Barbara Woolsey

Barbara Woolsey is a journalist based in Berlin. She is a guidebook author for Lonely Planet, a former Reuters TV producer and has been published by The Guardian, USA Today, National Geographic and others.

Lonely Planet • 24th September 2024

Lonely Planet Pocket Bangkok 7

Lonely Planet • 1st July 2024

Lonely Planet Bangkok 14

Lonely Planet • 1st June 2024

Lonely Planet The Netherlands 9

Lonely Planet • 1st May 2024

Lonely Planet Germany 11

Lonely Planet • 18th April 2024

Lonely Planet Scandinavia 14

Lonely Planet • 18th April 2024

Lonely Planet Budapest & Hungary 8

Lonely Planet • 1st July 2023

Lonely Planet Finland 10

Lonely Planet • 1st September 2022

Experience Thailand 1

Lonely Planet • 1st July 2022

Lonely Planet Pocket Prague 6

Lonely Planet • 1st November 2017

Lonely Planet Prague & Czechia 12

Lonely Planet • 23rd October 2019

Ethical wildlife encounters in Finland

Most of Finland is blanketed in a dense, wild forest, providing habitats for Europe's most diverse and magnificent species. The country has even been named the world’s best destination for wildlife travel by the Global Wildlife Travel Index.

Lonely Planet • 10th March 2020

Lonely Planet's Global Chocolate Tour

Inside this delicious guide to chocolate tasting across six continents, you’ll discover everything from where to get Germany’s best black forest cake to unmissable hot chocolate hotspots. I wrote the Germany chapter.

Lonely Planet • 10th March 2020

In Her Footsteps

Contributing writer for In Her Footsteps: a celebration of incredible women, and a travel guide to the places where they studied, lived, worked, reigned and explored. I wrote entries about Germany's rubble women and Sophie Scholl.

Lonely Planet • 1st May 2020

Lonely Planet Amsterdam 12

Lonely Planet • 1st November 2020

Lonely Planet's Guide to Life

This book collects together cultural pearls of wisdom from 86 countries to form the ultimate reference book for how to live well. I wrote the chapters on Germany, the Philippines, Thailand and Canada.

Lonely Planet • 1st August 2021

Lonely Planet Thailand

COMING AUGUST 2021 – Friendly and fun-loving, cultured and historic, Thailand radiates a golden hue. Lonely Planet will get you to the heart of Thailand, with amazing travel experiences and the best planning advice.

Lonely Planet • 17th September 2021

The 10 best parks in Amsterdam

Amsterdam’s parks are much more than prime places to experience the Netherlands’ famous gardening skills – they embody the freedom, tolerance and laissez-faire attitude that this particular European city is all about.

Lonely Planet • 17th September 2021

When's the best time to go to Amsterdam? Here's your month-by-month guide

With cobblestone lanes wrapped around arched bridges and canals, Amsterdam makes a charming city-stop at any time of year.

Lonely Planet • 17th September 2021

Top 11 parks in Berlin

No city delivers on the freedom of urban oases quite like the German capital. Berlin, in all its gritty graffiti-and-techno glory, might not be the first location that comes to mind for green space. But almost half of the city is green, open space, including about 2500 public parks and gardens.

Lonely Planet • 21st September 2021

Lonely Planet Scotland 11

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