Urbanism
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Apgujeong
Seoul is shaking off its reputation as an architectural eyesore, with the southern district of Apgujeong leading the charge. Discover its open-air cafés, boutiques and sought-after apartments near Dosan Park.
Star of India
We reveal why you should invest in Pune, India’s booming IT and industrial design centre. But beware: success is already putting strains on the city’s transport system and energy supply.
Observation
Readers demand a village edition, Lamb's Conduit Street shows why small streets matter, and Starbucks learns the hard way that community can't be franchised.
Summer of the siege
Two years after the war with Israel, another battle raged in Lebanon. As bullets flew, our correspondent recorded the rollercoaster of events from Beirut, where mojitos were still served amidst the crisis.
Leading the flock
In the first of a regular monthly series of international street profiles, we popped down to Lamb’s Conduit Street for a stroll, some tapas and a little retail reconnaissance.
Paris: global city
Blending diplomacy, urbanism and culture, Paris has become a hothouse for fresh thinking. We explore the city's turnaround and why we've made it our global city of the year.
Architecture
We toast the revamp of Finnish drinks chain Alko, Stockholm's waterfront gets switches on, plus a view to a thrill on Chile's coast.
Berlin: cultural city
Berlin's industry is defunct, but abandoned warehouses now house galleries and studios leading the European avant-garde. Monocle salutes our culture capital winner and asks: can the city's energetic creatives thrive?
Europe
Finns aren't what they used to be - the rise of the Nordic suburbs; fighting crime in Stockholm and hitting new lows on the Milanese high street.
Madrid: business city
Though lacking London's financial might, Madrid is our business city choice. It's an Iberian hub of opportunity, a gateway to Latin America, and courts start-ups with its sunny quality of life.
