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2020 feels like a lifetime ago. In fact, as we enter 2026, we’re officially closer to the end of the decade than the start. Although life has (sort of) gone back to normal, one thing that changed forever during the pandemic was office life. Remember the days before working from home on a Friday? Us neither. While most of us have settled into a half-office, half-home working hybrid set-up, others have taken the opportunity to untether themselves entirely from the workplace and signed up to fully remote jobs. No longer tied to one place, some of this lucky lot have copped themselves visas enabling them to work in a different country every few years (or months). Enter: the digital nomad.  While there are downsides to the digital nomad lifestyle, it’s still easy to see why so many are choosing to uproot and move across the world. Many destinations are selling themselves as idyllic remote-working spots, with visas that allow you to live and work there for up to a year – or sometimes even longer. The only catch is that you usually need to meet a minimum salary threshold. Here’s a guide to the countries offering digital nomad visas right now, and how you can qualify. And here’s what it’s actually like to be a digital nomad – and how to become one yourself. RECOMMENDED:🌃 The world’s best cities🏘️ The world’s coolest neighbourhoods

Netflix currently holds an ignomious place in the film industry, but subscription numbers show it’s still the king of the streamers – and, frankly, for good reason. In recent years, the platform has seriously picked up its film output, with everyone from Martin Scorsese to Rian Johnson producing original content for the studio, while it also pumps out cultural phenomenons like Kpop Demon Hunters and gorgeous critical favorites like Train Dreams.  At this point, though, every user knows the deal: while there are large, gleaming gems in the catalogue, they’re often obscured by piles of lineup-filling dross. So let’s help you dig out the quality watches. Here are the 50 best movies currently available on the platform. Recommended: 💻 The 40 best Netflix original series to binge👪 The best family movies on Netflix for all ages😬 The 20 best thriller movies on Netflix

After a few up and down years, 2026 is shaping up to be the Big One in terms of measuring the true health of the movie industry. This is 12 months loaded with can’t-miss hits – or rather, better-not-miss hits. That includes everything from a fifth Toy Story movie to a long-awaited Devil Wears Prada sequel, another close encounter from Steven Spielberg and Christopher Nolan bringing damn near every A-lister to ancient Greece. The Dune trilogy will end, while the Marvel Cinematic Universe attempts to reinvigorate itself with the biggest superhero movie since Endgame. Plus: more Frankenstein, more 28 Years Later, and more Superman (or at least, Superman’s cousin).  Like we said: it’s big. But if you don’t have much investment in the future of the Hollywood blockbuster and just want to see some good cinema, there’s plenty of small-to-medium-sized films worth getting excited about, too. Here are the 26 movies we’re anticipating the most.📕 15 book-to-movie adaptations to get excited about in 2026🔥 The 40 best movies of 2025

Updated December 2025: From winter blockbusters to festival sleepers, these are the movies our critics think define 2025 so far. Expect prestige dramas, horror gems, wild indies and some surprise streaming hits – all watched and ranked by Time Out’s film team. Quick Picks: 2025’s best films by genre: 😂 Best comedy: The Naked Gun 😱 Best horror movie: Weapons 🥋 Best action movie: One Battle After Another🎭 Best drama: Nickel Boys🪆 Best family film: Flow What even was the year in movies? A roller coaster is the most obvious cliche, full of exhilarating successes, puzzling disappointments and news stories that’ve left us wondering if there’s even going to be much of a movie industry left in the next few years. Artistically, it was a top-heavy 12 months, producing one surefire Best of the Decade candidate, with a few others not far behind, then a vast middle-class of films that max out at ‘very good’. As always, though, if you’re willing to do the work, you’ll find dozens of small and medium-sized gems to fill you with hope for the future of moviemaking as an artform, no matter what happens to the business itself. Here are the movies that made us gasp, swoon and shout the loudest in 2025.

December 2025 update: There's new songs being added to karaoke machines on a regular basis, so we see it as our duty to keep this list bang up to date. Our latest additions include a K-Pop Demon Hunters anthem, as well as an addicitve tune courtesy of Benson Boone. Whether you’ve got the voice of an angel or you’re totally tone deaf, karaoke unites us all. But heed our warning: choosing the right song is crucial (aka, don’t opt for that Whitney Houston tune if you haven’t the range. And if you don't quite have the skill, steer clear of rapping.) So we thought we’d help out a little bit. In our list of the best karaoke songs ever, we’ve got everyone from Adele to Toto, and from Frank Sinatra to Ricky Martin. There's even recent singalongs from Sabrina Carpenter, Huntr/x and Chappell Roan. Something for everyone. So down that shot, grab that mic and take to the stage. Your audience awaits you. Here are the best karaoke songs ever.  RECOMMENDED:❤️ The best love songs🎶 The 40 best songs of 2025🎉 The best party songs🕺 The 25 best albums of 2025  

