In fact, the beach culture is such big a part of Australian lifestyle that surfing classes have been introduced into high school curricula in some cities as a way to get kids to come to school!

London has become one of the dearest cities in the world, and the young and the middle classes working outside financial services find it ever harder to get a foothold.

Many towns and cities offer these kinds of classes, and they can be a great source of information for the buyer looking for his or her first home.