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Chapter 1
Vienna’s Department 48 sets up shop
Vienna’s refuse collectors are running two shops selling items salvaged from their collection system.
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Chapter 2
Ad-free transport in the Balkans
The mayors of Belgrade and Zagreb have decreed that public transport will no longer be adorned by adverts, hoping to spare our eyes of excessive visual pollution. What’s behind the ban?
8 minutes
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Chapter 3
Istanbul’s ‘eskici’
‘Eskici’ roughly translates to peddlers of old things. They trail their carts all around the city, collecting unwanted clothes, books and trinkets that residents want to get rid of.
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