Members of the world-famous orchestra regularly perform free of charge at lunchtime in the striking foyer of the Philharmonie concert hall On the edge of Berlin’s Tiergarten, the pentagon-shaped, gold-crowned roof of the Berlin Philharmonie sits comfortably within the city’s Kulturforum (now the cultural centre of the German capital), along with the Berlin State Library…

With its imposing Georgian architecture, regal connections and the ‘healing’ waters of its Roman Baths, it’s easy to see why the city inspired Jane Austen • More UK city walks What a difference a queen makes. It was the royal visits by Anne in the opening years of the 18th century that turned this sublimely…

This advice has been reviewed and remains current. The level of the advice has not changed. Exercise normal safety precautions in Armenia. Higher levels apply in some parts of the country. Source: Smart traveller

Guardian correspondent Benjamin Haas spent a week living in one of Hong Kong’s notorious coffin homes. He describes being inside one of the tiny cubicles that are home to some of the city’s poorest residents as ‘hot, stuffy, loud, musty’. ‘You can hear everything that’s happening,’ he says. ‘You can hear snoring, people watching kung-fu…