Features

Places to Go: There's greener grass in London

As I rolled into Bristol with my two suitcases, I wondered how this place — with its little cafés, the Wills Memorial Building, a Gothic tower rising against the skyline, and my flat’s small room and maroon curtains — would become my home for the next four months.

Christina Park Features April 2

Places to Go: Friends are made on Pender Island

Every year, Ubyssey contributors pool their money together and set off to Pender Island for a weekend full of laughs, friends and making memories.

Lauren Kasowski and Emilija Vītols Harrison Features January 25

Places to Go: Utah is Mars on Earth

Carrying a comically large backpack, I stepped out of the plane and sped through the terminal listening to Erin Mendenhall, the mayor of Salt Lake City, welcome me to her city.

Renée Rochefort Features December 20

Places to Go: London brought me growth

London is freeing. You could be whoever you want and still be perfectly synchronized to London’s Melody.

Nandini Sood Features December 18

Places to Go: Unpublished and proud at Frankfurter Buchmesse

Submitting an unsolicited manuscript to a publisher or agent can feel like rolling a story into a glass bottle and tossing it into Niagara Falls hoping someone at the bottom will catch it. Niagara Fall Syndrome.

Kevin Nyitrai Features September 12, 2023

Places to Go: Istanbul, a junction where Europe meets Asia

As I stared out the window of the plane, the clouds cleared revealing familiar pink pastel-coloured rooftops below. It felt strange coming back to Istanbul as an outsider looking in.

Christina Park Features February 9, 2023

Places to Go: Singapore burns as bright as its sun

The Singaporean sun seared our backs as we ambled out of Changi International Airport with our luggage, but it didn’t deter us from awing at the Green City.

Aditi Mankar Features November 10, 2022

Places To Go: Novi Sad meets West in the East

Like the remainder of the Balkans, Novi Sad — which translates to “new plantation” in Serbian — was always a cross-road. Novi Sad is special in its ability to distinctly capture all the different cultures that have influenced the area.

Fiona Sjaus Features November 1, 2022

Places to Go: Home in the hills of Calabria

In the lead up to the trip, I was determined to take the opportunity to learn more about my heritage on my mother’s side and learn more about what life was like in Calabria.

Salomon Micko Benrimoh Features January 21, 2020

Places to Go: Fact, fiction and farming in Spain

The hardest part was probably the nerves and loneliness that inevitably comes with long-term, solo travel.

Jasmine Foong Features November 14, 2019

Places to Go: Troll Gazes and Street Art In Stavanger, Norway

Rushing through the cobblestone streets, between rows upon rows of whitewashed wooden buildings, I thought I could easily spot the massive art pieces but somehow I managed to miss them all.

Bailey Martens Features September 27, 2019

Places to Go: A few bites of the Big Apple

Taking a quick walk along the banks of the East River, we made our way back through Williamsburg, pausing to peer in the window of the Peter Luger Steakhouse, like a pair of modern Charlie Buckets.

Jack Lamming Features September 24, 2019

Places to Go: San Juan is a cultural fortress no visitor could dream of cracking

“There’s only two kinds of people who have a $50 in San Juan. The ones who are leaving and the ones who are arriving,” he says as he pushes the bill back. “So which one are you?”

Lucy Fox and Zak Vescera Features March 6, 2019

Places to Go: St. Kitts unfolds under the sun

Our gaze reached across the volcanic mountains surrounded by lush green and to the towns nestled along the coast below, taking in a country forged in conflict.

Moira Wyton Features March 4, 2019

Places to Go: An unexpected enlightening in California

What I expected to do in this solo journey to California turned out to be very different from how it actually went.

Tanya Singh Features February 6, 2019

Places to Go

Places to Go: There's greener grass in London

Places to Go: Friends are made on Pender Island

Places to Go: Utah is Mars on Earth

Places to Go: London brought me growth

Places to Go: Unpublished and proud at Frankfurter Buchmesse

Places to Go: Istanbul, a junction where Europe meets Asia

Places to Go: Singapore burns as bright as its sun

Places To Go: Novi Sad meets West in the East

Places to Go: Home in the hills of Calabria

Places to Go: Fact, fiction and farming in Spain

Places to Go: Troll Gazes and Street Art In Stavanger, Norway

Places to Go: A few bites of the Big Apple

Places to Go: San Juan is a cultural fortress no visitor could dream of cracking

Places to Go: St. Kitts unfolds under the sun

Places to Go: An unexpected enlightening in California

SEX ED. — 2024 Sex Issue

The Ubyssey's purity test

Green or greenwashing: Breaking down biodegradable vibrators

Dating today is disappointing but I fall for it anyways

Companionship at ease

Reading between the lines: Queerness and print culture in Vancouver

A cinephile’s sex education

Obituaries

Pat Carney, politician and Ubyssey alum, dies at 88

'She will continue to inspire’: Deb Hope, Ubyssey alum and former Global BC journalist, dies at 67

Late CBC journalist Michael Finlay fought for an independent Ubyssey

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