Hamburg  - California has two new theme parks based on Sesame Street and the popular cartoon series The Simpsons.

Haines Junction, Canada  - The view from the seaplane is impressive. Icefields extend into the distance along with furrowed plains and snow-capped mountains.

The few clouds in the dark blue sky are no match for the sun's rays that cause the ice in Kluane National Park in Canada's Yukon to glisten.

The sun also makes sure that Canada's highest peak, Mount Logan, situated on the horizon, is set in the right light.

Mount Logan is 5,959 metres high and is the second highest mountain in North America after Mount McKinley in Alaska. Europe's Alps seem almost like a mid-size mountain range by comparison.

But looked at from a small airplane, Mount Logan is not as imposing as some peaks in the Alps.

Kiel - Color Line has cancelled its route from Hirtshals in Denmark to Oslo.

Trebinje, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Bosnia-Herzegovina, once a war zone, is going to great lengths to rebrand itself as a long-forgotten tourist jewel of south-eastern Europe.

Stockholm - A new Bed & Breakfast inn that caters mainly to naturists is likely to fuel Sweden's reputation for "sin".

Belgrade - Free travel across Europe is a concept as distant as space tourism to most Serbs, but there are places to see near home and countries to visit without visas, the web-based Serbian Travel