Cork, Western Europe
Cork: The Rebel County's Real Capital
"The Real Capital" Is Said With a Straight Face: Corkonians genuinely call their city the "real capital" of Ireland and the "People's Republic of Cork" - it'…
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Dublin, Western Europe
Dublin: Fair City of Pints and Poets
"Grand" Means Nothing and Everything: Ask a Dubliner how they're doing and you'll get "grand" whether their day was great, terrible, or completely unremarkab…
Galway, Western Europe
Galway: Latin Quarter & Atlantic Edge
Bilingual Reality, Not Decoration: Galway sits right on the edge of Connemara, the biggest Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking region) left in the country, so street s…
Daegu, East Asia
Daegu: Apple City, Daefrica Basin Soul
"Daefrica" Heat: Daegu sits at the bottom of a wide basin ringed by the Palgongsan and Biseulsan mountain ranges, which trap hot, still air with almost no br…
Colombo, South Asia
Colombo: Tuk-Tuks, Temples & Tropical Soul
"Hotel" Doesn't Mean Hotel: In Sri Lankan English a "hotel" is a cheap local eatery serving rice and curry, not a place to sleep - locals say "lodge" or "gue…
Galle, South Asia
Galle: Dutch Ramparts & Indian Ocean Soul
Two Cities, One Name: "Galle" actually means two different places - the walled Fort (Dutch colonial core on the peninsula) and Galle City (the real, chaotic …