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Christmas shopping in Helsinki
The first stop-off in our three-part sleigh tour brings us to the Finnish capital for festive finery.
Perfect setting
Laying on a spread this Christmas? Luminaries from the worlds of design, hospitality and diplomacy reveal what makes a terrific table.
Food & drink
The best in drinking and dining, from a Sydney stop-in to a Chicago canteen and Athenian deli.
Business
A new emporium for Japanese crafts in Singapore, a Czech glassware company gets a brand revamp and which countries spend the most on Christmas.
Ronald Akili
The entrepreneur behind hospitality brand Potato Head remembers returning empty-handed from hunting wild boar and his grandmother cooking huge family dinners of spicy Manado food in his youth.
Christmas shopping in Boston
Forget New York and LA, this East Coast city has some of the best shopping outposts in the US and is the perfect place to pick up a few yuletide favourites.
Winter warmers
Christmas markets are a regular fixture of the festive season – but in Mitteleuropa they’re also big business.
Bottoms up
For Christmas and New Year, indulge in a festive cocktail or fine wine. We’ve asked the experts for their favourite tipples and star concoctions to enjoy this season.
San Francisco: The Monocle Travel Guide
This energetic city perched on its Pacific peninsula still serves a healthy dose of Californian cool. Monocle’s travel guide will help you navigate its precipitous slopes and go from forward-thinking retailers to the cosiest…
The undiscovered
We head to a quiet fishing village whose traditions are attracting tourists looking for respite from the Algarve’s mass-appeal destinations.
