Looking for your childhood comic hero Tintin in Brussels? Find him at the Belgian Comic Strip Center. Tintin, the courageous young Belgian reporter created by cartoonist Georges Remi, known as Herge, lives here with other comic characters.

Brussels's gift to the world is Art Nouveau movement, defined by curling lines and shapes of plants and flowers. But one remarkable Art Deco style house in Brussels stands out- it is Van Buuren Museum. Now a museum, this house was bought in 1928 by David van Buuren, a banker born in Holland.  He married the Belgian Alice Piette (1890-1973) and began a period of 30 happy years with the cultural vocation of their house. The outdoor architecture of the house is typical of the Amsterdam School. The indoor decoration characterizes an "Art Deco" style.

2019 is the 150th anniversary of cogwheel railway that first began its journey in the Mount Washington in USA. But for Indians, half-way to USA is their perennial bucket list destination Switzerland, where Mount Rigi offers a perfect experience of cogwheel train ride on Alps, writes Sujoy Dhar