- Check out Eurocheapo's tips on how to navigate the graffiti of Berlin.
- And speaking of graffiti, street artists in Istanbul's Beyoglu neighborhood are taking their art indoors. The district's municipal administration has given the artists a gallery, and two-dozen artists' work will be on display this month.
- Need gold? Head to Frankfurt! The city's airport has "Gold to Go" vending machines... no kidding. The Times UK reports "After inserting your euros in the slot there is a familiar whirring noise as if the machine is readying itself to spit out a can of lemonade or a bar of chocolate. Instead there is a satisfying clunk as a prettily wrapped bar of the world's favourite precious metal thuds into the dispenser. 'It's better value than the bank,' Romy Erhardt of TG-Gold-Super-Markt told The Times, 'And it's very convenient -- no waiting time -- you just put in your cash and a minute later you are an investor in gold.'"
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