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Travel and restaurants

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Whether you’d plump for an oasis of calm in Cuba or a remarkable fjord-side conversion in Norway, we’ve got your getaway plan covered.

  • Issue #130
  • 5 min read
Tropical courtyard seating area with wooden furniture, plants, and string lights at Gardens hotel in Havana
Urbanism

Artist studios: changing spaces

The affordability of artists’ studios is a good judge of cultural quality of life. We visit Havana, Hong Kong and Leipzig, three cities where vibrant life meets cheap space to forge creative success.

  • Issue #95
  • 16 min read
Artist studios
Politics

Let’s talk

Where there’s a will, there’s a Norway. Oslo’s peace and reconciliation unit is involved in 20 global projects, including bringing the Colombian government and Farc rebels to the negotiating table.

  • Issue #66
  • 16 min read
Let’s talk
Culture

Space to think

From modernist Havana to cutting-edge New York and rural England, we explore how art, music and philosophy are being taught in spaces that mirror their subjects.

  • Issue #66
  • 7 min read
Space to think
Business

Buena Vista golf club

Cuba hopes to revive its economy by opening up to tourism, approving a string of new golf resorts. But how can the country develop without diluting its character? Monocle has the story.

  • Issue #46
  • 9 min read
Pool deck at the Hotel Saratoga
Affairs

The power of five

We've made room for five cities close to our editors’ hearts. From blossoming tech hubs to burgeoning design capitals, you’ll be hearing more from these up-and-coming urban centres very soon.

  • Issue #55
  • 1 min read
The power of five
Affairs

Diplomacy

We meet José Luís Robaína García, Cuba's ambassador to New Zealand, for our new series on diplomacy. We also look at the 'diplomatic pouch', the quaint method of shipping secret documents.

  • Issue #43
  • 9 min read
Our man from Havanna

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