Places to Go

A view of a building in Bath from the top floor of the Roman Baths.

March 28

Places to Go: The road to Bath knows no present

We were experiencing Bath looking from the outside in.

A view of a lush green tropical mountainous forest on a partly cloudy day.

February 5

Places to Go: A month in the mountains of Mindanao

We arrived in Davao City separately, but both found ourselves trudging through local airports, bargaining with armies of taxi drivers in an attempt to agree on a fair rate and arriving in the dead of night at our hotel.

Valarmathi Vishnu and Nela Radecki

A portion of the Las Vegas Strip lit up at night.

October 23

Places to Go: Everything is sweeter in Paradise, Nevada

Everything is sweeter in Paradise, Nevada — that’s what we concluded after our four-day trip.

Sophia Samilski

An orange and yellow sunset on a beach in Tofino by the shoreline.

October 7

Places to Go: Take me back to Tofino

When you get an out-of-the-blue invite to a weekend on Vancouver Island’s west coast, what are you supposed to say? Normally, I would say no.

Lara Posthumus

April 2, 2024

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

January 25, 2024

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

December 20, 2023

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

December 18, 2023

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

September 12, 2023

Places to Go: Unpublished and proud at Frankfurter Buchmesse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

February 9, 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

November 9, 2022

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

November 1, 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

January 21, 2020

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

November 14, 2019

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

September 27, 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

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