01Titanium Tower, Santiago, one of the tallest towers in Latin America
02Torres del Paine in Patagonia
03BHP Billiton’s Spence Copper mine in northern Chile
04Solovki monastery on the White Sea
05The southern hi-tech industry area
06Haifa and its port
07Ron Carmel, manager of a banquet hall
08Café in Carmel academic centre
09Haifa’s mayor, Yona Yahav
10Maxwell restaurant
11Staff in Alpenstück bakery
12New apartments in Gartenstrasse
13Christian Wegerhoff of Mediaworx
14Staff at magazine ‘Electronic Beats’
15Coffee time at Simdi Café
16Ugur Bekdemir, owner of Asmalimescit Art Gallery
17Simdi Cafe
18Asmalimescit Street
Chile, the Barents Sea, Haifa, a soon-to-be gentrified Berlin neighbourhood and a happening street in Istanbul. Monocle explains why these are the places to watch for business opportunities in 2011. Plus, what’s in store for Baghdad and the countries rising up the GDP scale.
Issue 2
Bremen has always been an independent, outward-looking city, but that didn’t help it when the port’s traditional shipbuilding trade went into decline. Now the city has reinvented itself as a hi-tech hub. With low rents, a…
Issue 61
This Tennessee city used to be known for its smog and stench. However, Chattanooga has cleaned up its act, establishing itself as an emerging technology hub and the home of Volkswagen’s only US factory. How did that happen…
Issue 31
Thanks to a strong leader, oil discoveries, new direct flights to Europe and a prime-time drama set in St John’s, it’s boom time for this Canadian province, leading everyone from Norwegian engineers to New York art direc…
Issue 10
The poorest prefecture in Japan, Okinawa, in the far south of the country, is experiencing a renaissance as companies large and small capitalise on its relaxed, affordable lifestyle, great beaches and warm climate. And the…
Issue 9
Global forecasting requires an expert view, so we called on four leading thinkers for a considered analysis of the future: Michael Axworthy, former head of the Iran section at the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office,…
Issue 42
Overhauling a business can go two ways: it either backfires badly – BA and Coca-Cola know how that feels – or it radically improves profits. Monocle meets 10 businesses taking the gamble and suggests 10 industries in need…
Issue 12
George Town, on the Malaysian island of Penang, was a colonial trading hub but after the Second World War it lost out to Hong Kong and Singapore. Now its faded Art Deco villas and relaxed pace of life are luring a new…
Issue 21
Why vineyards could be a wise investment, the pioneering Japanese store Lawson, and a Q&A with the president of the Geneva Motor Show.
Issue 40
Ireland has had a disastrous recession. But the erstwhile Celtic Tiger is licking its wounds and there are signs that the lessons of the past 10 years have been learnt by businesses willing to seize the opportunity for a…
Issue 54
The people of Yogyakarta are a contented lot and they have good reason. The city is not only the cultural heart of Java but thanks to leaders who have stamped out corruption, it’s a vibrant business centre too.
Issue 54
Roof farming in Hawaii, mink farming in Denmark, coffee currency in the US and shopping addiction in Lebanon.
Issue 51
Urban farming in Chicago, Zimbabwe's women security guards and Japan's eco-billboards
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