Most people head for the crystalline Wilhem-Swarovski observatory, but for nature up close and personal, take the 30-minute hike down to the Pasterze Glacier.

BBC: Austria��s long and winding road

His first job, in a general trading firm in Warsaw, involved him writing letters in Yiddish about the price of dry goods, but alongside this he knew a charmed existence close to nature in the wilds of north-eastern Poland, hunting or just tracking a legendary variety of game.

ECONOMIST: Memoirs

You're close enough to nature to pick cherries off the trees--and to be hit (if you don't duck) by low-hanging branches.

FORBES: Antique Roadshow

From the CBS visitor centre in Bermudian Landing, local village guides lead short nature walks that provide an up-close introduction to a resident troop of black howlers.

BBC: Family fun in Belize

In the face of mounting criticism of Wales on-going run of poor results, Gatland has pointed to the close nature of defeats to New Zealand, South Africa and Australia as well as being a converted try of levelling with England at the Millennium Stadium in the latest 26-19 setback.

BBC: Gareth Llewellyn questions Gatland's 'slating' habit

The unsightly nature of what appeared to be a large-scale disposal so close to downtown Shanghai shocked a nation usually complacent about debris clogging its waterways and raised questions not just of what killed the pigs, but also of China's methods and systems for handling animal deaths.

WSJ: Dead Pigs Worry Shanghai