A new high-speed rail link has opened between Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey’s capital. The 409-passenger trains run at a maximum speed of 155 mph, completing the 331-mile journey in 3½ hours, three hours faster than conventional trains.

Six trains per day depart from Istanbul’s Pendik Station and Ankara Central Station. A one-way ticket is priced at TRY70 (near $32) or, for seniors, TRY35. Purchase tickets at the station or online (https://yolcu.tcdd.gov.tr [in Turkish]).

In Kigali, the Campaign Against Genocide Museum opened on July 4 in Rwanda’s national parliament building (Boulevard de l’Umuganda, Kigali, Rwanda). 

The museum comprises three monuments and an interior section of eight rooms housing artifacts and documents from the 1994 genocide in Rwanda that resulted in the deaths of up to 800,000 people, mostly Tutsis and moderate Hutus. (The genocide was finally put to an end when the Rwandan Patriotic Front, led by Paul Kawagame, who is now the...

In Prague, Czech Republic, Corrupt Tour (phone +420 739 99 00 80) leads day tours to landmarks of corrupt politicians and business owners who have profited at the expense of the city since the fall of the Iron Curtain. The tours visit ornate houses, over-budget construction projects and government offices.

Three tours are offered: “The Prague Crony Safari,” a 2- to 3-hour bus or walking tour of “the habitats of cronies in the wild”; the “Hospital on the Edge of the Law,” a 2- to 3-...