If you find the typical city guides that lead to places that are typical tourists spots disappointing, you should visit Use-It Europe before going anywhere in the continent. These free, handy maps, made by locals, will guide you to the insidery spots and show true spirit of the city. The maps contain no ads. To appear on the map, the place must be well liked by the locals. You can download PDF Maps from Use-It website.

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As someone who thinks more about traveling than actually gets to do it [damn, it should really be the other way around], it was good to come across the latest batch of Wallpaper* city guides the other day. Living vicariously through the pages of the Berlin edition at least made my next choice of holiday destination that much easier. As one would expect from anything Wallpaper* puts its name to, the books are beautifully designed and are very photo heavy, which is a nice point of difference from the plethora of other travel books on the market. New cities in the series include Athens, Basel, Beijing, Berlin, Bilbao, Cape Town, Dubai, Havana, Hong Kong, Lisbon, Marrakech, Miami, Mumbai, Prague, San Francisco, São Paulo, St. Petersburg, Tel Aviv, Toronto and Vienna. Now that’s some serious airtime.