But the great mystery of Morrison is the apparent gulf between the freedom, light, spirituality and unbounded emotion of his finest music and the often dark, grouchy and paranoid personality he ...

Blues-rock icon Van Morrison turns 80 this August, and Belfast is gearing up to mark the milestone in style. From celebratory concerts to whispers of a long-awaited museum, fans of “Van the Man” have ...

Prince Henry the Navigator helped launch the age of seafaring exploration from the country’s Algarve coast. A family of sailors follows in his wake. Morning at Praia da Batata beach in the city of ...

Nearly a century of prohibition in the Faroe Islands couldn't extinguish one family's brewing tradition. At their remote distillery, generations of knowledge now flow into whisky that reflects the ...

Snow gear in August? Yes, it’s real. Welcome to high school football in Utqiagvik, Alaska. The Barrow Whalers opened their 2025 season at Cathy Parker Field last Friday, and the setting looks straight ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The bus from Tórshavn winds through a landscape pulled from Norse mythology. The route is flanked by dramatic, almost otherworldly ...

Its director says that the Amsterdam museum could close unless the culture ministry increases funding to pay for a refurbishment. By Roger Cohen Roger Cohen, The Times’s Paris bureau chief, reported ...

It’s a gray and gusty morning in northern Iceland, and I’m in the backseat of an SUV hopping along one of Europe’s most dangerous roads. Árni Örvarsson, the driver, alerts us to a hairy bend up ahead, ...

The institution has launched a legal battle with the culture ministry over its failure to fund a major million maintenance project. Self-portrait of Vincent van Gogh on view at the Van Gogh Museum, ...

A small rubber boat carrying 57 people who are trying to reach Europe from Libya is running out of fuel in the Mediterranean Sea. The passengers use a satellite phone to call an emergency hotline for ...

Women's cycling 'Our goal is clear: we're going for victory in orange' - Laurens ten Dam tries to unite star-studded Dutch women's team for World Championships in Rwanda Women's cycling Puck Pieterse ...