Designer Zhesya Mikhailova and architect Evgeny Rusakov live in the heart of St. Petersburg. They found an apartment in a listed 19th-century building and have complemented it with modern furnishings.

Thousands of classical music fans attended a concert of the annual Beethovenfest on Bonn's central square, performed by the Orchester Rheinton, led by German conductor Christoph Spering.

Over the course of one year, 19-year-old Leopold Tomaschek built a house with only 15 square meters of floor space. Now he works as a building instructor for tiny houses and even writes books on the subject.

Matthias Münz calls himself Munich’s "crazy ice cream maker“. He opened his first ice cream parlour in 2012. Since then, his sausage, salmon and guacamole-ice creams have made him a Munich hit.

People of many different nationalities and religions have shaped the city of Odessa, including Greeks, Italians and Jews. Founded in 1794 by the Russian empress Catherine the Great, today it is Ukraine's most important port.

Belgian photographer Johan Lolos spent five months travelling across 17 countries in search of stunning mountain images. He's curated the best of some 27,000 shots in his debut book, Peaks of Europe.

Georg Nussbaumer is showing his sound installation "Typewriter of the Future" at the 2018 Beethovenfest in Bonn. A grand piano suspended from the ceiling acts as a sounding body and pendulum in one.

The residents of the Italian island of Elba love seafood. Luciano Casini has owned the "Il Chiasso" restaurant in the town of Capoliveri since 1972. This time Casini prepares an octopus soup.

94 of the 100 stations were designed by artists. They've come up with cave-like stations, glowing red ceiling that seem to hover over the tracks, pillars, and a pine forest over a kilometer long.

The 75th Venice International Film Festival has begun. 21 films are entered in the competition for the coveted Golden Lions. In recent years, the festival has become a kind of preview for the Academy Awards.