Kosmos

Well roared, Lion! Many countries have the big cat as their national symbol, but others prefer smaller animals as emblems – some of which are even quite bizarre.

Michelin-class vegan fare is still pretty hard to track down – unless, of course, you know exactly where to look!

Neil Armstrong was the first so set foot on the moon in 1969. Fly Me To The Moon. The Moon Landing: 50 Years On opens at Kunsthaus Zürich April 5.

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During Songkran, Thailand’s New Year’s and biggest folk festival, people express the joys of spring by slinging bucketfuls of water at each other. These dousings symbolize purity and fertility. This year, the festival takes place April 13 to 15.

Smells amazing! You don’t just need to see these places with your own eyes, you need to follow your nose and inhale them.

Floral Fragrance

Grasse smells of roses in May and jasmine in August. Each of these blossoms, cherished by many perfumers, has its own festival in the southeastern French town and world capital of perfume, where famous factories offer guided tours.

Sumptuous Sap

You land in Oman, step into a taxi and the heady fragrance of frankincense greets you – as its does later in your hotel, in cafés and in shopping malls… The aromatic resin once brought the sultanate fabulous wealth, and it is still tapped from some 60 000 frankincense trees in the Dhofar region today.

Olfactory onslaught

Not for sensitive noses: Delhis’s Khari Baoli spice market, the largest of its kind in Asia, is enveloped in veritable clouds of aromatic clove, cinnamon and cardamom.