Dubai, Vietnam, Lithuania and Co: These are the 5 most exciting travel destinations for your 2025 vacation
Always just afterand Italy? Papperlapapp, 2025 will be the year in which we try unknown things on vacation,and get to know the lesser-known sides of well-known travel destinations. If you are adventurous and urgently want to get to know new regions, you should have these five travel destinations on your radar.
Vacation 2025: These are the 5 most exciting travel destinations of the year
Where should you go in 2025? What is there special to see and where can you unwind within and outside of Europe? We have thought about this. The result is these five exciting vacation destinations for you that you should definitely have on your radar for your vacation in 2025.
1. Vilnius and Lithuania: Green Travel
Lithuania's capital Vilnius will be the “European Green Capital” in 2025:and environmental protection are very important in the Baltic city. And to be fair, Lithuania has everything to offer that makes a good vacation in 2025: great cities with ancient history, green forests, crystal-clear lakes and the Baltic Sea with its beautiful sand dunes.
Vilnius can be described as a “green metropolis” because more than 60 percent of the city area is made up of parks, trees and green areas. But that's not all: the Sapieha Palace has just been renovated and invites you to take an extended visit. If you want to party, Vilnius is the right place for you, as the university city has a lot of restaurants, bars and clubs. Visitors can also check out a variety of museums, art galleries and street art.
If you've had enough of art and culture, you can relax with a trip to one of Lithuania's national parks. Our tip: the Aukštaitija National Park. This is the oldest national park in the country, with many lakes of various sizes hidden in its dense coniferous forest. If you want, you can explore the region by bike, canoe or on foot, often on well-laid boardwalks.
2. Greenland: look at glaciers
The travel trendhas come to stay. And which region shouldn't be missed if you want to escape the heat in the summer months and are in the mood for real adventure? Correct: Greenland.
Greenland is the new Iceland. What can you do there?see, marvel at glaciers and experience starry nights thanks to little light pollution. And in this case we really mean: so starry that you can see the Milky Way with the naked eye. The landscape with its glaciers and the rough sea with its icebergs and whales leave a lasting impression on Greenland tourists. In summer you can hang out on black beaches while whales cavort in the sea. Sounds absurdly beautiful, right?
Greenland is also home to the largest national park in the world, Northeast Greenland National Park, which is 972,000 square kilometers in size and unique in terms of flora and fauna. Polar bears and musk oxen? Check. Glaciers and fjords? Check. Important: You can only get into this sensitive, remote and surprisingly intact ecosystem with a guide.
Of course, Greenland is more for outdoor fans, because even Greenland's capital Nuuk, with its population of under 20,000, is more leisurely. By the way: Travel interest in Greenland won't die down any time soon, because in the Arctic region you can witness the next total in 2026become.
3. Trieste: Multicultural on the Adriatic
Back then, tooAt a time when Austria and its monarchy still had direct access to the sea, Trieste was one of the most important port cities in the world. In 2025 things will look different: the city has long been part of Italy, and the only evidence of its eventful past are the Italian, Austrian and Slovenian influences that make the city so special.
Rocks, forests and green slopes characterize the 46 kilometer long coastline around Trieste, which is located directly between Slovenia and the Adriatic. You can see from the cityscape that the city is an old imperial city from the royal-imperial Habsburg monarchy: Miramare Castle and other sights are unmistakably in the neoclassical style of the Austrian Empire - but with a casual Italian touch! The same applies to the city's culinary delicacies: whether it's Jota, a soup made from beans, potatoes, bacon and sauerkraut, various gnocchi variations, fish dishes or sweet walnut strudel - in Trieste the mix of dolce vita and Viennese banter results in a delicious whole .
And you can also have a great holiday in the surrounding area of Trieste: the giant grotto is only 15 minutes away, and the romantic bay of Sostiana, surrounded by mountains, can be reached in 20 minutes. And swim in the sea? Of course you can, both in the city itself and outside, which are only ten minutes away from the center by bus or bike.
4. Vietnam: Reset in Asia
Do you want to go to Asia on your vacation in 2025? Then let's go to Vietnam, because the Southeast Asian country has completely reinvented itself in the last five years (yes, after the pandemic). In 2025, Ho Chi Minh City will be home to events, exhibitions and celebrations, all dedicated to the end of the Vietnam War in 1975.
Another indicator of the hipness of Ho Chi Minh City: Many new luxury hotels will open in the metropolis in 2025 - including, for example, the “IHG Hotel Indigo” or the “Sheraton Saigon Grand Opera”. And since the first Michelin star was awarded to a restaurant, “Anan Saigin”, in 2023, fine dining restaurants have been popping up like mushrooms. But don't worry, there are still the soup kitchens and bánh mì sandwich stalls!
If you want to travel to the north of the country, you can have fun: in the mountainous regions with rice plantations and one or two hidden tracks towards the Chinese border. And beaches? In addition to architecture and culture (there are eight UNESCO World Heritage Sites), there is plenty in the Southeast Asian country: regardless of whether it is a lonely beach on the island of Ly Son or Ha Long Bay, which was featured in the “James Bond” series – in Vietnam, everyone will definitely get their money’s worth.
5. Dubai: The world in one city
Only people who want to swim in winter go to Dubai? Not entirely correct, because the metropolis was voted the world's most popular destination by the travel experts at TripAdvisor for the third time in a row: 17 million guests visit the emirate every year, with tourism from Germany in particular increasing in recent years.
But what can you do in Dubai now other than visit this man-made island or the indoor ski slope? A lot: Because Dubai is now what Singapore is in Asia - the home of a lot of expats, i.e. expatriots who go abroad for a limited time for work. That's why Dubai has neighborhoods that are strongly influenced by different cultures: Thai food today, Portuguese food tomorrow and Peruvian food at the weekend? No problem! In most cases, you can also assume that both the local food and culture are authentic, as expats bring both with them to their new, foreign home.
If you want to exercise, you can go surfing and kite surfing or even go hiking in the mountains, which are only a good hour away from the desert metropolis.
By the way: The emirate has also adapted due to the large number of expats from Western countries - for example, women do not have to wear a headscarf.
