October 7, 2025

The places genuinely linked to fairy tales and their authors, from the Grimms’ Hanau, Steinau and Kassel to Hamelin, Sababurg and Château d’Ussé, with an honest look at the villages whose links are myth.

Eight car-free places in Europe sorted by type, from Alpine villages reached by rack railway to islands where donkeys and tractors replace cars and cities that gave their centres back to walkers and cyclists.