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Before Vienna, before Mozart, before the trio of libretti that made him immortal, Lorenzo Da Ponte was an itinerant, semi-frocked priest with an irascible charm and a talent for wordsmithing.
We're well aware of the disruption across UK airports. Now, our experts on the Continent reveal how France, Germany and Sweden are faring
From the traditional bruin cafés still firmly rooted in once-working-class Jordaan to the trendy hipster hotspots of East Amsterdam, the Dutch capital is certainly not short on places to grab a drink or three â as might be expected of the city that birthed one of the world's brewing superpowers (Heineken). Naturally, beer is the drink of choice for most Amsterdammers, but you don't have to look to hard to find swish wine bars, bouncing nightclubs, or even little hole-in-the-wall tasting rooms serving jenever â the local variety of gin. Here, our Amsterdam expert, Rodney...