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21. Venice: Listen to to string quartets in St Mark's Square
St Mark's Square is the beating heart of Venices café culture. Dining here can be expensive, even if you are just getting a coffee, so why not bring a packed lunch to eat in the square. You'll save money and can even take in a free performance by one of the surrounding café's orchestras. Places like Café Florian have a string quartet to serenade it's diners but there's nothing stopping you enjoying the ambience too!
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22. Belfast: Visit Belfast Castle
Belfast Castle may not be one of the cities most well know or centrally located attractions but that just makes it a hidden gem! Offering the very best views of Belfast this elegant sandstone building is surrounded by stunning grounds and mountain trails and is perfect for a day out. The visitor centre details the history of the castle, it's inhabitants and the surrounding area and entry is free!
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23. Frankfurt: Go art gallery hopping
Art should be free to all and while this isn't always the case it's nice to know that some places share this belief. There are three art galleries in Frankfurt, located on Fahrgasse and Braubachstrasse that are free to enter and spend a few hours wandering around. These are Galerie Maurer (Fahrgasse 5), Galerie Schuster (Fahrgasse 8) and Galerie Raphael (Braubachstrasse 12).
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24. Granada: Enjoy the view at Mirador di San Nicolas
If there's one thing not to miss in Granada it's the Mirador de San Nicolas and the spectacular views of Alhambra afforded from it's lookout. By day you'll be accompanied by musicians and entertainers and can grab some food and drink in nearby cafés, but it's in the evening that is especially recommended. Sunsets here will blow you away and taking it all in with a beer in hand is just about perfection!
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25. Brussels: Embark on a comic strip walk
Without a trained eye you may miss some of Brussels lesser know attractions but missing out can be avoided by joining a guided walk of the city. Simply go to the city's tourist office at Hotel de Ville in the Grand Palace and request either the Comic Art Walk or the Art Nouveau Walk. The Comic Art Walk is especially interesting and takes in 30 walls that have been transformed into story book Comics!
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26. Cork: Visit the Cork Public Museum
Occupying a gorgeous Georgian building on the western side of the city in the middle of a park lies the Cork Public Museum. The house itself has an interesting enough history but it's the exhibits inside that draw in the crowds. Exhibitions include 4000 year old artifacts from the excavation of the city, models of medieval times and of course documents and photographs relating to Cork-born Irishmen such as Michael Collins.
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27. Warsaw: Catch the changing of the guard
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is guarded 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by only the most elite of army volunteers. Needless to say, they're not much fun to look at! However the guard is changed every day at 1pm in an elaborate ritual that shouldn't be missed. The tomb itself is dedicated to those unknown Polish soldiers who had fallen in World War 1.
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28. Rome: Stroll through the Roman Forum
There may not be much left of the Roman Forum, as it's not been as well preserved some of the other attractions in Rome, but it remains one of the cities most popular sights and with good reason. This relatively small area was the centre of the mighty Roman Empire and within the great buildings that once stood here that empire was planned, budgeted, realized and governed. You can walk around the forum for free and, if you use your imagination, get a sense of what this area might have been like all those years ago.
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29. Riga: Admire the Art Nouvea architecture
Riga has one of the largest concentrations of Art Nouveau architecture in the world, with more than a third of the Central District built in the style. Some streets are more impressive than others of course with Elizabetes, Alberta and Strelnieku in particular providing more than enough architectural eye candy and opportunities for fancy photos. Altogether there are over 800 Art Nouveau buildings in the city but finding them all may be too much for even the most enthusiastic of fans!
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30. London: Listen to people at Speaker's Corner
Free speech is taken to the extreme in one (usually) quiet part of eastern Hyde Park, opposite Marble Arch tube. Here people from all walks of life gather to talk, listen and heckle. This is speakers Corner where anyone with something to say or, and more often than not, nothing in particular to say get up on their soapbox and let loose with their words of wisdom. Sunday morning is the best time to visit but you'll now find speakers at most times of the week.
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