- 19 November 2008 5:59AM
Unbuttoned Switzerland
Conservative? Nah. Meet the ragged side of the tailored nation.
Montreux - Frank Zappa was playing at the Montreux casino in 1971 when it went up in flames, sending rolling smoke over Lake Geneva and inspiring Deep Purple to write Smoke on the Water.
Cabaret Voltaire, Zürich - Be willfully obscure with your order at this café/bar/gallery housed in the birthplace of the iconoclastic Dada art movement.
Mystery Park, Interlaken - Features crop circles in summer and pyramids and flying machines all year round.
Commune Libre du Neubourg et Alentours, Neuchâtel - A free commune in a trio of Old Town streets - its somewhat clammy motto? 'Voir d'un œil sentir de l'autre' (look with one eye, feel with the other).
Hotel zum Wilden Mann, Lucerne - In 1650 it was an unlicensed pub - these days the Wild Man's combed his hair and is trading as a lush hotel.
- 18 November 2008 3:48AM
Chicago - it's a frame-up!
If you want to see art in real-life action, go to Chicago. The culinary arts scene is thriving - even the hot dogs have gone gourmet. The Art Institute bulges with masterpieces. The city, famous for its gleaming, river-hugging architecture, is peppered with sculptures, fountains and shimmering video installations. Catch the Chicago Toy and Game Fair on Nov 23, and the State Street Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov 27.
- 17 November 2008 1:30AM
Hiking the Torres del Paine
It's coming up to prime time for hiking in the Parque Nacional Torres del Paine - so break in your boots, tone up your calf muscles and start dreaming of those majestic granite pillars against a vivid sky.
- 14 November 2008 4:58AM
Shanghai
Shanghai was where China first met the West and it's still a frontier town, obsessed with the latest fads, fashions and technologies. Come here for French concession streetscapes, sleek Art Deco architecture, 19th-century shíkùmén buildings and skyscrapers forming with time-lapse speed. Catch it while you can.
- 13 November 2008 10:59PM
Top five Australian summer
music festivals
Big Day Out - Neil Young headlines this long-playing festival's 2009 lineup
All Tomorrow's Parties - Curated and headlined by Nick Cave and
the Bad Seeds
St Jerome's Laneway Festival - Jam into a laneway for a hot summer's day
of Stereolab and more
Tamworth Country Music Festival - Practice your do-si-do for 10 days
of yee-ha
Meredith Music Festival - Camp out bush and catch acts on a stage surrounded by ghost gum trees
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