Sari Hansen shows you how to make a DIY vacation piggy bank -- using a picture frame and a photo of your next destination.

Deserted beaches, dolphin-watching boat trips, medieval towns and a flourishing wine production all combine to make the Alentejo Region one of Portugal's most attractive travel destinations.

28-year-old Julia Komp is a rising star in Germany's culinary scene. She's head chef of the restaurant in Loersfeld Castle -- and the youngest German female chef to be awarded a Michelin star.

Leon Keer from the Netherlands is one of the world's top 3D street painters. This summer he's touring Europe and North America, creating a new work each week on walls and streets.

Maja Kuczyńska – the woman who dances with the wind. The 17-year-old Pole is Europe's star of indoor skydiving. She carries out her elegant, fast, and flexible figures in a wind tunnel where air moves at 300 km/h.

Austria's Ausseerland Region devotes a flower pageant to the poet’s narcissus. Figures adorned in the daffodils glide through Bad Aussee and float across its lake, vying for the top prize in the contest.

Some 17,000 guests have picnicked in style at the 30th annual Dîner en Blanc in Paris. A fixture of the French capital's event calendar since 1988, it’s inspired numerous spin-offs in other countries.

For their project "Eyes As Big As Plates", Norwegian photographer Karoline Hjorth and Finnish artist Riitta Ikonen portray elderly people from ten countries dressed in wearable sculpture made from local plants.

Strung on meters-long threads, tiny seeds and pieces of plastic become enchanting objects. The artist illustrates the contrast between the natural world and the man-made one.

Such high-calibre labels as Dior present stylish fashion on the go for de luxe holidays. The shows are grand and elaborate like no other – the well-heeled prospective buyers need to be entertained.