Karen Burshtein

1 week ago | fodors.com | Karen Burshtein

Everything you need to know before heading to Lyon for the first time. For me, it started with worms. As a fashion reporter with a specialty in French couture, I often traveled to Lyon. Just two hours from Paris via the high-speed train, it’s the place to research Lyon’s silk industry, which dates back centuries, and to get to know the city’s current-day printed silk artisans.

Mar 13, 2025 | time.com | Karen Burshtein

Southern Jutland, part of the Danish peninsula that, true to its name, juts out into the Baltic Sea, is loved by Danes for its quiet vibes, spectacular scenery, and some of Northern Europe’s finest shorelines. Now it’s becoming a favored spot for “coolcations” too—holidays removed from the 100+°F Southern Europe summers born of climate change.

Jul 25, 2024 | time.com | Karen Burshtein |Michele Bigley |Bailey Berg |Annabel Illingworth

By Karen BurshteinJuly 25, 2024 6:43 AM EDTWhy is there more matter than antimatter? Why didn’t the Big Bang change that? If these and other questions of the cosmos have stymied you, the new CERN Science Gateway, a family-friendly, admission-free offshoot of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, will help.

Jun 8, 2024 | insidehook.com | Karen Burshtein

Along the Halifax waterfront, you see countless bronze sculptures and memorials to the immigrants who came through Pier 21 (Canada’s Ellis Island, which is now a museum) and the naval forces who left and never came back. History runs deep in Halifax. Its Afro-Nova Scotian history goes back 400 years, and the Mi’kmaq First Nations go back thousands more.

Jun 8, 2024 | flipboard.com | Karen Burshtein

NowCNN — In this week’s roundup of travel news, we bring you the world’s best restaurants for 2024, Disneyland’s epic expansion plans and the little museum in rural England that’s become a YouTube hit. Military sites and museums A tiny museum in rural England has one of the finest collections of tanks in …