Jamie McGhee is a novelist, playwright and backpacker. As a novelist, she focuses on the intersections of language, myth and music, and is particularly interested in how language shapes one's view of reality. She is currently based in Berlin, where she is struggling with German grammar and frequently missing the U-Bahn.
As New Zealand’s largest metropolis and the world’s largest Polynesian city, Auckland has long been proud of the diversity of its 1.4 million residents. To access this content, you must purchase City Guides subscription.
Budapest, UNESCO World Heritage Site, boasts more than 100 museums and galleries, as well as a nightlife scene regarded as one of the continent’s finest, whether you’re straight or gay. To access this content, you must purchase City Guides subscription.
Despite occupying a stunning location on the Gulf of Finland, Helsinki is often overlooked in favour of better-known Baltic capitals such as Stockholm and Tallinn. But short of being the dull capital Helsinki is actually one of Europe’s hottest destinations. To access this content, you must purchase City Guides subscription.
Conservative and orthodox Jerusalem may be, but it’s also vibrant and liberal, with democracy and civil rights as important as the souqs and coffee houses. To access this content, you must purchase City Guides subscription.
Marseille is a port city with a sublime location on the Mediterranean Provencal coast, an abundance of natural wonders, a plethora of new museums, and a history that stretches back to ancient Greece. To access this content, you must purchase City Guides subscription.
Between the glitzy bay-side skyscrapers and the kaleidoscope of neighbourhoods brimming with street art and busy cafes, there are always a huge number of things to do in Melbourne. To access this content, you must purchase City Guides subscription.
Moscow isn’t particularly LGBTQ-friendly but the vast majority of visits remain trouble-free, even for visitors who frequent the city’s less-than-secret gay bar and club scene. To access this content, you must purchase City Guides subscription.
Munich is replete with Lederhosen, oompah bands, and the giant Bierhallen of the annual Oktoberfest celebrations—the world’s largest folk festival—aplenty. To access this content, you must purchase City Guides subscription.
Welcome to Mykonos, where every summer, sculpted bronze bodies contrast with the dazzling whitewashed buildings that house chic café-bars. To access this content, you must purchase City Guides subscription.
Naples has it all – layer upon layer of history, dedicated fashionistas cruising on Vespas through sun-drenched piazzas, simple but sublime cuisine, and, of course, UNESCO certification as the birthplace of pizza. To access this content, you must purchase City Guides subscription.
Beyond its museums and parkland, Oslo is the capital of one of the world’s most liberal nations, this scene is so accepting that gay and straight party together without the need for an explicit gaybourhood. To access this content, you must purchase City Guides subscription.
One of the oldest cities in the United States – founded in 1682 by William Penn – Philadelphia marries a rich history with a charm usually reserved for small towns. To access this content, you must purchase City Guides subscription.
Prague’s Old Town is a beguiling mix of Gothic, Baroque and Renaissance architecture located in one of central Europe’s most liberal nations. To access this content, you must purchase City Guides subscription.
Sydney has come a long way from the mass arrests at the first annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade a generation ago, which has since become a world-famous event attracting hundreds of thousands of participants, To access this content, you must purchase City Guides subscription.
While there’s no defined gay quarter, its famed month-long carnival is surely one of the campest events on the planet, and this ancient trading city has a long tradition of ‘live and let live’. To access this content, you must purchase City Guides subscription.
Warsaw displays unexpected joie de vivre best represented by its stunningly beautiful and entirely reconstructed Old Town, the heart of the city’s tourist attractions. To access this content, you must purchase City Guides subscription.
Without a doubt London’s trendiest district, Shoreditch has the hotels to match, besides incredible works of graffiti on the historic brown brick warehouses.
London’s evolution into a twenty-four-hour metropolis has resulted in a clutch of rooftop bars which sparkle any day of the week, whatever the weather.
The beaches and natural diversity of the Canary’s island aren’t sole attractions for gay visitors. Gran Canaria is tolerant of all ‘alternative lifestyles’.
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