Visitors to Beijing, China, can hitch a ride on modern buses styled to look like Dangdang trolley cars, which ran in Beijing from 1924 to 1966. Passengers are taken on a 6-mile route with 15 stops, including the Palace Museum, Tiananmen Square and Qianmen (gate). An English-speaking guide is present on each bus to describe the sites along the tour.

Buses run 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. seven days a week, picking passengers up every five to ten minutes at 21 marked bus stops, including at Qianmin...

With App in the Air, you can track your flights, receive real-time schedule and gate changes and access guides and maps to 9,000 airports worldwide. Quick links on the app assist you in hiring taxis and purchasing train tickets. (As of press time, train tickets are available only from London Heathrow Express and Moscow Aeroexpress.) The app also tracks miles flown for mileage programs.

The app is free on iTunes and Android, but most functions require in-app purchases. Tracking five...

Opened in Zürich on Feb. 28, the FIFA World Football Museum (Seestrasse 27, 8002 Zürich, Switzerland; phone +41 43 388 25 00, www.fifamuseum.com) explores the history of soccer and how the sport and FIFA, its international governing body, have changed. 

Along with cafés, the 32,300- square-foot museum has 500 videos and 1,000 exhibits, including jerseys from all 211 national teams in FIFA, artifacts from each World Cup since the first in 1930 and even the World Cup trophy, itself...