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Been there, done that! Many airports are now offering a wider choice of wellness services.

DOWNWARD DOG

Long-haul flights can play havoc with your ­muscles. Yoga is a great way of limbering up again. Several airports have designated yoga rooms, including Frankfurt, San Francisco, Dallas and Chicago.

HOT STEAM

Fancy working up a sweat en route? Head to the airport saunas in the Finnish cities of Helsinki and Kuusamo, where you cool down afterwards on a terrace with a view of the apron.

BEAUTY ON THE GO

Depart and arrive looking ab fab: Be Relax beauty spas offer manicures, pedicures, hair styling and facial treatments, and are opening up at airports all over the world, including Singapore, Frankfurt and New York.

Working in places where others vacation is appealing in the winter. These new hotspots for digital nomads aren’t quite full yet …

British photographer Reuben Wu isn’t interested in realist images; he wants to photograph landscapes as though they were unexplored territory. To do so, he attaches spotlights to a drone and uses a long exposure to create surreal effects.

reubenwu.com

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