Travel & Leisure • 16th November 2024

How I Find Endless Inspiration in Germany’s Cultureland

Travel writer Barbara Woolsey goes off the beaten path to find remarkable art, music, and cultural curiosities in her beloved Germany.

Thrillist • 16th April 2024

The Solo Traveler’s Guide to Going to a Music Festival Alone

As an experienced festival-goer (also a travel writer and DJ), here's why solo festival-going is more enriching and enjoyable than you might think.

Lonely Planet • 16th August 2023

Berlin in 5 Shops: flea market finds and club-friendly styles

Berlin’s shopping scene can be best described as a (or cabinet of curiosities).

Lonely Planet • 24th August 2022

Berlin's best parties are its daytime raves: here's how to hit the clubs in the afternoon

In Germany’s capital, night and day are always blending together into weekend-long perfection.

Insider • 7th June 2022

I'm a travel writer living in Bangkok, Thailand. Here's my ultimate guide to visiting the city.

With so much activity, navigating Bangkok as a first-timer can be daunting, so I put together the following guide on the best things to see and do in Bangkok from a local's perspective to help you out.

Reuters • 5th April 2019

Germany's new Bauhaus museum set for interactive opening

The new Bauhaus museum opens its doors to the public for the first time in the east German city of Weimar on Saturday after three years of construction, giving admirers of the world-famous “form follows function” aesthetic a new place of pilgrimage.

thrillist • 15th January 2019

The 19 Best Places for a Big Trip in 2019

Thrillist's 2019 destination list, curated by contributors. My submissions: Boracay, Seoul, Leipzig, and Yala National Park in Sri Lanka.

Footprints (Minor Hotels) • 14th December 2018

Portugal in its Prime

Just seven years ago, the coastal country was on the cusp of a debilitating debt crisis – local businesses shuttered, young professionals fled. But a determined economic turnaround later, Portuguese shores are once again riding a wave of resurgence, from the capital Lisbon to the southernmost banks of the Algarve.

Scoot • 1st December 2018

Bazaar Love Triangle

With hundreds of shopping and street food stands laid out in airy expanse, Greenway Night Market in Hat Yai outdoes other Thai markets. Barbara Woolsey navigates the ins and outs of this hip and happening commercial trading ground.

The Telegraph • 22nd April 2018

Sliver of Germany's mighty gold stash goes on show for the first time

Germany’s central bank, the Bundesbank, has opened an exhibition of its hefty gold reserves after recalling half of its bullion from foreign vaults.

thrillist • 10th April 2018

Iceland's Greatest Natural Wonders That Tourists Overlook

Iceland is Mother Nature’s favorite plaything. This little island nation dangling from the Arctic Circle, with its ethereal geothermal terrain, is always finding new ways to stun.

Handelsblatt Today • 7th April 2018

German budget hotel chain Motel One betting on design

Despite talk of a hotel industry bubble, the low-cost Motel One is expanding. To compete with high-end hotels and home-sharing, it's investing in fashionable furnishings.

thrillist • 30th March 2018

40 Foods Worth Traveling Around the World For

Knuckle down on a meaty sandwich at a Bavarian butcher, tuck into some late-night poutine in Montreal, ravage a bowl of northern Thailand's rich curry soup, brave a Þorramatur platter during Iceland’s "Ugly Food Festival," learn South African history by devouring a bowl of bunny chow, and try a rare Indian beef dish in Kerala.

thrillist • 16th March 2018

12 Places Around the World Perfect for Women Travelers

Iceland's a wellspring of inspiration, from unearthly landscapes to female entrepreneurs, and Greece is where dancing grandmas and beautiful islands epitomize living your best life.

thrillist • 16th February 2018

The Most Stunning Sights in Dubai, a City That Loves the Impossible

If you look at photos of Dubai in the 1960s, right before the petrodollars started flooding in, how different it appears now is dumbfounding. Ratchety abras delivering fish and pearls have been replaced with luxury yachts. Open-air souks have been ousted by air-conditioned mega-malls. Today, the city boasts driverless trains, and pretty soon, helicopter taxis.

Time Out • 9th February 2018

The 11 best places to drink beer in Munich

In Munich, and the state of Bavaria, it’s not just brewing beer that’s an art form: so is consuming it. There’s an unspoken code of how to drink like a proud southern German: Always clutch your beer Maß, or litre mug, with just one hand. When you toast, make strong eye contact. And bring your own snacks – carrying outside treats into the beer garden is not just allowed, it’s polite.

thrillist • 23rd January 2018

Why Throwing Away My Bucket List Made Me a Better Traveler

If you’re a traveler, you can hardly escape a bucket list reference these days. (To pick but one example, Thrillist has used the phrase more than 100 times in headlines over the years. We even made you one in case you weren’t up to the task.) It’s edging toward cliché, yes, but bucket lists endure because they’re so pithy. If you’re really sitting down to articulate the places you want to go and things you want to do before you die, you’re a little macabre and a lot carpe diem.

The Telegraph • 29th December 2017

Berlin to host New Year's Eve 'safe zone' for women as authorities crack down on harassment

New Year’s Eve celebrations in central Berlin will include a women’s safe zone for the first time, in the hope of preventing a repeat of mob attacks on female revellers during festivities in Cologne two years ago.

thrillist • 18th October 2017

Why Young American Expats Flock to This Cheap Beach Paradise

There’s a village in Bali where American expats cavort on scooters, surf swells, and beach verandas all year round. No, this isn’t the Eat, Pray, Love crowd -- these are Silicon Valley exiters, social media influencers, artists, and miscellaneous “woke” folk living their best lives, as seen on Instagram.

The Guardian • 17th October 2017

Berlin’s popular Thai Park faces threat of closure

The iconic but illegal Preussenpark food market could become a victim of its own success as officials clamp down over hygiene and safety regulations.