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Christmas shopping in Boston

16 November 2017

Forget New York and Los Angeles, this East Coast city features some of the best shopping outposts in the US and is the perfect place in which to pick up a few yuletide favourites.

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The future of Berlin’s Tempelhof airport is up in the air. Due for closure next year, campaigners are mounting one final bid to rescue this hugely symbolic airport that played starring roles in the Second World War and the…

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01 - Munich

17 June 2007

After much tyre-kicking, data-sifting and deliberation, Munich emerged as Monocle’s most liveable city in the world. A winning combination of investment in infrastructure, high-quality housing, low crime, liberal politics…

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The big thaw

17 September 2007

In the second part of our series looking at the scramble for resources and power in the Arctic, Monocle travels to Greenland. Despite the melting ice threatening traditional Inuit life, some of its people are also surpri…

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Back on track

17 June 2007

Tram and urban light-rail projects are booming as cities turn their backs on car culture. Bombardier is the global leader in the field and provides stock to such places as Stockholm, Geneva and Brussels. We met its pres…

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Fort Point Channel

16 February 2012

The Boston Society of Architects has moved in as have media companies, restaurateurs and developers. The red-brick warehouse-style lofts provide creative living and the rest of Boston is on the doorstep.

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The Urbanist - Tall Stories 335: The Hancock, Boston

28 November 2022

Jessica Bridger tells us the story of a beloved and iconic feature of the Boston skyline.

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Track race

17 October 2008

In the next two years, Spain aims to have the world’s largest high-speed network. Monocle meets the man in charge, then heads off to the Berlin rail trade fair, where the Russian market is causing all the excitement.

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Making tracks

20 May 2015

An innate understanding of runners and their needs paired with a keen eye for design means new Boston athletic brand Tracksmith is going places – fast.

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Observation

18 February 2010

Where did the past 36 months go? Our editor in chief Tyler Brûlé surveys the editorial floor on the eve of our third birthday.

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Americas

20 June 2019

Housing in Boston gets dense, Bogotá transport takes to the skies and a book reconsiders the suburbs.

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Business

17 November 2011

Taking home-cooking to Singaporeans, tying the knot in Cyprus, making kangaroo-hide sneakers Down Under, and other business news and happenings.

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Life as art

15 September 2011

Renowned textile artist Kay Sekimachi has lived in her California home for over 50 years. And while it may not say much on the outside, indoors it’s a warm celebration of furniture and fabrics in which life very much imi…

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Expo no. 84: Freight of your life

20 May 2015

It might be a panda en route to a zoo or cashmere jumpers heading for Beijing or Boston. But regardless of value there is a good chance it is going to be shipped through Hong Kong International Airport’s cargo hub.

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The Globalist, episode 80

17 February 2012

How Syria’s neighbours can end the current violence, Al Jazeera’s perception in the US, and a check in with our man in Boston.

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The Monocle Daily, episode 386

22 April 2013

The latest on the terrorist plot unveiled in Canada, we ask whether the Boston bombing will have serious effects for Chechnya, and go through the headlines from the Asian papers.