Brad
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Is Ghent Worth Visiting? Pros, Cons and Travel Tips (2026)
I booked Ghent almost by accident. I had a free day between Bruges and Brussels and figured I’d fill it with a quick stop. I ended up cutting my time in Bruges short to squeeze in an extra night in Ghent instead. That’s not something I say lightly, since Bruges gets all the hype. If…
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Is Antwerp Worth Visiting? Pros, Cons and Travel Tips (2026)
I almost skipped Antwerp. My original plan was Brussels and Bruges, with Antwerp as a maybe-if-there’s-time add-on. A friend who’d lived in Belgium for a year told me I was making a mistake, so I gave it two days. Those two days turned into four, and I left with a list of things I didn’t…
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Is Brussels Worth Visiting? Pros, Cons and Travel Tips (2026)
I landed in Brussels expecting a stopover city. A place you pass through on the way to Bruges or Amsterdam. Three days turned into a full week, and I’ve been back twice since. So when people ask me “is Brussels worth visiting,” I don’t hesitate. Yes. But it’s worth knowing what you’re getting into first.…
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Is Linz Worth Visiting? Pros, Cons and Travel Tips (2026)
Linz wasn’t a planned stop the first time I went. I was taking the train between Vienna and Salzburg, saw that Linz sat almost exactly halfway, and figured a night there would break up the journey. I didn’t expect much. What I found was a city that felt genuinely different from anywhere else I’d visited…
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Is Graz Worth Visiting? Pros, Cons and Travel Tips (2026)
Graz wasn’t on my radar at all the first time I went. I was travelling through southern Austria and a local I’d met in Vienna insisted I not skip it, telling me it was her favourite city in the country. I went in with low expectations and left thinking she might have been right. I’ve…
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Is Innsbruck Worth Visiting? Pros, Cons and Travel Tips (2026)
I first went to Innsbruck almost by accident. I was travelling through Austria and needed somewhere to break up the trip between Salzburg and a flight out of Zurich, and Innsbruck was roughly on the way. I expected a pleasant enough alpine town for a night. What I got was a city where you can…
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Is Salzburg Worth Visiting? Pros, Cons and Travel Tips (2026)
Salzburg was a city I almost skipped. On my first trip through Austria, I’d planned a straight line from Vienna to Munich, and Salzburg was just a dot on the map somewhere in between. A friend talked me into stopping for three nights instead of one, and I’m glad she did, because I ended up…
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Is Vienna Worth Visiting? Pros, Cons and Travel Tips (2026)
I’ve now been to Vienna twice, and both trips left me with a slightly different take on the city. The first time, I went in with sky-high expectations built on old photos of the Habsburg palaces and stories about the coffee house culture. The second trip, a few years later, I went in more relaxed,…
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Is Ksamil Worth Visiting? Pros, Cons and Travel Tips (2026)
I’d already seen Ksamil from a boat during a day trip out of Sarande, and the water alone was enough to convince me to come back and actually stay a few nights. So on a later trip through southern Albania, I based myself in Ksamil for four nights instead of just passing through. That decision…
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Is Sarande Worth Visiting? Pros, Cons and Travel Tips (2026)
Sarande was the last stop on my trip through Albania, and it was a real shift in pace after the stone towns of Berat and Gjirokaster. Instead of steep cobbled streets and Ottoman houses, I got a wide bay of turquoise water, a busy waterfront promenade, and a town that clearly exists around its coastline.…
