartment dedicated to the much-loved films opened to visitors. Situated in the Scottish Capital -- the birthplace of J.K Rowling's Harry Potter books -- the magical apartment is the brainchild of Hogwarts superfan Yue Gao. Canongate Luxury Apartment, which overlooks Edinburgh's Royal Mile, has a master bedroom with a Gryffindor dormitory theme. The flat, which is available to rent all year round, comes...

Canada’s first funicular, officially named ‘the 100 Street Funicular and Frederick G. Todd Lookout’, has now opened as an attraction to members of the public in downtown Edmonton. Designed in its entirety by Dialog Design, this $24 million project has been publicly funded to improve access to Edmonton’s river valley – the city’s largest and publicly accessible green space. Kebony, a beautiful wood recommended by leading architects, was consciously selected for the funicular stairs, cladding and boardwalk owing to its...

A list of the most reliable airlines in the World has been revealed, with UK carriers largely absent from the list. North American airline GoJet was the most reliable carrier out of a list of 40 global airlines. Air China and Air Asia came out as the two worst airlines, with 43 per cent of Air Asia flights being delayed for just under an hour on average. Japan based ANA and frequent ‘best airline’ winner Air New Zealand round out the top three with impressive...

Bath could become the first city in the UK to introduce a tourist tax, in line with a model common in European cities. Tourists have flocked to the Georgian spa city for centuries in order to visit the Roman baths and famous abbey - but plans have been drawn up to charge visitors an extra £1 per night, which would be put back into the community. The plans, proposed by Bath and North East Somerset Council, will be put to...

Different communities have different cultural practices, and so does Japan. Japan is one tourist destination that attracts many people from all corners of the world because of their unique culture. While there, there are also other amazing tourist attraction sites and places to visit including Tokyo and Hiroshima peace memorial museums, Kasuga-Taisha and Meiji shrines. Like it is stated above, Japanese have unique cultural practices, and those planning to visit Japan should be aware of their dos and don’ts. It...

2017 was the safest year on record for airline passengers, the Civil Aviation Safety Review has revealed. With more people flying to more places than ever it will come as a relief to find that no jets crashed in passenger service anywhere in the world last year. The Dutch-based aviation consultancy, To70, has released its Civil Aviation Safety Review for 2017. It reports only two fatal accidents, both involving small turbo-prop aircraft, with a total of 13 lives lost. The Aviation...

Part of the established North Star Hotel, known to Dubliners as the only decent hotel in the area (sorry, other hotels in the area), the newly-refurbished wing of the hotel has been given its own brand, its own reception desk, and a rooftop residents’ lounge of its own too. But is The Address worth the extra attention? We jumped on their bed and raided their minifridge to find out. The lobby  The area Directly opposite Connolly Station, Dublin’s train link...

Reporter Tom Bevan spent four days in Cologne to experience a real German Christmas Market. In most towns and cities throughout the UK over the last month a German Christmas market has been one of the major attractions. But if you are hunting for the real thing then Cologne, one of Germany’s oldest cities, ranks among the best places in Europe for anyone wanting to ramp up their yuletide celebrations. The Rhineland city is just over a one hour flight...