UK

England is at once an old and new world. England is large fashionable estates in green landscapes, it's poverty in the suburbs of Manchester. Rich landowners hunting foxes and drinking whisky and miners in Wales. But England is also a modern, multicultural society with Western Europe's largest concentration of Muslims and Hindus living primarily in cities like London, Birmingham, Newcastle and Manchester. These cities have undergone a major transformation. In former slums and harbour areas, old docks and factories have been cleared. It is no longer freight that fills the many square metres but art, design, chic cafés and modernised apartments. In England, the British are an attraction in themselves. There is an encounter with the black British humour that most people have experienced either in person or on TV shows like Keeping up Appearances with Hyacinth or Da Ali G Show. England is the experience of a class society - that still exists - it's the housewives tripping through the suburbs in little short dresses with pushchairs to buy Macaroni and Cheese in Tesco, and the mink-clad ladies frequenting Harrods and having afternoon tea at the Dorchester Hotel in London. Travelling through England is also a journey through a series of historical events that have changed Europe and the countries that belonged to the British Empire. History is everywhere: in the architecture, art, literature and landscapes. England is the vast, unique national parks where you can do everything from paragliding to hiking. England is a mosaic of experiences.