Just off the coast of Helsinki, lies a tiny sustainable cabin created to offer travellers a 'zero emission' holiday. Nolla&nbsp;Cabin been designed by&nbsp;Finnish designer Robin Falck, The moveable&nbsp;cabin is made of plywood and local pine and is the size of a small bedroom and is powered through solar panels. Interestingly, the profit earned through the accommodation&nbsp;goes towards 'The Ocean Cleanup' project that aims to rid world's oceans off plastic.&nbsp;

Just off the coast of Helsinki, lies a tiny sustainable cabin created to offer travellers a 'zero emission' holiday. Nolla Cabin been designed by Finnish designer Robin Falck, The moveable cabin is made of plywood and local pine and is the size of a small bedroom and is powered through solar panels. Interestingly, the profit earned through the accommodation goes towards 'The Ocean Cleanup' project that aims to rid world's oceans off plastic.

Sweden's much-awaited floating hotel, Arctic Bath on the Lule&nbsp;River has opened its doors. The one-of-a-kind property aims to make wellness its priority, calling itself "an oasis of wellness and design". Some of its features include an open air cold bath and a sauna under the Northern sky, a restaurant and a natural spa. One of its fascinating features is that six cabins of the hotel will float when the river thaws during summer months.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Located just off the shores of Aqaba&nbsp;in&nbsp;Jordan, are several military vehicles like&nbsp;tanks, troop carriers and a helicopter sunken carefully into the water. In fact, a total of 19 decommissioned pieces of military hardware were sunk in the Red Sea to create the world's first underwater military museum that opened up to the public in July 2019.&nbsp;The placement of these vehicles makes it look like an underwater battleground and aims to attract more diving tourists to the city.&nbsp;The museum's location also helps the recovery of the natural reefs by drawing local visitors away to an alternative site.&nbsp;

Did you know that besides the famous&nbsp;Hawa Mahal&nbsp;in the pink city of Jaipur, there's another lesser known one&nbsp;in the&nbsp;Wadhwan&nbsp;city of&nbsp;Gujarat? The&nbsp;Hawa&nbsp;Mahal&nbsp;in Gujarat was built during the era of the Jhala rulers. The intricately carved edifice was intended to be a lake palace, but its construction was abandoned halfway.&nbsp;The incomplete masterpiece made with limestone and green stone&nbsp;stands outside the fort, overlooking the&nbsp;Shetrunjay Hills.&nbsp;

According to a new PTI&nbsp;report, the capital city of Mizoram, Aizawl&nbsp;could soon get cable car services, which would help overcome traffic snarls in the city. The public transportation system has been approved by the government, according to the report and 2 cable car services will come up, enabling seamless travel in the hill town.&nbsp;

For the first time ever,&nbsp;artifacts&nbsp;of the Titanic, which have never been seen before but were recovered 10 years ago, are going on display in Las&nbsp;Vegas. As part of the 'Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition' at the&nbsp;Luxor&nbsp;, the artifacts&nbsp;help paint a picture of the 'unsinkable ship'. Some of the items on display include an&nbsp; hourglass, a pair of old leather boots and a cosmetics jar.

Get ready for a musical affair as the World Peace Music Festival Sur Jahan is making its way to three destinations in India. It'll be held from 31st January to 2nd February in Kolkata, from 5th to 7th of February in Goa and from 8th to 10th February in Jaipur.&nbsp;Folk artists will collaborate with music bands from across the globe for a delightful experience. From India, the contingent includes the Langas of Rajasthan and the Folks of Bengal. In addition to music, the event will also hold interactive workshops and a display of unique handicrafts.

You can get to experience Orchha in its full splendour at the Namaste Orchha fest to be held in March this year. organised by the Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board, the cultural extravaganza from the 6th of March will see music and dance performances, farm to fork experiences, historic tours, delicious food, crafts and much more. The 3-day event will conclude on the 8th of March.

The popular tourist attraction, The Forbidden City in Beijing, will be closed to tourists from Saturday amid the outbreak of coronavirus. According to reports, the closure is indefinite as of now. The move comes after China closed off the city of Wuhan with over 11 million people on Thursday to contain the spread of the deadly virus ahead of the Lunar New Year travel rush. Some large scale events and temple fairs to commemorate the New Year have also been cancelled.

The Trump administration on Thursday published new visa rules aimed at restricting "birth tourism", in which women travel to the US to give birth so their children can have a coveted US passport. Applicants will be denied tourist visas if they are determined by consular officers to be coming to the US primarily to give birth, according to the rules in the Federal Register.&nbsp;It is a bigger hurdle to overcome, proving they are travelling to the US because they have a medical need and not just because they want to give birth here.

Uttarakhand's Tehri is all set to host Asia's biggest Lake festival. The Tehri Lake Festival will be held from the 17th to the 19th of March. From adventure sports activities like aerial sports to stunning fireworks, cultural performances and local cuisine, it promises to be a one-of-a-kind event. This year, special arrangements will be made to allow guests to stay at the Swiss tents. The Tehri dam is one of the largest hydroelectric projects in the world.

New York City is all set to open the world's first museum dedicated to Hip Hop music! The Universal Hip Hop Museum will open in South Bronx, which is considered to be the birth place of Hip Hop. The museum is slated to open by 2023 and will offer an&nbsp;immersive journey through hip hop culture and history.

