Eating Out
A French word for confectionery or candy, Nanan conjures up images of gooey goodness, youthful delicacies and cakes you really shouldn't be consuming with such zeal; it’s exactly these images that feature strongly in the design of a sweet new...
Eating Out
From morning, noon to night, recently-opened Fanaberia Crepes & Cafe is delighting locals and visitors in Sopot (a small Polish town located on the Baltic Sea) with its intimate space, stylish design, and delectable skinny pancake...
Shopping
For some people, commitment to an aesthetic is a lifelong resolve: Jony Ive's Dieter Rams influence will surely mark Apple for as long as the Chingford-born designer is at its helm, Michael Jackson's pledge to manifest his King of Pop persona was so...
Culture
Michał Bieżyński isn't short of ambition. Having brought street art big-hitters like Vhils, Os Gemeos, Aryz, and Roa, to the walls of his city, the man behind the ongoing Lodz Murals project wants to be remembered alongside the likes of Gustave...
Eating Out
Główna Osobowa is the name of Gdynia's grand old railway station, and the latter word translates to “personal” - a good fit for the kind of relaxed, welcoming vibe fostered by a new bar and kitchen going by the same title. A joint design...
Eating Out
Food trucks are a great way of getting out into the community and building up a fan base for your food, but there's something very reassuring about moving to a bricks-and-mortar restaurant. The folks from mobile burger specialists Carmnik...
Hotels
The Granary Island area of Gdansk has been in need of a bit of regeneration for some time — indeed it's only recently that the district has started to fully recover from the ravages of World War Two. The Polish city, located on the Baltic coast,...
Hotels
Venture from the well-trodden tourist trails of Warsaw's historical Old Town and there is a whole new vibrant city just waiting to be discovered. Design firm Mamastudio want to help visitors experience the alternative Warsaw, and their Autor Rooms...
Eating Out
It's the little things that make the difference, so they say, and Polish architectural designers BUCK.STUDIO have added lots of nice touches to their work on dinette in the western city of Wroclaw. Take the menus, for example. When the ordering is...
Eating Out
How the heck does one cram a functional snack bar into a premises measuring just 11.5 sqm? If you'd asked us yesterday we'd have had no idea, but after seeing Kropka in Gdynia, Poland, the answer is clear. You call space magicians PB/Studio and...
Bars & Nightlife
The owner of the Fantom jazz club in Poland describes his opening in the southern city of Bytom as “smuggling in good food and good music”, which tells you a bit about the challenges of the region. Located near Katowice, the small Silesian city...
Eating Out
Ever-cheerful Polish TV chef Tomek Wozniak has got an even bigger smile on his face than usual following the launch of his new fast food restaurant Burger Kitchen in Warsaw. Tomek's credo is to deliver comfort food executed with an eye for detail,...
Stuff Crush
“I am not sure whether my father totally understood my fascination with his photographs of package holidays,” explains artist Jake Clark, whose obsession with seaside resort architecture has been informed by his childhood growing up in the...
City Notes
Opening today, 28 February, Hôtel Hana Paris is the latest addition to the Adresses Hotels Collection, a fancy group of decadent boutique hotels that includes Monsieur George and Saint Tropez's La Ponche; the five-star luxury property set to...
City Notes
Passing away at the age of 60 in May 2021, Michelangelo Lovelace was a Cleveland-based artist renowned for his vibrant paintings depicting quotidian scenes of urban life, policing, poverty, war, and personal investigations of Black Identity....
City Notes
An urban sanctuary so laid back it's horizontal, Pátio do Tijolo is a truly beautiful 24-room boutique hotel that offers its guests a fusion of authentic Lisbon tradition with soothing contemporary aesthetics. Drawing on the 'slow life' concept,...
Dispatches
Dubai - a city of superlatives, where innovation meets tradition against a glittering skyline of architectural feats. If you've got your sights set on a visit to this opulent oasis in the desert, there are some crucial things you should know before...
Dispatches
Thanks to social media, artists all around the world may reach a wider audience. Instagram has become a popular platform for artists, who mostly use it to connect with fans and, perhaps, potential buyers. Whether you're an oil painter or a...
Dispatches
Fire safety certification is vital. It's part of risk management for any building, organization, or fire protection system. In a fire, the value of adequate safety measures cannot be overstated. The certification process verifies that your facility...
Dispatches
When choosing underfloor heating, it is very important to pay attention to the technical parameters of such a system. It must be appropriate for the type of flooring and the specifics of the room. Such a system must be easy to install, safe and...