Good to know if you’re visiting Venice next year. If you’re planning on visiting Venice, Italy next year then take note. Tourists will have to pay €5 to enter Venice from next year after a new trial was approved with the hope of controlling tourism. The Italian city will introduce a temporary fee of €5 […]

2 years ago

“I miss the old Kanye.” One of hip-hop’s most controversial figures has made another huge change this week. Chicago’s Kanye West has foregone his full name and is now legally known as Ye (pronounced ‘yay’, and not like a certain classic Youtube video). Ye began the process in August of this year, filing legal papers […]

4 years ago

The Mayor of Venice has said he wants to declare a state of disaster. Venice has been hit by its highest tide in more than 50 years, leaving much of the city flooded. Officials said the tide peaked at 187cm (6.14ft) at 10.50pm on Tuesday (12 November). Only once since records began in 1923 has […]

6 years ago

People are seen running away in panic in the shocking video. Footage posted to social media has shown the terrifying moment that a cruise ship attempting to dock in Venice smashed into a tourist boat, injuring at least five people. Italian police confirmed that the MSC Opera crashed into the Giudecca Canal, which leads to […]

7 years ago

75% of Venice is believed to be submerged in water. A number of deaths have been reported in Italy following serious weather conditions throughout the country. According to Reuters, two young people died south of Rome and another was killed in Terracina. One man was hit by a falling tree while walking in Naples, and […]

8 years ago

Ah here… A tourist who visited Caffe Lavena in Venice’s St Mark’s Square was left stunned when he was faced with a €43 bill for two coffees and two bottles of water. Juan Carlos Bustamente, a 62-year-old political campaigner, was left with the eye-watering bill last week and took to social media to express his […]

8 years ago