Laura Ratliff

A planear as suas viagens para o novo ano? Deve, sem dúvida, contar com aqueles clássicos da bucket list, mas se procura inspiração fresca, 2026 promete um mundo de experiências totalmente novas. Desde dormir num museu ao ar livre até percorrer paisagens ancestrais em e-bikes, fazer zipline sobre magníficas reservas naturais e festejar durante um eclipse solar – sim, a sério – há dezenas de experiências fora do circuito habitual e fora da caixa a acontecer nos próximos 12 meses. Pelos quatro cantos do mundo, a Time Out escolheu as 26 coisas mais incríveis, surpreendentes e emocionantes para fazer em 2026. Recomendado: Podes vir, 2026. Temos as melhores agendas para planear o novo ano

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.

South Florida doesn’t do winter. At least, not the frosty, scarf-necessary, hot-cocoa-as-survival-fuel kind. Which is why the return of real-ice skating to downtown West Palm Beach feels like a minor miracle powered by equal parts holiday spirit and serious refrigeration tech. Winter Wonderland is back at The Ben Hotel starting November 1, transforming the waterfront lawn into a glittering holiday playground with twinkling trees, Aspen-style chalets and, of course, a 50-by-66-foot rink made of the real stuff. Yes, ice. In Palm Beach. Again. Last year’s debut drew more than 30,000 skaters, proving locals are more than ready to trade sand for snowflakes, at least in theory. Around the rink, expect plenty of festive distractions: chalet vendors slinging gifts and sweets; a holiday bar for hot chocolate, s’mores, grown-up toddies and the debut of a Holiday Tree Forest created in partnership with local nonprofits, including Habitat for Humanity and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County. There will also be themed events like Live Music Saturdays and Santa Sundays, ornament-making workshops and an opening-day curling exhibition (yes, Palm Beach now has curling athletes and, no, the tropics do not care about your winter stereotypes). When is Winter Wonderland at The Ben Hotel? Skating runs daily from November 1 through January 4 from 10am to 9pm. How much are tickets? Entry is free unless you’re lacing up, in which case tickets start at $25 for adults and $10 for kids 11 and

Miami’s longtime history museum is getting a full identity overhaul with a name that sounds a lot more like the city it’s trying to capture. After 86 years as HistoryMiami Museum, the downtown institution has officially rebranded itself as the Museum of Miami, in a change that leadership describes as a major evolution from a traditional history museum into something far broader. The change comes with a new logo, a new tagline (“Love the Story”) and a plan to become what the museum calls a “museum without walls,” meaning exhibitions, storytelling projects and other programming will increasingly move out into neighborhoods across Miami-Dade instead of staying confined to its downtown building. “This is more than a name change, it’s a shift in how this community experiences Miami’s Museum as a living, breathing archive,” CEO Natalia Crujeiras said in a statement announcing the rebrand. “Museum of Miami perfectly reflects our strategy to embrace and present new experiences that provide everyone an opportunity to see themselves reflected in Miami’s past and active in its future.” The museum says the rebrand followed a three-year listening tour that included conversations with residents in neighborhoods including Little Haiti, Liberty City, Homestead, Kendall and Miami Beach. One recurring theme: people felt the museum had grown beyond the word “history.” And honestly, the museum’s recent programming already hinted at that shift. In recent years, the institution has hosted exhibiti

Free yoga in Bryant Park is officially back for the summer, which means midtown office workers are once again about to spend their mornings attempting crow pose on the lawn surrounded by tourists. The beloved free outdoor series, now entering its 23rd season, returns on May 27 and will run twice weekly through September 16, bringing hundreds of yoga mats to the heart of Manhattan all summer long. This year’s edition of Bryant Park Yoga presented by Halara will once again offer completely free classes for all ages and skill levels, with sessions split between peaceful Tuesday mornings and Wednesday evening flows. Tuesday classes will take place at 10 am on the Upper Terrace, while Wednesday sessions will take place at 6 pm directly on the lawn. The instructor lineup this year includes some seriously recognizable names in the yoga world, including Rodney and Colleen Yee, Denis Morton, Kirra Michel and Anna Greenberg, along with a rotating mix of local instructors and retreat leaders teaching everything from classic Vinyasa to slower meditative flows. “We are excited to see the growth of the yoga series year-over-year,” said Daniel Biederman, executive director of Bryant Park Corporation, in a statement. “Providing space for all levels of yoga lovers to gather and move together is important to us.” Halara returns as presenting partner for a second year and plans to bring back its experiential pop-ups, including an AI-powered fitting mirror and product demos for its UltraSculpt l

