With my Europe travel articles, I specialise in writing about Scandinavia – mainly its raw and lonsome outdoors, to which I keep getting lured – and Central/Eastern Europe, where I lived for four years.

(Please see more of my travel features under my UK travel articles, Americas & World travel articles, adventure travel articles, culinary travel articles, history articles and sustainable travel articles…)

SCANDINAVIA…

Here I write mainly on this region’s fabulous wildernesses – I just can’t resist heading back to them again and again for more foraging, epic treks, forests and snow – with the odd foray into smart, sophisticated cities like Copenhagen. The below are arranged by country…

Turf Houses: Iceland’s Original Green Buildings, BBC Discovering the legacy of building entire villages out of turf in Northwest Iceland

Solo Hiking Around Iceland’s Hornstrandir, Europe’s Last True Wilderness, Flashpack No 4G, no roads, no paths, a slight chance of polar bears: trekking around lonesome Hornstrandir, Iceland – and finding unexpected camaraderie

Green Adventures Across Finland, Sustainable Journeys A journey to discover some of the innovative ways Finland is reshaping its tourism industry to ensure your travel leaves the destination environmentally better than when you arrived, from kaying in Tampere to snow and ice architecture in Lapland

The Spirit in the Steam: Getting Into Sauna Culture in Finland, Sustainable Journeys How taking your clothes off, heating up in a sauna and cooling down again mighty fast with a chilly lake plunge is the best way to get to understand Finland

Brave New World: The Quirks of Finland’s Saunas, Rough Guides The cultural place of the sauna in Finland society

Head in the Clouds, Morning Calm Magazine Trekking through Finnish Lapland’s remote swampland on the lookout for the nation’s sacred superfood

A First-Time Guide to Finland, Lonely Planet All you need to know about the charismatic nation of Finland’s saunas, Middle Earth origin stories, fells and forests

Norway’s Simple Answer to Greener, Cleaner Living, BBC Travelling to a cabin in the fjords of Southern Norway that champions 1850s living in order to show its guests how lessons from the past can help us live more sustainably today

Existence at the Extremities, Rough Guides Exploring what it takes to survive year-round in the icy wastes of the world’s most northerly inhabited place, Svalbard, Arctic Norway

8 Thrilling Experiences to Try in Norway’s Southern Fjords, Weather2Travel Adventures in the least-visited part of the spellbinding Southern Norwegian Fjords

The New Swedish Hiking Trail Linking Stockholm to Car-Free Island Paradises, BBC Hiking the latest long-distance trek in Sweden, the sustainability-focused Stockholm Archipelago Trail

The Stockholm Archipelago Trail’s Best Islands, i Paper Which islands to check out on Sweden’s 30,000 island-strong Stockholm Archipelago, now connected by an exciting new hiking trail

Copenhagen Travel Guide, Sunday Times A refreshing look at Denmark’s capital city Copenhagen with a delve beyond the clichés 

Denmark Travel Guide, Sunday Times An evocative trip into the Denmark beyond the obvious

Gourmet Denmark: Traveller’s Guide, Independent The culinary charms of Denmark – in Copenhagen and beyond

Denmark v Finland: Which Nordic Country is Better to Visit?, Lonely Planet On Denmark for this fun destination-off series: collaboration with Kerry Walker (Finland)

Seven Tranquil Beach Destinations Without the Crowds, i Paper Alternative beach destinations across the Nordics and Baltics for a European beach vacation without the crowded sands

Antarctica vs the Arctic: Which Polar Wilderness is for You?, Lonely Planet On the Arctic for this fun destination-off series: collaboration with Kerry Walker (Antarctic)

CENTRAL/EASTERN EUROPE…

My writing here focuses mostly on Vienna, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Living in Slovakia for four years gave me some great insights into this area. Being able to regularly partake of Vienna’s coffeehouses, Slovakia’s mountains, Prague’s mysterious beauty and Budapest’s thermal baths was an unforgettable experience. I have had a soft spot for the region ever since. The below are arranged by country…

Small Country, Big Hike, n by Norwegian Liechtenstein opens a new cross-country hike to celebrate its 300th birthday – and it’s not where you might anticipate (scroll to p48-57)

Trail of the Unexpected, Adventure Travel Magazine Liechtenstein’s brand-new tercentenary hiking trail cuts along the vertiginous Alps, as you might anticipate in such a mountainous nation – but that’s not its main appeal…

Vienna’s Faded Tourist Attraction is Enjoying a 21st-Century Renaissance, iPaper On the groundbreaking things happening in the venerable old coffeehouses of Vienna, Austria

The Viennese Cafes that Force You to Talk to Strangers, Adventure.com How the golden days of great debate are being revived in the coffeehouses of Vienna, Austria

3 Days in Vienna: The Perfect Itinerary, Tripadvisor Everything you need to know about a long weekend in Vienna, Austria – from the capital’s grandest buildings to its coolest coffeehouses and prettiest parks

Salzburg vs Vienna: Which Awesome Austrian City Has More Allure?, Lonely Planet On Vienna, Austria for this fun destination-off series: collaboration with Kerry Walker (Salzburg)

Music to Watch Sheep By, Morning Calm Magazine COVER STORY: Exploring the hills of Central Slovakia to discover the heritage behind one of Europe’s most iconic musical instruments, the fujara

Bratislava for Free, Lonely Planet An array of ways to experience dinky capital city Bratislava, Slovakia – gratis!

Slovakia: the Male Karpaty (Little Carpathians), Minor Sights Setting off on adventures through Western Slovakia’s beguiling chain of Carpathian foothills

Out on a High: Exploring Slovakia’s High Tatras, Lonely Planet As the world’s first cross-border national park, Poland’s and Slovakia’s High Tatras, turns 60, this is a long, lingering look at the most spellbinding parts of this mountain range and what awaits the adventurer

The Tatranska Magistrala: A Hiking Guide to Slovakia’s Best-Kept Secret, GetSweatGo A few foreign visitors clock Slovakia’s High Tatras but the long-distance path that traverses this special Eastern European mountain range is left to the Slovaks and the Czechs

Košice, Europe’s Unknown Capital of Culture for 2013, BBC Introducing Košice, Slovakia as European City of Culture for 2013

Brutal Buildings: the Architecture of Eastern Europe, Lonely Planet Introducing Eastern Europe’s most intriguing archetypal Communist-era architecture

Czech Republic Travel Guide, Sunday Times Beyond-the-obvious insights into experiencing the Czech Republic

The Greek Island Homes Hidden from Pirates, BBC Adventuring up into the rocky interior of Ikaria, Greece to discover how locals survived during the island’s long periods of peril 

Ten of Europe’s Best Autumn Walks (for 2025), with Bear Watching, Prosecco and a Fiery Forest, i Paper My pick of 2025’s top trails across Europe to hit in autumn for embracing the sheer joy of the changing seasons, from Scotland’s forest to Albania’s Riviera

15 Mellow Hiking Holidays for Autumn 2023, iPaper The continent’s best places to hike for enjoying everything autumn throws at you, from forests blazing in fall colours to grape harvests and migratory bird Meccas