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What is base jumping? We find out more from the top of Mount Brento

We head to Mount Brento in Italy to meet some of the best base jumpers in the world.

Serbia

8 of Serbia’s most beautiful hikes for the best views and nature

In partnership with Serbia

Whether you're looking to have your fitness tested on the Svrljig mountain range or simply see some natural phenomena on a more leisurely path, this is our pick of the top routes in Serbia.

Nature

Could foraging be a source of sustainable superfoods?

Swiss mountain guide, Cherries, leads a trip through the Swiss Alps to forage for wild food.

Travel News

The Welsh mountain battle: Why Snowdon should switch to Yr Wyddfa

Wales is trying to reclaim its tallest mountain’s Indigenous name, but colonial attitudes run deep.

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Destinations

What to expect from the rewilding of Italy’s largest mountain range

Italy's Apennines region hopes to bolster its endangered bear population through the planting of nature corridors.

Travel News

Does this Italian girl have the best home school set-up in the world?

Meet the little girl in Italy whose classmates are baby goats.

Moments

Windsurfing in the snow? Watch pro athletes show us how it’s done

These professional athletes have taken to the Engadin mountains in Switzerland to mix up their sports in ways never seen before. This is the X-project.

Travel News

This woman spends her days dog sledding in the mountains

Norway-based dog sledder Blanka Csizmadia calls the mountains her office. In this video she shares the ups and downs of life with dogs as colleagues.

Destinations

Island hopping Russia: Sakhalin, Kuril Islands and Kamchatka Peninsula

Russia's Far East: an epic, paradoxical wilderness of domineering mountains, active volcanoes and endless forests. This is island hopping, but not as you know it.

Slovenia

Four killed as three separate avalanches hit Balkan mountains

Three people have been killed in two separate avalanches in Slovenia and a fourth was killed in a third avalanche in Bosnia.

Moments

A winter fairytale: Journeying into the heart of the Harz Mountains

Rachael Davies goes back in time with an old-fashioned train trip into northern Germany's rugged mountain region.

Travel News

Would you spend the night on this Peruvian mountain edge?

Located high above the Sacred Valley in Peru, this is a hospitality experience like no other. Guests access the hotel by hiking, climbing or zip wire and your room is secured to the side of a mountain.

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Asia's top wingsuit athlete jumps into the void from Tianmen Mountain

Asia's top wingsuit athlete takes a calm look out across a jagged mountain range in central China before leaping head first off the cliff and speeding towards the ground. Zhang Shupeng's sport consists of jumping into the void from a mountain with a flexible wing-shaped suit.

Spain

Activists angry after third bear killed in the Pyrenees in 2020

Campaigners are demanding action after Spanish authorities confirmed that a third bear had been killed in the Pyrenees mountains since the start of 2020.

Travel News

The coolest French people I've ever met

When Camille Bello moved to Lyon, France four years ago, and unexpected encounter took her to the French Alps, and changed her life forever.

Georgia

17 people killed in Georgia minibus crash

The country has declared a day of mourning on Tuesday in memory of the victims.

Smart Regions

Alpine Space protects heritage and the environment

In partnership with the European Commission

Preserving heritage and protecting the environment are among the aims of the European Atlas project.

United Kingdom

St Bernard rescued from mountain as tables turn

A St Bernard dog in England decided it was payback time and called in a rescue team to get her off the mountain

Green News

Why is roadkill an environmental disaster?

But it might not be the animals most vulnerable to extinction who are at risk.

Smart Regions

Home help: the project supporting Italy and France's isolated mountain communities

In partnership with the European Commission

Smart Regions takes a look at a European project that's providing vital medical and social support to the sick and isolated in Italy’s Aosta and France’s Tarentaise mountain regions.