New York - Two tourist attractions in the Big Apple's harbour have been opened to the public for evening visits for the first time. Since 24 September the former migrant reception centre on Ellis Island began accepting visitors from 6 pm to 9 pm. Liberty Island is also seeing visitors during the same evening hours but the statue will be closed, according to the US National Park Authority. Evening tickets for both attractions cost 29 dollars including a meal. Tickets can be booked online at www.statuecruises.com/night-tour.html.
Australia's first surfing museum
Canberra - Sun, sand and surfing are three elements that make up many Australians' day and in the state of Queensland there is now a museum dedicated to the Aussie way of life. The Surf World Gold Coast Museum is in the town of Currumbin, about an hour south of Brisbane, on the Pacific. Among the artefacts on display are over 100 surf boards dating back to the 1930s right and up to the present. The museum is open seven days a week from 10 am to 4 pm (http://surfworldgoldcoast.org.au).
Major Edvard Munch exhibition in Denmark
Copenhagen - Denmark is hosting a special exhibition of over 100 works by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. It includes paintings, graphic works and photos shot by the expressionist who died in 1944. The exhibition runs until 6 December and is one of the biggest Munch retrospectives in decades. Internet: www.ordrupgaard.dk/topics/exhibitions/2009/munch--denmark-.aspx.
AC/DC fans can visit singer's boyhood haunts
Canberra - Visitors to Australia can now retrace the early years of the former AC/DC lead singer Ronald "Bon" Scott on a bus tour through the port city of Fremantle. The tour takes 90 minutes and visits the spots where Scott spent much of his youth such as his school and family home. The "Highway to Hell" tour also visits the grave of Scott who died in 1980 (www.highwaytohelltour.com).