The Secretary of the&nbsp;Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages recently announced that they hope to bring the Mughal Gardens on UNESCO&rsquo;s heritage list and various steps are being take to preserve and promote the heritage value. These include introducing a film section, reviving the&nbsp;Tehseen Mehal and creating an Art Museum. 6 Mughal&nbsp;gardens in Srinagar&nbsp;are likely to be nominated to be featured in the renowned&nbsp;list.

&nbsp;
Delhi's IGI Airport has launched a cab service by women for women, aiming to make commute safer in the capital. The service is a partnership between&nbsp;Sakha, a private company, and IGIA. The service will be available at&nbsp;Terminal-3 and has a fleet of 20 cabs. All women drivers have been given additional training in self defence. The cabs can be booked through the Sakha&nbsp;website or physically at T3.&nbsp;

The 43rd edition of the Chennai Book Fair will come to an end on the 21st of January. The 13-day book fair is believed to be one of Asia's largest. The fair was organised across a 3,000 square feet space at the YMCA&nbsp;ground, witnessing approximately 20 lakh&nbsp;people this year. More than 15 lakh&nbsp;books were displayed at the fair.&nbsp;

It seems like your travel plans of making it from Mumbai to Pune&nbsp;in less than an hour could come to a standstill as the&nbsp;Mumbai-Pune Hyperloop&nbsp;project has been stalled. According to reports,&nbsp;Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar&nbsp;shared that the government will trial the hyperloop only after it proves to be successful in other countries. "We will concentrate on other modes of transport and, in the meantime, if that technology develops more with&nbsp;successful trials abroad, we can think about it," the minister&nbsp;said.&nbsp;The previous BJP-led government had granted&nbsp;infrastructure project status&nbsp;to the $10 billion plan in August.

In a bid to attract more Indian tourists this year, the&nbsp;South African Tourism Minister has rolled out an e-visa for Indians on a trial basis. If everything goes as planned, the e-visa could&nbsp;officially launch from the 1st of April, 2020. It seems like that African safari you've been dreaming of, must just be on the cards.&nbsp;

Global real estate firm JLL&nbsp;just released the seventh edition of its&nbsp;City Momentum Index and Hyderabad has topped the list as the 'world's most dynamic city'. Bengaluru&nbsp;bagged the second spot and&nbsp;Delhi stood at the sixth position. According to the index, an active real estate market helped Hyderabad claim the top spot. It's urban infrastructure, improved&nbsp;micro mobility and a great footprint of tech giants, give it an edge over the other cities.&nbsp;

A stunning variety of tulips blossomed at Amsterdam's famous Dam Square, as the country celebrated National Tulip Day on the 18th of January. Over 200 thousand tulips, in different colours, were on display at the specially-created garden. The event also had professional tulip growers to help visitors create their own bouquets and pick the blooms. The Netherlands is the world's largest tulip producer.

India's first and only dinosaur&nbsp;museum&nbsp;and Fossil&nbsp;Park is in Gujarat's&nbsp;Raiyoli village. The Raiyoli&nbsp;village is believed to be&nbsp;the&nbsp;second largest dinosaur hatchery in the world, where almost 10,000 dinosaur eggs were found. The village is also the third largest fossil site in the&nbsp;world. The museum, which spreads over 400 acres, features 50 dinosaur sculptures. Interestingly, it also features&nbsp;one life-size Rajasaurus Narmadensis, the fossil found in Gujarat.&nbsp;

Andhra&nbsp;Pradesh's most scenic&nbsp;train ride is through the beautiful Eastern Ghats to the Araku Valley. The tiny hill station is also just a three-hour drive from&nbsp;Visakhapatnam. It is home to indigenous tribal communities and is known for its delicious organic coffee and lovely green countryside. Lofty mountains, deep jungles, serene waterfalls and gushing streams, you'll find it all here - making it truly a nature lover's paradise. When here, you must not miss the 150-million-year-old Borra Caves and the famous Coffee Museum.

Enjoy a 'zero emission' holiday at this cabin in Helsinki

editorji

follow us

download editorji app

home > travel > Enjoy a 'zero emission' holiday at this cabin in Helsinki

replay trump newslist

up NEXT IN 5 SECONDS sports newslist

NaN/0

share this news

explore newslists

International

Lifestyle

Hollywood

Sports

Viral

Tech

National

Showbiz

Travel

Local

Travel

Jan 27, 2020 12:50 IST

Jan 26, 2020 10:30 IST

Jan 26, 2020 10:30 IST

Jan 25, 2020 15:10 IST

Jan 25, 2020 13:35 IST

Jan 24, 2020 17:22 IST

Jan 24, 2020 13:11 IST

Jan 24, 2020 12:00 IST

Jan 24, 2020 10:16 IST

Jan 23, 2020 18:00 IST

Jan 23, 2020 18:00 IST

Jan 23, 2020 11:25 IST

Jan 23, 2020 00:19 IST

Jan 23, 2020 00:19 IST

Jan 23, 2020 00:19 IST

Jan 23, 2020 00:19 IST

Jan 23, 2020 00:19 IST

Jan 23, 2020 00:19 IST

Jan 23, 2020 00:19 IST

Jan 23, 2020 00:19 IST

follow editorji

download editorji

editorji

About Us

Reach us

Navigate