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The world’s most liveable cities: part one

Monocle’s 15th annual Quality of Life Survey charts 25 outposts on the up and ranks the best places to put down roots. Did your city make the cut?
The world’s most liveable cities: part two

Monocle’s 15th annual Quality of Life Survey charts 25 outposts on the up and ranks the best places to put down roots. Did your city make the cut?
Pursuits of happiness

Whether it’s walking, drawing or playing tennis (badly), six writers and artists share their thoughts on the things that bring them joy.
Meeting in the middle

Long the first stop for migrants coming into the US, Miami is now bursting at the seams with New Yorkers heading south for the city’s sunshine, music and burgeoning technology scene.
Cities, slicker

Neglected industrial parts of cities, from Rome to Istanbul, are in the throes of thrilling regeneration.
Talking point

Learning a language opens up the world but studying in a classroom can feel dull. Why not throw aperitivos and K-pop ballads into the mix? We immerse ourselves in schools with a novel approach to the business of teaching.
Sea change

A staple of the Spanish coastline is in the balance. We meet the people behind Formentera’s chiringuitos.
Read all about it

There’s a bookshop boom in Malaysia aided by unconventional business models and pandemic-changed reading habits.
Strawberry yields

In a warehouse outside Jersey City, a Japanese-flavoured start-up is growing berries so coveted that people happily pay $50 for a bowlful. Is this vertical farming’s first luxury brand?
Different beat

Portugal is a recording mecca for acts from across the Lusophone world. But can it export its stars?
Follow your art

Away from the French capital, creatives head to the Med for a slower, more affordable way of life.
Screen time

Far from the bustling, buzzing multiplexes, with their packed screenings and sprawling footprints, these small cinemas offer their own unique ways of watching a movie – and being part of a city’s culture and community.
Artistic intake

From a sculpture park to record shops, these are the cultural hotspots to hit this summer.
Summer’s soundtrack

Monocle’s senior culture correspondent has fashioned the ultimate holiday playlist full of fresh releases and timeless classics.
Force of nature

Italy’s leading landscape designer Pietro Porcinai, who brought modernism to traditional gardens, was passionate about the importance of nature in design and ensuring that greenery was part of any built environment. His legacy is more pertinent than ever.
Best in town

From architects to street-lighting experts, these firms are keeping our cities liveable.
In plain sight

A sensitive city hall revamp opens up this storied building to foster dialogue and democracy.
Keep cool

In the island sun sits an innovative new apartment block that could reshape the city’s design ambitions.
The new wave

Surfwear, footwear, city shorts and relaxed shirts – summer holidays are all about breezy, effortless dressing. From Bali to Brazil, we’ve found the new generation of retailers selling the best summery brands.
Pack it in

Pop some sturdy sandals, no-nonsense trunks and cool stripes into your holdall and you’re away. Just add a crisp white for the cooler box (and don’t forget the corkscrew).
Ebb and flow

The Canal St Martin offers a chance to contemplate. And when Paris empties in summer, you’ll have it all to yourself. Get comfy, stay cool and head to the water.

Make my day 10: A diddy drink / Porto

Cold comfort

A diddy drink that’ll stay cool no matter how high the mercury rises.

Founded near Porto in 1927, Super Bock is a Portuguese brewery which knows that less is sometimes more. Its miniature 200ml brown-glass bottles are a perfect summer staple for beaches, picnics and terraces as they stay cold longer than their larger cousins. It’s the same idea as the smaller schooner glass used in Australia (a pint would get too hot) but rather cuter in execution. Now, a toast to the warm weather and keeping cool as the mercury rises.

Photographer: Rodrigo Cardoso

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The world’s most liveable cities: part one

The world’s most liveable cities: part two

Pursuits of happiness

Meeting in the middle

Cities, slicker

Talking point

Sea change

Read all about it

Strawberry yields

Different beat

Follow your art

Screen time

Artistic intake

Summer’s soundtrack

Force of nature

Best in town

In plain sight

Keep cool

The new wave

Pack it in

Ebb and flow

Urban upswing

Changing tides

New kids in town

Southern style

Local flavour

Taking to the waters

Sleep easy

Let’s go outside

Checking in

Now hear this

Cold comfort

25 things to make you happy

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