NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER’S A*List Newsletter (November 4, 2009) ********************** DESTINATION GUIDE 1. 48 Hours in Copenhagen An eco-pioneer before going green became stylish, Denmark's capital is seamed by parks, 186 miles of bike paths, and enough serious organic restaurants to earn some of the city's 14 Michelin stars. The once polluted waterfront is now so clean it feeds a network of popular harborside swimming pools—though it doesn't take much to draw nature-oriented Copenhageners outside. Check out our photo gallery, and get the best places to see and stay in our 48 Hours guide to Copenhagen. http://newsletters.nationalgeographic.com/1923fa599layfousubdfzljyaaa... FREE CITIES 2. Saving Your Pennies in Prague Not long ago, Prague was hailed—in hushed tones—as one of the greatest European cities vacationers had yet to discover. Those days are gone, and the city is now well-known as a major destination for art, history, culture, and authenticity. Naturally, its prices have grown along with its reputation. With these insider tips for a freebie-filled vacation, you can enjoy the best of the Golden City without spending an ounce of gold. http://newsletters.nationalgeographic.com/15a806fd7layfousubdfzlkaaaa... WALKING TOUR 3. Discover the Former East Berlin Tour the Tiergarten, Neue Wache, and Palast der Republik in this walking tour of former East Berlin. The working class and left-oriented intellectual circles have always had an influence on Berlin's politics, and for 40 years East Berlin was capital of the communist East Germany, so it doesn't take long to uncover reminders of the city's socialist and communist past. Click here for the complete walking tour plus a free map. http://newsletters.nationalgeographic.com/1b9945b83layfousubdfzlkiaaa... PLACES OF A LIFETIME 4. Explore Hungary’s Capital City Budapest—a city of thermal baths, cafés, striking turn-of-the-century architecture, and most of all, a city of the Danube, “whose gentle waves,” according to the great Hungarian poet Attila József, “embrace past, present, and future.” Straddling the wide river, which separates hilly Buda from level Pest, the Hungarian capital offers one of the most striking metropolitan panoramas in Europe. Find out where to stay, eat, and what to do in our Places of a Lifetime guide to Budapest. http://newsletters.nationalgeographic.com/147d9013elayfousubdfzlkqaaa... PLACES OF A LIFETIME 5. See the Best of St. Petersburg Few have immortalized the awesome impression made by the city of St. Petersburg as passionately as the poet Alexander Pushkin: “I love thee, city of Peter’s making, I love thy harmonies austere, And the Neva’s sovereign waters’ breaking, Along your banks of granite sheer.” The power of the relationship between this “capital of the north” and the forbidding nature of its site is unique. An emphatic testament to the man whose vision St. Petersburg was, Tsar Peter the Great, the city is a planned microcosm of modern, cosmopolitan Russia. For more information on this Russian metropolis, check out our Places of a Lifetime guide. http://newsletters.nationalgeographic.com/1a4cd356alayfousubdfzlkyaaa... ********************** Top 10 Berlin 1. Reichstag 2. Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas 3. Along Unter den Linden 4. Zeughaus & Deutsches Historisches Museum 5. Gendarmenmarkt 6. Pergamonmuseum 7. Alte Nationalgalerie 8. Alexanderplatz 9. 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