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Attention is turning to the 52nd BMW Berlin Marathon in 2026, with German road running organisers promoting events around the race. The R5K-Tour 2026 is being billed as a talent showcase at the Brandenburg Gate, giving emerging runners a stage alongside one of the world's most famous marathon courses.

Fans are sharing a remastered music collection for the 1993 first-person shooter Doom, with newly uploaded tracks including the intro theme, 'At Doom's Gate' (E1M1) and 'The Imps Song' (E1M2). The classic Bobby Prince-style heavy metal soundtrack remains one of gaming's most iconic scores, and the cleaned-up versions are drawing attention from the game's long-standing community.

Hurghada International Airport in Egypt is set to introduce 'smart gates' for Russian tourists, according to travel industry outlet Tourprom. The automated border control system would speed up passport checks for one of the largest groups of foreign visitors to Egypt's Red Sea resorts. The news is being discussed as Russians remain among the top tourists in Hurghada, where long queues at immigration have long been a common complaint.

An original pixel art animation titled 'Gate to the Future' is circulating among pixel art and sci-fi art communities. The piece features the artist's original characters rendered in a 2D animated style, created using pixel art tools, and is being shared under drawing and pixel art hashtags. Viewers are responding to the retro-style animation and its futuristic theme.

Modder SquallyDaBeanz has released a beta version of a solo-developed custom campaign for Baldur's Gate 3, adding an extra chapter to the middle of the RPG's main story. The creator says the new content is designed so that getting sidetracked by it doesn't feel unnatural, with the expansion meant to blend seamlessly into the existing Act Two narrative. The project is notable for being built entirely by one person and is drawing attention from players eager for more story content in the game.

The Amsterdamse Poort in Haarlem is drawing attention with its brick towers, slate spires and clock reflected in still water. Dating from 1355, the medieval gateway is the only one remaining of the city's original twelve gates, making it a rare surviving piece of Haarlem's defences and a favourite subject for lovers of Dutch historic architecture.

A passage from Virginia Woolf's 1929 essay A Room of One's Own is being shared widely: "Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind." Readers are posting it with hashtags on banned books, the freedom to read, libraries and queer literature, framing Woolf's words as a defense against current censorship efforts.

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is back in San Francisco, with fans calling it 'the best three days of the 365'. The free annual festival draws large crowds to Golden Gate Park each fall for a weekend of bluegrass, folk and Americana music. The event remains one of the city's most beloved traditions, with locals and visitors alike celebrating its return this year.

Two exceptional private gardens in Houston will open their gates to visitors on October 10, giving the public a rare chance to see spaces normally kept closed. The announcement, reported by Woodlands Online, highlights local interest in garden tours and home landscaping. Gardening enthusiasts are expected to take advantage of the one-day access.

A German-speaking Baldur's Gate 3 player joked about heading into the game's hell region to 'make things hot' for Raphael, the devilish contract antagonist. The quip leaned on the obvious pun, and it lands because Raphael's storyline in Avernus remains one of the RPG's most popular quests, with players still swapping jokes and strategies about taking him on.