Montauk’s annual transformation into the East Coast’s sunburned, linen-clad summer playground just got another stylish new arrival. Opening today, Hotel Corduroy is a new 29-room boutique stay taking over the former Sunset Montauk on West Lake Drive—and instead of relying on the usual glossy Hamptons minimalism, this one is going full nostalgic surf shack energy. Think sun-faded tones, vintage furniture, weathered textures and interiors you might see in a 1960s surf film shot on Super 8. The hotel comes from Blue Flag Capital, the group behind other coastal properties like Faraway Martha’s Vineyard and Faraway Nantucket, and will be its first New York hotel. The property was redesigned in collaboration with the interiors firm Ward + Gray, which drew heavily on Montauk’s surf culture and fishing history. Photograph: Matt Kisiday Instead of gut-renovating the place into another sterile luxury box, the team preserved the original three-building structure from 1983 and focused on giving it a softer, more lived-in feel. Guest rooms have grasscloth-covered walls, rattan-wrapped furniture, nautical-inspired lighting and vintage cassette players paired with Bluetooth speakers. Outside, the hotel’s central Lawn is clearly designed to become the social nucleus of the property. There are lounge chairs, yard games, seasonal fire pits and sweeping bay views; guests also get access to a private beach area near Sunset Beach, along with complimentary bikes, beach chairs and towels. Photog

Booking.com just dropped an absurdly cinematic potential summer vacation plan: a four-day Route 66 road trip in a vintage movie-style car for exactly $1. To celebrate the upcoming centennial of Route 66, Booking.com is launching a limited-time “Ultimate Route 66 Road Trip: Hollywood Style” experience that will let travelers cruise part of the iconic highway in either a 1966 Ford Thunderbird, a sunshine-yellow 1960s VW Bus or a full-blown DeLorean straight out of Back to the Future. And somehow, the dollar isn’t even the wildest part. The package also includes a three-night trip for two through Albuquerque and Santa Fe, $10,000 in Booking.com Wallet Credits, a glam session and a professional photoshoot with the car. The trips go live May 20 at 12 pm Eastern on a first-come, first-served basis, with travel dates set for June 25 through June 28. Each car comes with its own themed itinerary. The Thunderbird experience channels Thelma & Louise energy, with neon motels, diners and cruising New Mexico with the top down. The VW bus trip goes full quirky-indie-film mode with trolley tours, waffles à la mode and stops along the artsy Turquoise Trail. Meanwhile, the DeLorean itinerary is a retro-futurist fever dream involving neon signs, milkshakes and Instagram-perfect vintage motels. Road trips are booming again and according to Booking.com’s own 2026 research, the U.S. is now one of the world’s top road-trip markets. More than half of the travelers surveyed said scenic stops were the

Miami’s most delightfully retro social activity is rolling back into town, this time with waterfront views, disco energy and six straight weeks of skating under the old Pan Am hangar in Coconut Grove. Bayskate, the city’s increasingly beloved pop-up roller rink experience, officially returns this Friday, May 8, taking over the historic hangar at Regatta Harbour through June 14. The concept turns the massive Biscayne Bay-front venue into a full-scale roller rink and nightlife destination, complete with live DJs, cocktails, food, outdoor lounges and themed programming running Thursdays through Sundays. (Think more Studio 54 vibes, versus a kid’s birthday at the rink.) “Bayskate has always been about activating unique spaces and bringing people together in a way that feels authentic to Miami,” founder Marcos Macías said in a statement. “Returning to Regatta Harbour gives us an extraordinary canvas to create something truly unforgettable.” Rendering: Courtesy of Bayskate And honestly, the setting is key here. The Historic Pan Am Hangar—one of Miami’s more atmospheric event spaces—sits directly on the water in Coconut Grove and already feels like a fever dream from another decade. Then, add roller skates, colored lights and hip-hop DJs. Beyond the rink itself, Bayskate is leaning hard into the social side. There’ll be a full cocktail program curated alongside the nearby Bayshore Club team, outdoor patio hangouts, lounge seating and even rinkside table reservations for groups. Fa

