Hacker News Viewer

guide.world: A compendium of travel guides

by firloop on 4/9/2026, 6:17:32 PM

https://guide.world/

Comments

by:

4/14/2026, 8:05:17 PM


by: robertjwebb

Craig Mod is great for Japan <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;craigmod.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;craigmod.com&#x2F;</a> !

4/14/2026, 8:04:17 PM


by: eisa01

For the wiki version, you have <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wikivoyage.org" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wikivoyage.org</a><p>It can be a bit outdated, but then you just update it as you do your research ;)

4/14/2026, 7:36:46 PM


by: alkh

For Seoul, I think this is an interesting observation:<p><pre><code> Seoul is not a pretty city, at least not by most Western standards of beauty. It is a sprawling, haphazard mix with little apparent cohesion beyond a shared culture. </code></pre> Personally, I really liked it because it has a different vibe from a more &quot;sterile&quot; city like Tokyo.

4/14/2026, 6:51:59 PM


by: yu3zhou4

Thx, great read about Yemen from Maciej Cegłowski <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;idlewords.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;07&#x2F;sana_a.htm" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;idlewords.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;07&#x2F;sana_a.htm</a>

4/14/2026, 7:05:51 PM


by: ignoramous

For Switzerland, for someone who likes railways, I found this guide (missing from guide.travel) to be quite nice: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.seat61.com&#x2F;train-travel-in-switzerland.htm" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.seat61.com&#x2F;train-travel-in-switzerland.htm</a><p>While planning the trip, I was annoyed by redditors on r&#x2F;askswitzerland ending almost all replies by asking folks to download the <i>SBB Mobile</i> app. To my surprise, even though I&#x27;m not the kind to install apps (let alone Flutter apps), it was god-sent. So well made (their &quot;design system&quot; is open source: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;SchweizerischeBundesbahnen&#x2F;design_system_flutter" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;SchweizerischeBundesbahnen&#x2F;design_system_...</a>). Makes travel up and down the country, from Zürich to Lugano, from Genève to St. Gallen, from Basel to Campocologno, stress-free.<p>For tourists, TooGoodToGo.com (mystery meals) &amp; SwissTopo (trails) are equally neat.

4/14/2026, 6:44:10 PM