We scream for ice cream

Visitors can see which ice creams are made with which machines and also learn recipes dating back 200 years. The museum is open Monday to Saturday and entry is free. Visitors interested in making ice cream can sign up for workshops and courses at the facility’s well-equipped ice cream university. – DPA

 

Tibet off the map to tourists

China has once again stopped issuing travel permits for foreign visitors to Tibet.

In recent months, China had made obtaining a permit for travel to Tibet more stringent by requiring that people travel in a group of five or more, and all be of the same nationality. But as of September 1, China stopped issuing any new travel permits to Tibet for foreign visitors, and there is no way of knowing how long the restriction will be in place or why it was put in place.

 

Working in the mines

There’s a new mining route to explore at the Wieliczka salt mine in Poland where tourists can experience close-up what it's like to work underground in a mine. The tour lasts three hours and participants are actively involved in duties such as measuring the air's methane content, checking for earth tremors and making salt statues. The salt mine was listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1989 and also offers group tours and overnight accommodation. A part of the mine is used as a health spa while concerts and other large-scale events are also held in the enormous underground halls. – DPA

 

Veggie burgers for India

McDonald’s is to open its first two vegetarian outlets in India. The first outlet will be located near the Golden Temple of Amritsar, while the second is to pop up by the Vaishno Devi cave shrine in Indian Kashmir. Both McDonald’s will serve all-vegetarian menus for the first time at two of India’s most-visited pilgrimage sites. A holy site for Sikhs, the Golden Temple hosts thousands of visitors per day from around the world, while Katra welcomes around 8 million pilgrims a year en route to the Hindu shrine.

 

Walking the Dutch trials

The northern Netherlands is full of national parks and now the Dutch Institute for Nature and Environmental Development together with the help of numerous regional groups has developed a walking trail to link them up. The path between Friesland, Drenthe, Overijssel and the Watten Islands also use trails that were already in existence. – DPA