Havana's carsTo walk around Havana, you could be forgiven for thinking you had stumbled into a curious automotive museum or a recreation of the film Grease.
Sunday in HarajukuOnly in Japan could this "spontaneous" Harajaku street display of counter-culture fashion, wild hair and loud rock bands be so well organised.
The Laundry Bar, MiamiOne of the most unique venues in Miami, The Laundry Bar combines fully operational washers and dryers with a fully stocked bar.
Catacombs, ParisThe catacombs of Paris is a labyrinth of ancient quarries where the bones of more than six million Parisians have been stored since 1810 to ease the problem of overpopulated cemeteries.
Aug 2008 (annual)
Dating back to 1715, when 700 Croats defeated 60,000 Turkish soldiers at the Battle of Sinj, the three-day Alka festival (also known as the Tilters Tournament) takes over the tiny town every August.
3 Aug 2008 (annual)
On the first Sunday in August, the playful inhabitants of Catoira in Galicia dress up as Vikings and re-enact the time when the Drakkar Vikings attacked Pontevedra to try and take control of the Torres de Oeste (Western Towers).
3 Aug 2008 (annual)
There's proof of the Gascon gift of the gab at this annual yarn-spinning festival in Moncrabeau: the biggest liar walks away with the crown.
3 Aug 2008 (annual)
Not in the mould of the traditional Highland Games, the Scottish Alternative Games take place in the lowlands of the south-west corner of Scotland at New Galloway's Town Park. Gone are the caber-tossing and bagpiping. In their place traditional agricultural games allow everyone to join in. Things like gird and cleek racing, tossing the sheaf, hurlin' the curlin' stane, Balmaclellan skittles, snail racing and - in common with the real Highland Games - the tug of war.
Aug 2008 (annual)
This event in Bué-en-Sancerre has its origins in local legends of wizards and sorcerers. These days, however, it is more of a folklore festival than a witches' coven. Up to 1500 people from all over France get together to sing, dance and revive old, or lost, traditions.
Aug 2008 (annual)
Upholding the 19th-century tradition of finding the heaviest gooseberry has always been of utmost importance at Egton Bridge in North Yorkshire. Some 200 years after its origin, competition entrants at St Hedda's Schoolroom are as enthusiastic as ever.
