Transylvania, Where Meadows Ripple and Dracula Legends Fade

New York TImes - Oct 30, 2026

On a three-day hike in Romania, a writer sidesteps the usual Bram Stoker draws and instead discovers medieval villages, ancient forests and rich living history.

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Filipinos lose an average of 75 hours of sleep per year due to warmer nights

Oct 30, 2026

Filipinos lose an average of 75 hours of sleep per year due to warmer nights

The Philippines tied with Brunei, ranking second among Southeast Asian countries in the average number of sleep hours lost annually due to warmer-than-optimal nighttime temperatures, the latest Lancet Countdown report shows.

Screams to scandals: how Hong Kong’s Ocean Park has spooked Halloween guests for 25 years

Oct 30, 2026

Screams to scandals: how Hong Kong’s Ocean Park has spooked Halloween guests for 25 years

When Ocean Park launched its Halloween celebrations in 2001, pumpkins, witches and vampires helped turn a visit to the theme park into a seasonal fright night. Twenty-five years later, haunted houses drawing on Hong Kong ghost stories share this year’s programme with family activities, live performances and a dark-fantasy collaboration with a pop star. The history of Halloween at Ocean Park is not simply a timeline of increasingly bigger productions and more elaborate effects. It is also a story...

Hong Kong’s M+ forges new alliance with MoMA and Centre Pompidou to redefine museum loans

Oct 30, 2026

Hong Kong’s M+ forges new alliance with MoMA and Centre Pompidou to redefine museum loans

Hong Kong’s M+ museum, New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the Centre Pompidou in Paris signed an agreement on October 30 to establish a three-way cultural alliance, aiming to redefine how visual culture is collected, exhibited and shared globally. The framework agreement, signed at M+ in the West Kowloon Cultural District, departs from conventional short-term blockbuster touring exhibitions and fee-based satellite franchises. With no money changing hands, the institutions will focus on...

I Went To Kyoto For 48 Hours To Heal My Nervous System, And These Are All The Things That Actually Helped

Oct 30, 2026

I Went To Kyoto For 48 Hours To Heal My Nervous System, And These Are All The Things That Actually Helped

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Marvin Agustin proud of restaurant Cochi staff for receiving the Michelin Bib Gourmand Award two years in a row

Oct 30, 2026

Marvin Agustin proud of restaurant Cochi staff for receiving the Michelin Bib Gourmand Award two years in a row

The Michelin Guide Philippines 2027 has recognized 31 restaurants with the Bib Gourmand Award, a distinction given to restaurants with “exceptional food at great value.”

Young craftspeople give ancient central crafts a modern breath

Oct 30, 2026

Young craftspeople give ancient central crafts a modern breath

Young craftspeople in central Việt Nam are combining ancestral skills with contemporary design and sustainable hospitality to keep local heritage alive.

Night festival at HCM City Book Street highlights Mekong Delta culture

Oct 30, 2026

Night festival at HCM City Book Street highlights Mekong Delta culture

The HCM City Book Street Book celebrates Southern Việt Nam's folk beliefs, spiritual heritage, and cultural traditions passed down through generations during the Book and Night Culture Festival.

38 Travel Products You’ll Thank Yourself For Grabbing Before The Holidays Roll Around

Oct 30, 2026

38 Travel Products You’ll Thank Yourself For Grabbing Before The Holidays Roll Around

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Style Edit: Cartier’s panther leads ‘Into the Wild’ exhibition at Hong Kong’s Villa Haw Par

Oct 30, 2026

Style Edit: Cartier’s panther leads ‘Into the Wild’ exhibition at Hong Kong’s Villa Haw Par

In 1933, Jeanne Toussaint was appointed creative director of Cartier, and the wildly influential designer set about cementing the noble panther’s role as the indelible emblem of the storied Parisian jeweller that it remains to this day. Two years later, in Hong Kong, legendary entrepreneur Aw Boon Haw finished the construction of Haw Par Mansion, now known as Villa Haw Par, the magnificent East-meets-West edifice in Tai Hang that is also a showcase for the allure of big cats, complete with the...

UNESCO to support Quảng Ninh in digital transformation, heritage management

Oct 30, 2026

UNESCO to support Quảng Ninh in digital transformation, heritage management

UNESCO is ready to work with Quảng Ninh in priority areas such as education, culture, heritage management and promotion, science – technology, innovation, and digital transformation, which are also among the organisation’s strategic priorities in Việt Nam.

UK magazine spotlights Hà Nội food tour starting at 4am

Oct 30, 2026

UK magazine spotlights Hà Nội food tour starting at 4am

According to the article, beyond the food itself, the experience also offers an insight into local life. Small family-run eateries, plastic stools on pavements and residents having breakfast before heading to work provide an authentic glimpse into the daily routines of Hanoians.

HCM City digitalises cultural heritage

Oct 30, 2026

HCM City digitalises cultural heritage

HCM City is increasingly using digital technology to preserve cultural heritage, supported by Resolution No. 80 on the development of Vietnamese culture.

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