Articles by JD Van Zyl

2 October 2012
Travel: Berlin on (more than) a bender 7 Bold, brash and brilliant. That’s Berlin. The undisputed queer capital of Germany and arguably the most hedonistic gay destination in the world. But there is more to it than just being a bad-ass party town, as JD van Zyl discovered on a recent visit.
8 February 2012
Travel: Getting sexy in Salt Lake City 14 Ushered onto the global stage by the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, Salt Lake City might still be best known as the base of the Latter-day Saints Church. But JD van Zyl found underneath its perfectly pristine Mormon veneer hides a surprisingly rewarding and gay-friendly destination.
16 September 2011
Travel: Dazzlin’ Dallas — not your average Western Cowtown 6 Live Large. Think Big. That’s the Dallas marketing slogan and one on which the metropolis delivers in true Texan style. But there is also a very different side to Dallas, as JD van Zyl found – one which boasts a buzzing gay scene, a rich cultural experience and unrivalled Texas hospitality.
8 September 2010
Travel: Going gay at the Oktoberfest 2 More than just the world’s biggest mug-clunking, beer-swilling and sausage gobbling festival in the world – on the first Sunday of Munich’s macho beer festival, the Oktoberfest turns a bright shade of pink when the Braurösl tent is filled to the rafters with 8,000 gay men. Most of them in scrumptiously tight-fitting lederhosen.
28 July 2010
Travel: Cologne vies for title of Germany’s gayest city 3 For the past two decades it's been a case of Berlin versus Cologne for the title of Germany’s gay capital. But now, as I look down Schaafenstrasse, crammed with hunky guys and the occasional German celebrity all the way down the block, there is no doubt in whose favour the scale swings tonight.

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