22 March 2023
Episode 3
30 minutes
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Petri Burtsoff takes us on a dining tour of Helsinki’s bohemian neighbourhood of Punavuori, Tom Webb guides us through ski season without skis in St Moritz and Charlotte McDonald-Gibson takes us for a ride through the ever-expanding world of Europe’s night trains. Plus: the latest travel news from Alex Wix.
22 March 2023
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We walk you through Monocle’s favourite culinary districts. This week, we dispatch our Helsinki correspondent Petri Burtsoff to discover what the vibrant neighbourhood of Punavuori has to offer. He was joined by Kenneth Nars, a local food writer and entrepreneur.
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