Copenhagen gets ski slope on a powerplant
Denmark builds an urban ski slope on its new Copenhagen ultra-green power plant.
Denmark builds an urban ski slope on its new Copenhagen ultra-green power plant.
Austin's NLand Surf Park is making waves—literally. Its artificial lagoon is the first of its kind in North America, and the largest in the world.
Scarred by scandals in FIFA's administration in recent years, the elaborate recently-opened football museum isn't drawing enough visitors.
Swiss and Austrian snowfall studies show that snow has been coming later and melting earlier, raising issues for resorts and the environment.
China's railway expansion and Winter Olympics plans include a huge station at the Great Wall on a line that leads to the winter games.
Rome is a finalist for 2024, but the bid can't go ahead without the city government's support, and that may not be there.
With 7 years behind it and a growing roster of international teams, the organizers of International Hide-and-Seek are sure of it!
Volleyball goes year-round as the International Volleyball Federation takes on the task of promoting a new version of the sport.
Spanish open-water swimmer Jaime Caballero set a new world record for speed in swimming the 83 km (over 50-mile) length of Lake Geneva.
Japan's preparation for the 2020 Olympics includes rethinking the symbols that guide people to features and facilities.
This year's Tour de France will kick off at a spectacular location, but some locals are upset because their own bikes are banned from the island.
With France's bid for the 2024 Olympics pending, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo hopes to have the river clean enough for Olympic swimming events.
The annual kite festival at Berck-sur-Mer, France has drawn 700,000 visitors this year, as well as the International Kite Championship.
In 2010 the city of Vancouver hosted the Winter Olympic Games. As part of the official opening ceremonies, which were held indoors at BC Place, a permanent second cauldron was set up outdoors. Located at the Jack Poole Plaza beside the Vancouver Convention Center, the cauldron is set against the beautiful backdrop of the Vancouver Harbour and downtown area as well as the surrounding mountains. After the lighting of the official cauldron in BC Place hockey legend Wayne Gretzky made his way to...
The Grey Traveller stops to see a young surfer waiting for the perfect wave, and to think about how to live a fuller life. Click the link to see the full picture.