Hotels
Located in Frankfurt’s historical Alt-Sachsenhausen, LIBERTINE LINDENBERG is a place of contrasts; sun and shadow complementing each other throughout a divine series of spaces designed by Studio Kathi Kaeppel. A subscriber to the shareconomy...
Eating Out
The guys behind Louis Pretty, Berlin, sure have chutzpah — brothers James and David Ardinast, and Oskar Melzer, having assembled what can only be described as a 'mob' of German restaurants. The trio's family business has its ties in...
Eating Out
Berlin Mitte's latest interior design and food heaven has been around since July 2015, and is inexplicably still a hidden champ. BUCHHOLZBERLIN and the owner behind Lokal — one of the neighbourhood's favourite eateries — have teamed up ... the...
Art & Culture
Johann König is what you call a forerunner among the young savages of the art scene. König opened his first gallery at the age of 21, back in 2002. A good decade on, and he counts among the champions in the gallery business, and has found a...
Art & Culture
In a city so often celebrated as a hub of creative minds, you're naturally spoilt with galleries, project spaces, museums around each corner. One that overshadows many is the C/O gallery at Zoologischer Garten. Jean Seberg with Rainbow, 2010,...
Eating Out
Distrikt Coffee gives that oldie but goodie 'hidden gem' a whole new meaning: hiding a good 10-minute walk away from the nearest train station, off the beaten tracks of Mitte's busy Torstraße. In a city where there's never a shortage of spots to...
Eating Out
Katz Orange is one of the Mitte's pioneering restaurants that requires directions more than simply an address. Once through the mousy archway, Katz Orange awaits its guests with an imposing Neo-Gothic façade; a former brewery building that dates...
Eating Out
Dominating the Düsseldorf skyline since the 1960s, 94 metre-high Dreischeibenhaus is a listed office block with a place in the hearts of the city's people; a glistening example of post-war modernist international style. Undergoing a recent...
Art & Culture
Giving shelter from air raids to thousands of citizens during the Second World War, to a poster child for Berlin's contemporary art scene: ad exec Christian Boros and his wife Karen, an art historian, bought the former bunker in 2003 — having a...
Culture
Berlin-based artists Nico Roscher and James Brook founded Cake Studios in the north of Berlin, in the up-and-coming district of Wedding; a slow but sure rise in living expenses seeing the creative caravan moving from Neukölln to...
Bars & Nightlife
All is not quite as it seems at Bar Zentral in Berlin's 'old West'; designers Hidden Fortress (in collaboration with architect Collignon Architektur) subtly subverting the standard approach to high-end cocktail bars. Sebastian Mathow and Torsten...
Shopping
What was originally planned as solely a store evolved into Berlin’s go-to community space; combining lunchroom, general store and meeting point in a handsome former post office. A result of growing disillusioned with the online and...
City Notes
Chefs Karina Mejía and Israel Montero combine the tradition of Provençal cuisine with the soul and passion of Mexico in Saint Jacques Bistrot, their new gastronomic spot in the capital city's affluent Polanco neighbourhood. Allowing diners to...
City Notes
Located next door to Hotel Wilmina, which is housed in a former Berlin-Charlottenburg women's prison, Lotta Tagesbar has opened its doors, the café cum deli and bar designed by the same team behind Wilmina and serving an exquisite menu of healthy...
City Notes
With an enviable seafront location close to Barcelona and its airport, and having undergone a recent refurbishment, AC Hotel Gavà Mar is a 69-room hotel that is ideal for the business traveller, but also a surprising destination for the discerning...
City Notes
With interiors inspired by the Art Deco of Palm Beach County in Miami, and serving delicious ice cream on a newly pedestrianised street just off Barcelona's renowned Passeig de Gràcia, Amiko is not simply a 'heladería', rather it's a sensory...
Dispatches
Minimalism and elegance, too, are gaining fast as popular choices for serene, sophisticated interiors. Simplicity, clean lines, and curative approaches to decor are all that these two styles are made of, bringing home really calm and clarity within...
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Finding the best Botox experts in Toronto can feel overwhelming, given the many options available. To focus your search, consider professionals with extensive experience and positive client reviews. A key step in identifying top specialists is...
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Wellness Trends for 2025: A series of posts designed to uncover the most progressive concepts in wellness for the year ahead. Number Eight: Restorative Home Design. In the pursuit of wellness, many people are turning their attention homeward....
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Austin’s housing market has seen a significant boom in recent years, with many homeowners looking to boost their property’s value through home improvement projects. In a city where home prices continue to rise, updating key areas of a property,...