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Icelandic moss? Dried seaweed? Chef Victoria Eliasdóttir has delved deep into her Scandinavian heritage to devise the menu at Berlin-Mitte restaurant dóttir. As well as Icelandic, Danish and Swedish blood running through her veins, the young chef...
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It's Berlin's turn to host the innovative art-slash-accommodation project The Proposal that has previously enjoyed several successful incarnations in Zürich. Creating a B&B within a gallery space, the organisers add a prototype art project into the...
Berlin
The flavours of authentic Japanese cuisine can be hard to find in the West — even good restaurants of the type don't always have the courage to challenge the tastebuds of their Western patrons with some of the unique flavours and ingredients of...
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The late 1960s were a fertile time of weird experimentation in all sorts of ways, and Sigmar Polke was clearly enjoying himself when, in 1969, he produced Apparatus Whereby One Potato Can Orbit Another. For clarity, in case the pictures aren't doing...
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The tool of choice for the hit-and-run urban artist, stencils have been a major part of the graffiti scene since the 1960s – growing in popularity as the whole movement gained momentum through the 1970s and '80s. Designed as a quick method of...
Berlin
That disgusting old chestnut about the average carnivore having a kilo or two of undigested meat permanently stuck in their pipes is probably a load of nonsense, but there are times when even the most ardent meat eater feels like things might have...
Berlin
House of Small Wonder first opened in 2010 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and in short order established itself as a neighbourhood favourite for café snacks and relaxed brunches, with a Japanese-influenced menu from co-owner Motoko Watanabe. The...
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If you like your hotels to be oozing with glamorous history, there's really only one place to stay in Berlin, and that's the newly-reinvented Hotel Zoo. The building on Kurfürstendamm started life as a private home in 1891, before being converted...
Berlin
Making coffee fresh from their Diedrich roasters since 2010 - roasted no longer than three days prior - Five Elephant's founders have been embarking on a voyage to deliver Berlin's best cup of caffeine. Tucked away on Kreuzberg's Reichenberger...
Berlin
"It don't matter if you're black or white" sang our favourite disgraced pop weirdo in his 1991 ditty, seems Wacko would've approved with whatever you put on the plastic at sleek Kreuzberg fashion outlet SIMON&ME. Mix it up, and Karl Lagerfeld would...
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Socrates hit the nail on the head with his paraphrased paradox that the only thing he knew was that he knew nothing. Artist Olivia Steele would seem to sympathise with the wily old Greek – her physical and spiritual travels have left her with,...
Berlin
**Till The Cows Come Home has permanently closed** Strange animals, cows. As long as there's a sturdy fence keeping them at arm's length, they look the most docile creatures imaginable, grazing away, not capable of hurting a fly, and judging by the...
City Notes
Bringing understated Scandinavian elegance to the edge of Warsaw’s historic Old Town, PURO Warszawa Stare Miasto is the latest addition to the design-led hotel group’s growing Polish portfolio, and possibly their most considered space...
City Notes
In Milan’s ever-evolving Isola district, MOGO has arrived on the scene, offering a destination where music, mixology, and modern Japanese cuisine come together in a high-design setting that will have aesthetics addicts frothing at the mouth. A...
City Notes
Opening its doors in February 2025, Ned’s Club Washington, DC marks the second collaboration between Soho House’s luxury brand and the design and architecture experts at Stonehill Taylor. Set across the 9th to 12th floors of two historic...
City Notes
After a century spent as apartment residences, and following a meticulous two-year transformation, Hotel Granada reopened its Spanish Colonial archways to guests in August 2024. Located at 1302 West Peachtree Street NW, this 120-room property now...
Dispatches
In a country where club floors open with Buddhist chants and Ladyboys offer dawn alms in corsets and stilettos, Elizabeth Waterman has found a world of contradictions too vivid to ignore. Over the past three years, and across four extended trips,...
Dispatches
Hard water. It's one of those household nuisances everyone talks about, but what exactly is it, and why is it such a big deal? Essentially, hard water is water that contains high levels of dissolved minerals, primarily calcium and magnesium. These...
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For those designing the future, few accolades carry the weight of the A’ Design Award & Competition. With the submission period for the 2025—2026 edition well under way, this international juried competition calls on designers, innovators and...
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Running a business in Frisco means keeping your property clean and inviting, which includes tackling the risk of pests before they can cause problems. Frisco businesses stay bug‑free by partnering with local experts in Frisco pest control,...