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Visiting the Musée Rodin, Paris: practical guide for first-time visitors

The Musée Rodin at 77 rue de Varenne in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France holds the world's most comprehensive collection of Auguste Rodin's work, housed in the Hôtel Biron — an 18th-century mansion Rodin himself occupied as a tenant from 1908 until his death…

National Dinosaur Museum, Canberra: practical guide for first-time visitors

The National Dinosaur Museum in Gold Creek Village, Nicholls is Australia's largest permanent display of prehistoric specimens, with over 150 dinosaur models, 23 complete skeletons, and 300+ individual fossil exhibits across a multi-level indoor gallery and landscaped garden. This guide was updated in June 2026.…

Casa del Plátano, Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife: practical guide for first-time visitors

Casa del Plátano is a restored Canarian hacienda in Icod de los Vinos housing the self-styled only dedicated banana visitor attraction in Europe. The visit covers an indoor museum on the history of banana cultivation in the Canary Islands and a working two-level banana plantation…

Visiting Arktikum, Rovaniemi: practical guide for first-time visitors

Arktikum is a science centre and museum in Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland, sitting on the bank of the Ounasjoki river beneath a 172-metre glass corridor that points due north. This guide was updated in June 2026: Two things to know before you go: the standard adult…

Swiss National Museum, Zurich: practical guide for first-time visitors

The Swiss National Museum (Landesmuseum Zürich) on Museumstrasse 2 is Switzerland's most visited museum of cultural history, covering the country's past from prehistoric times to the present day. This guide was updated in June 2026. Two things to note before you go: the adult admission…

Visiting the Groeningemuseum, Bruges: practical guide for first-time visitors

The Groeningemuseum on Dijver 12 in central Bruges holds six centuries of Belgian painting in one compact building, from the Flemish Primitives — Jan van Eyck, Hans Memling, Gerard David — to Magritte and Raoul De Keyser. This guide was updated in June 2026. Two…

An elephant at the AfricaMuseum in Tervuren, Belgium.

Visiting the AfricaMuseum, Tervuren: practical guide for first-time visitors

The AfricaMuseum — formally the Royal Museum for Central Africa — is Belgium's national museum for Central Africa, housed in a grand neoclassical palace on the edge of Tervuren Park, 15 kilometres east of Brussels. This guide was updated in June 2026. Note that many…

Visiting Villa Palagonia, Bagheria, Sicily: practical guide for first-time visitors

Villa Palagonia — known throughout Sicily as the "Villa dei Mostri" (Villa of the Monsters) — is an 18th-century Baroque mansion in Bagheria, 15 km east of Palermo, famous for the grotesque tuff-stone statues that line its perimeter walls. This guide was updated in June…

The Technik Museum in Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate.

Technik Museum Speyer, Germany: practical guide for first-time visitors

The Technik Museum Speyer is one of Europe's largest private technology museums — over 150,000 square metres on the edge of the historic city of Speyer in Rhineland-Palatinate. It's home to the largest aerospace exhibition on the continent including an original Soviet space shuttle. This…

The Avicii Experience in Stockholm, Sweden.

Visiting the Avicii Experience, Stockholm: practical guide for first-time visitors

The Avicii Experience is an interactive tribute museum to Tim "Avicii" Bergling at Sergelgatan 2 on Sergels Torg, the geographic heart of Stockholm, Sweden. It covers 350 square metres of immersive exhibits, unreleased music, and personal artefacts. This guide was updated in June 2026. Several…