There’s a new rooftop in SoHo trying very hard to make you forget you’re in Manhattan and, honestly, it might pull it off. Bar Hugo, the newly reopened rooftop atop Hotel Hugo, officially debuted tonight with a look and mood borrowed straight from the grand hotel bars of Venice. Think less “DJ booth and bottle service chaos,” more “lingering over a spritz while you wai for your water taxi.” Set on the hotel’s 19th floor, the new rooftop embraces old-world glamour, with hand-laid mosaic floors, Venetian-inspired lighting, weathered white oak paneling and a sprawling art collection that ranges from oversized photography to original works. According to the team behind the project, the redesign was more than a decade in the making. Photograph: Courtesy of Bar Hugo The rooftop is split into two distinct spaces. One side centers around a curved cocktail bar backed by a towering wall of spirits, while the other is arranged more like a lounge, with plush banquettes facing the Hudson River. (Yes, this place was absolutely designed with sunset photos in mind.) “From the moment they arrive, we want guests to feel a true sense of escape, transported from the fast pace of the city to a dynamic space that evolves from day to night,” Matthew Moinian, the hotel’s developer, said in a statement. The drinks menu follows the same day-to-night philosophy. Earlier in the evening, there are lighter cocktails like The Hugo (a sparkling elderflower-and-mint situation) or Lavender Fields, which com

Your next MTA interaction might involve a stranger in a reflective vest asking to see your phone—but it’s not because they’re stealing it, but because they want to know if you actually paid for the bus. As reported back in December, the MTA has officially expanded its fare-enforcement program across New York City’s local bus network, deploying civilian “EAGLE teams” armed with handheld OMNY validation devices that can instantly verify whether riders tapped to pay before boarding. In other words, the honor system era is over. The enforcement change follows the full phase-out of MetroCard sales and the citywide rollout of the OMNY tap-to-pay system earlier this year. Until now, fare inspectors on local buses could only visually monitor whether people paid at the front of the bus, which became increasingly useless once riders started boarding through multiple doors and paying with phones or contactless cards. Now, inspectors can check after the fact. “Riders on local buses should now expect to provide proof of payment to EAGLE Teams on local buses,” NYC Transit President Demetrius Crichlow said during an MTA board meeting on Monday, April 27. The agency is framing the program as a kind of “European model” of fare enforcement, similar to transit systems in cities like Berlin or Paris, where civilian agents randomly scan tickets onboard rather than funneling everyone through turnstiles or front-door bottlenecks. The EAGLE teams (which somehow stands for “Evasion And Graffiti Lawle

Brooklyn’s most chaotic school-run commute may soon get a whole lot calmer... and a lot more bike bells. New York City has announced plans to redesign roughly 10 miles of Bergen and Dean Streets into what officials are calling “bike boulevards,” a sprawling east-west cycling corridor stretching from Court Street all the way to East New York Avenue.  The project, unveiled this week by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the NYC Department of Transportation, would reshape two of Brooklyn’s busiest bike routes with traffic-calming measures, safer crossings, pedestrian upgrades and protected cycling infrastructure designed to slow cars down without fully banning them. Overall, the goal is to end speeding shortcuts and promote more family-friendly riding. The concept partly grew out of one of the city’s most delightfully wholesome transit phenomena: the Bergen Bike Bus. Every Wednesday morning, a massive group of parents and kids rides together to school along the corridor, turning the streets into a moving mini peloton of backpacks, training wheels and coffee-carrying adults, all trying not to be flattened by traffic. Mamdani joined the ride this week for National Bike and Roll to School Day, using the event to formally announce the redesign plans. “Bike boulevards give families the peace of mind they need to start the day right: by enjoying a safe, easy ride to school,” Mamdani said in a statement. “From protected bike lanes to safer crossings, these redesigns make our streets work for peo

Los Angeles is getting a major new cultural space this summer and at the center of it is one of the country’s oldest Holocaust museums, now reimagined with a rooftop garden, performance theater and immersive new technology. On June 14, the longtime Holocaust Museum LA will reopen as part of the brand-new Goldrich Cultural Center, a massive reimagining of the museum’s campus inside Pan Pacific Park that hopes to turn the site into something far bigger than a traditional museum. The expanded campus, designed by architect Hagy Belzberg, centers around an enormous open-air canopy that connects every building on the property. The idea, according to organizers, is radical openness: visitors literally enter and exit through the same shared public space, regardless of why they came. The new complex will also include the S. Mark Taper Theater for performances, lectures and film screenings, plus the GRoW @ Annenberg Rooftop Garden, which promises sweeping views of the Hollywood Hills. There’s also a Reflection Garden built with reclaimed wood from recent Los Angeles wildfire zones, a multimedia pavilion anchored by an authentic railway car and a permanent installation called Meet Your Neighbors, featuring resident-submitted photos and poems translated into 24 languages. Perhaps the most futuristic addition is the Virtual Survivor Experience, a 60-seat theater where visitors can interact with a holographic Holocaust survivor through voice-recognition technology.  Still, the broader goal

