Anastenaria Firewalking Ceremony

Anastenaria Firewalking Ceremony: Centuries old walking on hot coals tradition in Greece

Nobel Prize Ceremonies

Nobel Prize Ceremonies: The world's leading scientists, doctors, writers honoured for their work in Stockholm

Venice Biennale

Venice Biennale: One of the world's greatest art festivals, held every two years

Antony Gormley, sculptor:

"The first time I went to the Biennale was in 1982 and I thought it was great; there is no doubt it is one of the best events in the world. It has become a model for a lot of other biennales who do similar things. On the whole, biennales are an incredible visual feast for artists and spectators, giving them the opportunity to work and converse and see their work in an international context. They also mean the punter just has to travel to one place to see what is happening. And thanks to the likes of Venice, it is not surprising that everywhere from Sharjah [in the United Arab Emirates] to Istanbul and Sydney. Nowadays, you get certain artists who can only seen at biennales; they become like rock musicians that only play at festivals."

Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival: The movie world descends on the Riviera

Go to a coffee shop in Amsterdam, Holland

There aren't many places in the world where one can legally use marijuana let alone order it at specialized cafes, Amsterdam is the one place. Home to the world's most lenient drug laws, & lenient laws on just about everything else, Amsterdam is also one of the world's most beautiful cities.

See the ice fields before they melt in Greenland

With global warming breathing down our necks it's time to start thinking ahead, so act quickly as this may be your one chance to see the ice sheet before they're gone. Two miles thick & broad enough to blanket an area the size of Mexico, Greenland's ice fields shape the world weather. Snow that fell a quarter of a million years ago is still preserved, if the ice sheet melts as its predicted to do in the future sea levels could rise as much as 21 feet. One of the best ways to see the ice fields of Greenland is to take a helicopter tour from the more temperate coast.

Dakar Rally

Dakar Rally: Thrilling car race from Paris to Senegal across the desert

Charley Boorman, actor and star of The Long Way Round with Ewan McGregor who competed in the rally in 2006:

"I think the rally is vital experience and incredibly important as it is one of the ultimate races in the world. I think it is also the toughest race in the world. It takes 15 days of you driving 800 km a day which is pretty hard. It is not just the fact that it is a physical race because there is a lot of mental strain as well. Before you ever start you have got to get your team together as well as sponsorship. We live in such a nanny state these days, so to go off and push your boundaries to the limit is really healthy. By pushing pushing yourself almost to breaking point you see what you can achieve in life if you want something enough. It?s not just a race it is a test against yourself. At the time it?s not much fun. But what you get out afterwards is so much more. Even though I didn't finish [he had to retire after becoming injured] there was still a huge amount of achievement involved."