And just like that, 2025 is done and dusted. We don’t remember the last year that we didn’t say this about, but 2025 has been a funny old twelve months. Katy Perry went to space, everyone went crazy for labubus, the Louvre got ransacked and absolutely nothing beat a Jet2 holiday.  But alongside plenty of memeable moments, it was a pretty decent twelve months for culture: we had epic new film releases, a tonne of killer albums, some mouth-wateringly delicious food and plenty of exciting new openings.  So, as per tradition, we’ve asked Time Out staffers to share everything they loved this year, from the songs they had on repeat and the books they read voraciously to the exhibitions they raved about and the food they would happily eat every day until 2026.  Ready to feast upon the finest cultural pickings from 2025? We present to you Time Out’s best of the best. 

There’s a whole load of cool stuff happening across the world in 2026, but if you’re after some outstanding art to add to your bucket list for the year, Time Out has you covered. We’ve called on our international network of editors and writers, and dug around the ‘upcoming’ sections of galleries across the planet, to curate our very own list of all the art and culture worth travelling for in 2026. From retrospectives of greats like Raphael and Matisse to city-wide biennales and beautifully crafted fashion retrospectives, read on for all the very best exhibitions taking place across the planet in 2026. RECOMMENDED:🎪 The world’s best music festivals for 2026🛍️ The coolest streets in the world🏘️ The coolest neighbourhoods in the world🌍 The best new things to do in the world in 2026 Stay in the loop: sign up to our free Time Out Travel newsletter for all the latest travel news and best stuff happening across the world.

In a year when it’s become pretty much impossible to so much as glance at a screen without being bombarded with all manner of maddening AI slop, it’s comforting to know that there is still plenty of vivid, funny, brilliantly human writing out there if you know where to look. From laugh-out-loud debuts and masterful autofiction to big-name autobiographies, gripping non-fiction thrillers and binge-worthy travelogues, here are our editors’ favourite page-turners of 2025. Add this lot to your ‘to read’ pile, stat. RECOMMENDED: 🎵 The 40 best songs of 2025📀 The 25 best albums of 2025

Reminiscing on festival season 2025? Well, the good times ain’t over yet, and if you ask us, it’s never too early to start planning which festivals to book in next year. Loads of great music festivals have already announced their headliners, and some of them kick off as early as January.  It’s worth noting that, in 2026, one of the planet’s biggest and best music festivals is not happening. That’s right – after an electric 2025, good old Glastonbury is on a fallow year to allow the land a bit of TLC. Not to worry, mind. No matter your music taste, who you’re going with, your weather preference or your capacity for camping, the world will have a festival that’s right for you, from Europe to the USA, Canada to Japan and Australia to India.  The best festivals in the world at a glance: ☮️ Best for hedonists and hippies: Boomtown 🔈 Best for beat freaks: Outlook 💡 Best for discovering something new: Tremor 🎵 Best for R&B and afrobeats: Afro Nation 🗽 Best city festival: Governors Ball 🎸 Best rock festival: Fuji Rock 🤩 Best for big names: Primavera Sound 🌠 Best for escaping reality: Big Red Bash Overwhelmed? Don’t sweat – here’s our comprehensive roundup of the best festivals in the world taking place in 2026. RECOMMENDED:🌍 The 26 best new things to do in the world in 2026🌤️ The best festivals in Europe in 2026🎭 The world’s coolest neighbourhoods to explore🌃 The best cities in the world right now

Planning your travels for the new year? You should absolutely factor in those long-standing bucket list entries, but if you’re looking for some fresh inspiration, 2026 promises a world of brand-new travel experiences.  From sleeping over in an open-air museum to journeying through ancient landscapes on e-bikes, ziplining over glorious wildlife reserves and partying through a solar eclipse – yes, really – there’s a shedload of off-the-beaten-track, out-of-the-box stuff happening over the next 12 months. Scroll on for our handpicked selection of the 26 coolest, weirdest and most exciting things to do in 2026.  RECOMMENDED:🎶 The biggest and best music festivals in 2026🛍️ The coolest streets in the world🏘️ The coolest neighbourhoods in the world🌃 The best cities in the world right now Stay in the loop: sign up to our free Time Out Travel newsletter for all the latest travel news and best stuff happening across the world.