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Geocaching is one of the fastest growing activities in the world. At the present time, there are said to be geocaches placed in more than 100 countries throughout the world, on all seven continents, including Antarctica. Read more...

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It may not have escaped your attention that Welsh people like singing. We just can't help ourselves. At rugby matches, down the pub and even in our own front rooms.

But some of us take it a little bit further. Some of us are so keen that we are prepared to travel from all over North Wales, every Sunday evening for more than a year, for the sheer joy of bursting into song.

 

Clwyd Theatr Cymru at Mold is the leading producing theatre in Wales. It's also a cinema, concert venue, exhibition space, restaurant and book shop. And there's a jolly nice view from the bar.

Ruthin Craft Centre is one of Britain's major contemporary galleries for the applied arts. And the £4 million building is a work of art in itself, its zinc roof echoing the shape of the surrounding hills.

For one week every July the town of Llangollen opens its doors to the world. And the world pours in: 5,000 musicians and 50,000 visitors. The Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod is simply unmissable.

Wrexham is a great place for a big night out. And in Central Station it has the leading live music venue in Wales, according to Kerrang magazine. The Charlatans, Kasabian, Goldie Lookin' Chain, John Cale and Robert Plant have all stayed there.