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Category: Sustainable Tourism

Featured / Flora and Fauna / Sustainable Tourism / Sweden

The Castle Garden of Malmö – an urban oasis

Less than 10 minutes’ walk from Malmö’s Central Train Station and even closer to the city’s famous Lilla Torg medieval square, lies a little enclave of ecological heaven which is easy to miss if you don’t know it’s there. The Castle Garden, or Slottsträdgården, is an organically-managed series of plant and vegetable gardens with a café, nestled between the major attractions of Malmö Castle and the impressive trees and parkland of both Slottsparken and the...

Harmony of the Seas , City Terminal, Southampton

Cruises / Sustainable Tourism / United Kingdom

Harmony of the Seas – A Seafaring Giant

For the last couple of days, Royal Caribbean’s new flagship Harmony of the Seas, has been waiting patiently outside City Terminal in Southampton, anticipating the green light for her maiden voyage. She’s the largest cruise ship in the world, and a template for the kind of floating city you might see in a sci-fi or fantasy movie.  At almost 7,000 passenger capacity and housing over 2,000 crew members, she is the equivalent length of 4...