Flying for a good audio read

The initial batch of 13 audio books includes “Dracula” by Bram Stoker, “Wizard of Oz” by L Frank Baum and “The War of the Worlds” by HG Wells. To provide travellers with a wider choice, the list of audio books is refreshed monthly.

 

A visit to Borgund

Renovation work on the more than 800-year-old Borgund stave church has been completed in the western Norwegian town of Laerdal. Visitors during the upcoming summer season will be allowed inside the church, built of wooden staves, from now until September 30. The Borgund stave church was built between 1150 and 1200 and is considered to be the best-preserved church of its kind in Norway. – DPA

 

Old masters settle in Gemeente

Numerous artworks from the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague will be changing their address. From now until mid-2014, they will be exhibited in the Gemeente museum, as the Mauritshuis, known for its collection of Old Masters, is to undergo renovation work. The Gemeente museum by contrast has made a name for itself as a venue for modern art. Now, for the first time, it will also show Vermeer, Rembrandt, Frans Hals, Piet Mondrian and Vincent van Gogh. – DPA

 

Go Russia with Aeroflot

SkyTeam has launched a new Go Russia Pass offering flexibility and cost savings on flights operated by Aeroflot within Russia. The Go Russia Pass is available to passengers travelling on flights originating outside Russia with any of SkyTeam’s 15 member airlines or on a Go Round the World ticket. Customers purchasing a Go Russia Pass can opt from a minimum of 3 to a maximum of 16 flight coupons. 

 

Art on the walls

Near the town of Lex Baux de Provence in southern France. a former stone quarry is the setting for a multimedia show focusing on the artists Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh. The show, running till January 6, involves huge video-projections beamed onto the walls of an underground quarry, the local tourism office says. Some 70 projectors are used to beam the images on the 6,000 square metres of wall space..(http://Carrieres-Lumieres.com) – DPA

 

Hanoi on the move

Hanoi’s Old Quarter gets five more electronic tram tours. These new tours include cultural explorations of the Old Quarter, shopping tours, religious tours, handicrafts tours, and historical tours. Travellers will be taken through 28 commercial streets to see the crafts guild and cuisine hubs of the Old Quarter, with about 212 historical and cultural attractions and 859 valuable structures along their roads.