Travel Briefs

March 2012 issue

Copenhagen airport lounge

In the Copenhagen International Airport, at Kastrup, is a new lounge, the CPH Apartment (phone +45 32 31 34 74), designed to resemble a modern city dwelling. The lounge is located past security check-in at Terminal 2 and open 5:30 a.m.-8 p.m. daily. The DKK169 (near $32) entry fee covers use of computers, WiFi and recharging outlets plus hot and cold drinks, snacks and fresh fruit.

January 2012 issue

Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

To mark 60 years of Queen Elizabeth’s reign, the UK is holding the Diamond Jubilee during 2012. Main celebrations, June 2-5 (official holidays). Among events — pageant, Windsor Castle; BBC concert, Buckingham Palace; 1,000-boat flotilla on the Thames; “Big Jubilee Lunch” in many towns, and lighting of beacons (bonfires) in many places.

Other special events during the year — Items from Royal Collections will be exhibited. Ten of Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings will tour to five museums. In August and September, diamonds exhibition at Buckingham Palace...

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August 2004 issue

Carel Fabritius

The Mauritshuis Royal Picture Gallery in The Hague will present the first survey exhibition ever of the work of Carel Fabritius, Rembrandt’s most gifted pupil, Sept. 25, 2004-Jan. 9, 2005. The life of this young and ingenious painter ended tragically in 1654 with the enormous explosion of the municipal arsenal at Delft. About 15 paintings will be brought together for the first time.

Hours are 10-5 Tuesday-Saturday and 11-5 Sunday. Contact Mauritshuis Royal Picture Gallery, Korte Vijverberg 8, 2513 AB Den Haag, Netherlands; phone +11 31 (0) 70-302 34 56.

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November 2010 issue

Hippos die in Uganda

At least 83 hippopotamuses died in Queen Elizabeth National Park in southern Uganda in June and July. An outbreak of naturally occurring anthrax was blamed. The park is home to over 5,000 hippos, and officials are working to prevent the spread to other animals.

The infection has stayed well clear of areas visited by tourists. The most likely way for a human to catch the disease in the park is by contact with or consumption of a diseased animal.

July 2007 issue

Golf in Thailand

Through Oct. 31, 2007, Laguna hotels in Phuket, Thailand, have a “Golf Unlimited Package” offering unlimited daily rounds at the Laguna Phuket Golf Club; breakfast, and free transport between all six Laguna hotels, the golf club and shopping center.

Per-night prices range from a suite at Allamanda Laguna Phuket for $85 single or $100 double to a villa at the Banyan Tree Phuket for $370 single or $380 double.

Contact Laguna Resorts & Hotels (Bang Tao Beach, 390/1 Moo1, Srisoontorn Rd., Cherngtalay Thalang, 83110 Phuket, Thailand; phone 66 0 7632 4416-7, fax 7632 4061).

March 2004 issue

Length of the Nile

On Jan. 20, two boats with explorers and film crews set off from Kampala, Uganda, on a journey that will cover 6,690 kilometers from the source of the Nile to the river’s mouth in Alexandria, Egypt. The river connects East Africa with the Mediterranean Sea.

Their progress can be followed at the websites www.settlethenile.com and www.thewhitenile.com.

August 2004 issue

Architecture in Denmark

The Danish Architecture Center’s new webguide helps you plan your own architectural walking tours through Copenhagen, Odense, Aarhus and Aalborg. There are 14 tours in all. Visit www.dac.dk/guide, choose the ones you like, print them out and you’re ready to go!

For info on Denmark, call the Danish Tourist Board at 212/885-9700 or visit www.visitdenmark.com.

November 2010 issue

Galilee water and light

In Tiberias, on the Sea of Galilee in Israel, a 15-minute, Vegas-style light show is held three times a night, year-round, weather permitting. With music, lasers, pyrotechnics and 30-foot dancing jets of water, video presentations are displayed on two huge “water screens.” The free show can be viewed from the south end of the Tiberias Promenade at 8:30, 9:30 and 10 p.m.