Away from the usual tourist spots, Spain’s capital has plenty more to offer. Location scout Rafael del Vigo shows the locals’ favorite places, which are worth a detour.

The restaurant was opened in 1725 by French cook Jean Botín and his wife. Later, a nephew took over the restaurant, giving it its present name Sobrino de Botín - nephew of Botin.

The Sicilian capital, Palermo, is lively, colorful and diverse. Tour through the city and see historic buildings, traffic chaos, and breathtaking views of the Mediterranean.

The colosseum and Trevi Fountain are must-sees for anyone visiting Rome for the first time. But the Italian capital has lots of other sights to offer, such as the Coppedè district. Two cookery book writers show you their favorite haunts.

Galicia in northwestern Spain combines breathtaking countryside, rugged coastlines and picturesque fishing villages. In the many bays along the Atlantic coastline, mussels are still cultivated by traditional methods.

Simon Kaiser from the restaurant "Das Esszimmer" in Baden-Württemberg is promoting the comeback of an old breed of pig for gourmets, the Swabian Hall swine.

A visit to Sofia: thousands of years of history have given the city much to offer, from reminders of ancient times to monumental communist-era buildings.

A giant panorama of the ancient city of Pergamon can now be seen in Berlin. The 360° picture was created by artist Yadegar Asisi. He shows scenes from daily life in the year 129 AD.

Winter isn't just cold and grey, and it surely doesn’t deserve less appreciation than the other seasons. DW shows all the lovely sides of the year's coldest season, and how Scandinavia has learned to embrace it.

Fortune-telling is deeply rooted in European culture, and psychics are in especially high demand around New Year’s. Euromaxx presents popular methods of predicting the future and examines their cultural backgrounds.