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Bucharest
Funny places are sports bars; cavernous and largely vacuous, the bars in America are propped up by trucker-cap-wearing moustached gentlemen with infinite knowledge of Super Bowl history, bar snacks and head gaskets, whilst their British cousins...
Journal
There is a magical ski town in Switzerland that is NOT San Moritz or Gstaad but is just as deserving of acclaim and press as its better-known tres chic cousins, it is called Zermatt - a.k.a, home of the Matterhorn and both a skiing (winter) and...
New York
We've featured a few cinemas lately that have toyed with convention, Weltspiegel in Germany kept much of its historic grandeur, whilst descending into playful futurism in many of its interior spaces - Polish picture house New Horizons Cinema rewrote...
New York
If Williamsburg were Dalston, Fort Greene is every bit the Notting Hill; pricey brownstones and hip restaurants, but with just enough edge left to keep things interesting. Lulu & Po, named after chef/owner Matthew Hamilton's wife and daughter, is a...
Brighton
We all know Brighton; the backdrop of Quadrophenia's scene-defining iconography, resting place of the terminally hip outsiders, The Lanes - those famed weaving streets of independent shops, design stores, watering holes and eateries - and beachside...
Bath
The interior designer of The Talbot Inn is probably going to be a bit cross with us considering their work on the public and private rooms of this B&B are extremely nicely done, but the real star of the show here was the work of someone else in the...
Porto
Stepping into the dance club Tendinha dos Clérigos in Oporto, Portugal is like stepping inside a giant ruby, and not just because the venue is extremely, erm, red. The interior, by designers AVA Architects, is angled as if resembling a cut example...
Istanbul
If we're being honest, and we hope we can after all this time, Unter is something of a mystery to us. We can tell you that it's a 3-storey, 1960s property by the Karaköy Turkish Orthodox Mother Mary Main Church in Istanbul, and the premises has...
London
The Clove Club looks every bit the members club from both outside and in, housed in the towering Grade II listed Shoreditch Town Hall, it feels all very grown-up. The interiors are modest, with bare walls, reclaimed Georgian table-tops and salvaged...
Vienna
Sorry Google, you can keep your headquarters full of Segway riding junior geniuses and the free beer fridges, when We Heart opens its new base of operations we're going to be commissioning the team behind Pratersauna in Vienna, a place that grabs us...
Journal
Way, way back when (not quite an age, but definitely at least one yonk ago) we brought you news of Unpackaged, a London store whose simple but brilliant premise was to sell their products – health foods and the like – without providing any...
Copenhagen
One can only imagine the uproar that would ensue were a teacher in a less liberal European country show two of his students how to brew beer in the school kitchen - Mikkel Borg Bjergsø would probably be in jail if he was British, but what would...
City Notes
Opened in September 2025, HYLL brings a new interpretation of country hospitality to the Cotswolds, a hotel rooted in its landscape, designed to slow the pace and dim the noise. Set within a restored 16th century manor house, the 26 room property...
City Notes
Sircle Collection, the international hospitality group behind a growing portfolio of hotels and restaurants, introduces The Cover Vienna this November, a private members’ club in the city’s 7th District. Set within the Max Brown Hotel, the club...
City Notes
In the centre of Bergen, a new chapter has opened for a concrete landmark designed by Egill Reimers in 1920. Once home to bakeries, offices, shops and social services, the building has been reimagined by architecture studio LOCAL as Bergen Camping,...
City Notes
On Barcelona’s recently beautified Avinguda Diagonal, a new kind of café experience has arrived, one that has already piqued the curiosity of both locals and visitors. Jaç Hi-Fi Café, designed by Isern Serra Studio for owners Ligia and Arnau,...
Dispatches
Huachiao Vibrant Sports Park located in Kunshan, Suzhou, offers a confident vision for how contemporary public space can weave together culture, sport, and everyday life. Although completed in March 2024, the park remains worthy of mention in 2026,...
Dispatches
While there have undoubtedly been some remarkable innovations in mental health treatment, online therapy remains one of the most underappreciated changes in recent memory. The ability to open your laptop or turn on your phone and speak to a...
Dispatches
World Design Rankings offers a global snapshot of design excellence, measuring countries by the number of designers who have received the A’ Design Award. Nations don’t enter the rankings themselves; instead, they are represented by...
Dispatches
Square faces are built on structure. Strong jawline, straight cheekbones, a forehead that mirrors the jaw in width. It’s a powerful look, almost architectural, and when you put the right eyewear on top of it, the whole effect becomes even sharper,...