Kosmos

Travel broadens the mind. Particularly if we pass the time at airports, on airplanes or in taxis with fascinating culture podcast.

Living in Sweden

Billy bookcases and cinnamon buns? Certainly not. The German-language podcast “Läget” goes far beyond the usual clichés.

facebook.com/laeget.podcast

All about Asia

Who where the Samurai again? How did the Nüshu script come about? What was the first Japanese manga? “History ofJapan” and “China History Podcast” are top infotainment.

recordedhistory.net / china-history.net / isaacmeyer.net

Tit for tat

“Americana für euch” explains the finer points of U.S. culture in German. Alternatively, check out the “History of Germany Podcast” in English.

podcastnik.com

Edward Hopper (1882–1967) is a master of American Realism. Some 60 pieces of his are showing at the Fondation Beyeler art museum in Basel, Switzerland.

fondationbeyeler.ch

From the terrace, you take in the fjord, the Lofoten Islands and the horizon. Uredd, designed by Haugen/Zohar Arkitekter, is a rest stop along Norway’s National Scenic Route Helgelandskysten.

hza.no/uredd