If you’ve tried walking through DUMBO lately without accidentally ending up in someone’s TikTok photo shoot, brace yourself: locals say things are about to get even worse once the 2026 FIFA World Cup arrives. The now-famous Washington Street view—the one where the cobblestone Brooklyn block perfectly frames the Manhattan Bridge—has already become one of New York’s most relentless tourist magnets. And according to increasingly frazzled residents, the neighborhood is nearing a breaking point. The concern isn’t exactly new. Residents have spent the past couple of years complaining about overcrowding, illegal vendors, garbage piles, traffic jams and an ever-growing swarm of influencers blocking sidewalks in pursuit of “the shot.” But now, with an estimated 1.2 million World Cup visitors expected to flood the region this summer, many locals think DUMBO’s chaos era is about to enter its final boss stage. “It’s sheer chaos,” resident Sheryl Buchholtz told the New York Post, describing what daily life already feels like in the neighborhood. If you’ve been there recently, you probably get it. On any given afternoon, Washington Street feels like an odd blend of Times Square, a wedding-photography set and an outdoor food court with no available seating. Tour buses line nearby streets, while tourists spill into traffic, trying to recreate Instagram photos. Residents say trash complaints in the area have jumped 136% since 2019 and illegal vending complaints have skyrocketed by more than 5

PHOTO: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/new-york-city-usa-october-28-1038125776?trackingId=9e79e477-b6cd-45f0-a174-50052bf18c38&listId=searchResults If you’ve ever hauled a bike up four flights of stairs or spent a night tossing and turning and wondering if it will still be there in the morning, New York City might finally be throwing you a bone—albeit a slightly futuristic, pod-shaped one. The NYC Department of Transportation is moving ahead with plans to install 500 secure bike parking facilities across the five boroughs, a long-teased initiative that’s now picking up speed. The goal: make biking in a city with more than 600,000 daily bike trips a little less stressful. While the overarching program has been in the works since 2023, the DOT officially announced its kickoff on Monday with a succinct tweet, stating “Secure Bike Parking is coming to NYC.” The program is ultimately designed to tackle one of cycling’s most persistent headaches: where to actually put your bike once you get where you’re going. View this post on Instagram A post shared by NYC DOT (@nyc_dot) The city is experimenting with four distinct parking setups, ranging from compact curbside lockers for a handful of bikes to larger, enclosed “hubs” that can hold dozens of bikes near transit stations and busy corridors. There will even be self-locking docks with charging ports for e-bikes and other micromobility devices. The need is real. Officials say many New Yorkers don’t ride sim

New York’s biggest, loudest, most joyful march just added a little extra star power. NYC Pride has officially unveiled its Grand Marshals for the 2026 Pride March and among them is Bowen Yang, the Emmy-winning comedian who helped usher queer humor into the mainstream during his run on Saturday Night Live. Yang won’t be leading the march alone. This year’s lineup is stacked with more cultural power players and longtime advocates, including actress and activist Dominique Jackson, performer and trailblazer Peppermint, iconic subway voice Bernie Wagenblast and activist collective Gays Against Guns.  For Yang, the honor is personal. “The Pride March has held my best memories and also my most dehydrated. Please remember to drink water on the day,” he joked, before adding a more heartfelt thought: “Being a Grand Marshal in the city that helped me find my community and my voice is incredibly special.” The 2026 march, set for Sunday, June 28, is expected to draw millions of spectators and tens of thousands of participants, continuing its legacy as one of the largest LGBTQIA+ demonstrations in the world. This year’s honorees also reflect a continued emphasis on trans visibility and advocacy, with multiple trans leaders recognized amid what organizers describe as an increasingly urgent moment for LGBTQIA+ rights. “Our Grand Marshals have blazed trails and opened doors in entertainment, media and advocacy,” said NYC Pride Executive Director Im Lynde. “Their visibility alone is worth cele