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Cooped-up travellers who need their cultural fix can go anywhere in the world now on artsy virtual tours. But when the planet emerges from lockdown, I wonder if we will still trade the confines of our four walls for constrictive or crowded museums? The pandemic will change the way people travel. Rather than rubbing shoulders with potentially asymptomatic museumgoers, imagine […]
Read moreMarvel at Sweden’s Northern Lights Scandinavian temperatures to watch the Northern Lights online. Lights Over Lapland, a travel company that guides tourists through Abisko National Park in Sweden, has posted time lapses of the aurora borealis on its website. Stunning streaks of bright green light dance in the video, a mesmerising sight from afar. Go to: lightsoverlapland.com/virtual-aurora-tours Climb the Great […]
Read moreThe pandemic has closed holy sites across the globe, but virtual reality is providing worshipers a digital window into ceremonies during touchstone holidays. By Debra Kamin For nearly two years, Eilat Lieber, director and chief curator of the Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem’s Old City, has been excited for this April, when Passover, Easter and Ramadan — touchstone holidays […]
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