Open House Events are held in many cities around the world, including Thessaloniki. These events give visitors the opportunity to explore selected public buildings and private homes up close and personal.

The German start-up "PLAYTIME One Album" invites people to sit in a theatre and listen to old vinyl records with no distractions. The idea even brought a nomination for this year’s Cultural Brands Awards.

Three weeks before the Federal Press Ball, gourmet chef Hendrik Otto practices for the big gala event. The head chef of a restaurant at the Adlon Hotel will cook the three-course menu for aselected guests.

The Nuremberg Christmas Market is one of the oldest and the most famous in Germany. By tradition, it opens on the Friday before the first Sunday of Advent. The opening ceremonies are led by the "Christmas Angel."

When someone says "Finnish cuisine," you may think of elk or reindeer meat. On Euromaxx, restaurant owner and chef Matti Hirvasoja prepares a less well-known delicacy: snow-grouse.

Oda and Yayo Fontes de Léon discovered an underground cistern next to their house. For hundreds of years, rainwater was stored there. Today it is one of the most unusual living spaces on Lanzarote

The German Federal Ministry of Finance presents the euro countries in 'The Sound of 'Europe'; this time around, Slovakai, with star soprano Edita Gruberová, Cellomania and the jazz vibraphonist Ľudmila Štefániková

DIY is more popular than ever. Online how-to tutorials and new production technologies like 3D printers have revived the do-it-yourself trend. An exhibition in Berlin looks at its beginnings and offers workshops.

A recipe with a history: "Hünkar Beğendi" means ' the Sultan enjoyed it'. We went to the "Andrea Karaköy" restaurant in Istanbul to learn how to make this Turkish specialty with eggplant and meat.

A teenager from Düsseldorf is thrilling the international art scene. Leon Löwentraut is considered a big talent and is being celebrated as the 'next Picasso'. His expressive abstract paintings are shown worldwide.