Most of us won’t be taking an overseas trip anytime soon, but fortunately there are still plenty of ways to explore other countries and cultures. Here are five ways to see the world from the comfort of your couch.

1. Take a literary journey
Get lost in a travel book and see the world through someone else’s eyes. Titles to add to your reading list include Bill Bryson’s Down Under, Paul Theroux’s The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia, and Dervla Murphy’s Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle.

2. Watch a documentary
Indulge your wanderlust with a good travel series or nature documentary. If you’re a DSTV subscriber, you’ll have plenty to choose from between Discovery Channel, Travel Channel, National Geographic and BBC Earth. Or, if you have a Netflix subscription, be sure to check out Street Food: Asia, Our Planet, and Jack Whitehall: Travels with my Father.

3. Follow a travel YouTuber
Travel vicariously through some of YouTube’s most popular travel vloggers – including The Bucket List Family, who “decided to sell everything and leave home for an adventure around the world,” and Drew Binsky, who uploads “short documentaries, telling unique stories about people, food, culture and anything else I find interesting on the road.” You can also explore Austria, Spain, Italy, Finland and more with Rick Steve’s Europe, the popular American travel writer’s channel.

4. Go on a virtual tour
See the sights online – including museums, art galleries and landmarks – with the Google Arts and Culture online platform. You can take in the view from the Eiffel Tower, walk the Colosseum, take a virtual tour of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, and much, much more. There are also plenty of other virtual tours available online, although in some cases you may have to pay an admission fee to access the content.

5. Enjoy international cuisines
Whether you’re interested in Indian, Thai, Korean, Italian or Greek cuisine, there are plenty of cookbooks to explore and online recipes to try. Not sure where to start? Good options include Japanese Soul Cooking by Tadashi Ono and Harris Salat, Everyday Italian by Giada De Laurentiis, or Dinner in French by Melissa Clark.