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Media

Comment: Norway

The stories you should be paying attention to – and the ones you might have missed.

  • Issue #149
  • 4 min read
Illustration of a contemplative figure overlooking a small town nestled in green hills with digital communication bubbles
Society

Call of the wild

In the rugged wilderness of Alaska, people can easily become lost. Thankfully, a trusty pack of dogs and their human handlers are ready to help should something go awry.

  • Issue #149
  • 3 min read
Group of Alaska Search and Rescue Dogs volunteers with their canine partners posing on snowy wooden fence
Affairs

Athens: urban inspiration

Athenians have a knack for injecting pockets of greenery and a sense of innovation into their ancient city. Their urban interventions are aimed at cooling down this dense metropolis and safeguarding its sacred sights…

  • Film
  • 2 min watch
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Urbanism

Cities

Hong Kong's West Kowloon transforms neglected reclaimed land into the world's largest cultural district, featuring 17 venues across a 23-hectare waterfront park designed by Foster + Partners.

  • Issue #146
  • 4 min read
Colourful library building facade with a grid of pastel tiles and pink door.
Music

Observation: Group therapy

The fanatical followers of Hong Kong boy band Mirror reflect the troubled city’s yearning for some homegrown positivity and pride.

  • Issue #146
  • 4 min read
Observation: Group therapy
Society

Residents elect

As members of one of Denmark’s largest housing co-operatives, the occupants of one cobbled Copenhagen thoroughfare are a community in control. We meet the neighbours in Nørrebro.

  • Issue #146
  • 1 min read
Residents elect
Culture

Sand guard

What kind of beachgoer are you? Get ready for the return of the shadebathers, bodies in fine mahogany, supercharged nubile flirters and blatant naturists at a coast near you this summer.

  • Issue #145
  • 4 min read
Sand guard

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