Day tours of historic locations under the city of Berlin are offered by Berliner Unterwelten (Brunnenstrasse 105, 13355 Berlin, Germany; phone +49 0 30 49 91 04 17).

Among six guided tours are “Dark Worlds,” exploring a bunker from WWII, and “Breaching the Berlin Wall,” looking at tunnels, subways and empty sewers once used by those fleeing East Germany.

Tours Tues.-Sun. year-round in several languages; English-speaking tours at least once a day. 90 minutes at €10 ($15) adult...

The Furka Pass train route, which runs past the Rhone Glacier in Switzerland, was to be shut down with the opening of the Furka Base Tunnel in 1982, which made the route obsolete. Thanks to a private initiative, restored steam locomotives and reassembled original carriages from the early 1900s are traveling the route. The steam trains stopped running in 1968 and began again in 1999.

From late June to early October, travelers can take a two-hour trip from the Realp station (in Uri...

With over 560 exhibitors and an average of 200,000 visitors annually, the Dijon International Gastronomic Fair features food, wines, crafts, household goods, furniture, new technology and more, with cooking demonstrations and tastings plus restaurants serving specialties.

10 a.m.-6 p.m., Nov. 1-13, 2011, at the Dijon Congrexpo (Parc des Expositions et Congres de Dijon, 3 Blvd de Champagne B.P. 67827 21078 Dijon, France; phone +03 80 77 39 00). Entry, €5.20 ($7.30) adult, €3.60 student...