Visit North Korea
Pyongyang's broad avenues, monumental skyline and carefully framed public spaces offer a view of a country most people know only through headlines. Beyond the capital, mountains, coast and a long Korean history make the idea of visiting intellectually compelling as well as rare. This is not an ordinary leisure trip to plan now. Current UK advice is against all but essential travel, diplomatic support is severely limited and visitors face strict controls over movement, photography and communication; entry rules can also change without warning. Keep this as a future ambition until official advice and access make a lawful visit reasonably safe. If that happens, use an authorised itinerary, follow local law precisely, check insurance and medical evacuation cover, and understand that independent travel and spontaneous contact may remain impossible. Count it complete only after a future lawful visit undertaken when official advice permits it, with time spent beyond an airport transfer and with local rules respected throughout. Add it if you want to encounter a difficult, complex place directly—but let patience, not urgency, decide when.