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A new instand-image camera from Japan, an independent Berlin magazine and bookstore with a top selection, and DIY e-books in Japan.
Neukölln
A quiet yet vibrant neighbourhood bordered by the Landwehr canal, northern Neukölln now attracts international creative types who are looking for local colour, generous space and cultural diversity.
Home to roast
Seattle-born Cynthia Barcomi opened her Kreuzberg café in the 1990s. Now a local legend, she takes us on a tour of the district’s best bakeries and food shops.
Five urban escapes
Cities from Tokyo to Turin work because when you you really need to get away, they have rural, beach or mountain retreats on the doorstep. Here are five urbanite playgrounds.
Observation
An alluring first impression or a tempting parting glance? For Tyler Brûlé it was the latter, sparking dreams of relocating Monocle to Berlin and finding a perfect summer retreat in the German capital.
Good buy to Berlin
Stray off Berlin Mitte’s well-trodden tourist route to find the charming Gipsstrasse. Full of independent shops, ateliers, galleries and cafés, it should be a template for the rest of the capital.
Berlin: cultural city
Berlin's industry is defunct, but abandoned warehouses now house galleries and studios leading the European avant-garde. Monocle salutes our culture capital winner and asks: can the city's energetic creatives thrive?
Health visitors
Affluent Arabs are increasingly choosing Germany’s private clinics for medical treatment. With patients spending an estimated €80,000 per stay, competition among German hospitals to attract these medical tourists is fierce.
Wurst is best
Angelika Taschen has given more established book publishers a run for their money and turned the sexy and subversive Taschen Books into a global powerhouse. She chooses simple wurst for her last meal.
Reality bites
German artist Thomas Demand is known for his extraordinary lifelike model sets. We meet him at Berlin’s Cantamaggio, where he dines regularly as he cannot cook and loves the ritual of a good meal.
