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Street value
Keen to spark improvements in your immediate area? Here are some simple strategies for making your neighbourhood a pleasing place.
Quality of Life Survey: Metropolis now
You want a city that’s well run, delivers on life’s essentials and is fun too? This is our ranking of the top 25 in the world.
Editor’s letter
In stormy times, a crisis presents an opportunity to set a new course. Considering a move to Zürich, Hamburg or Fukuoka? Our editor weighs up the possibilities for a better quality of life.
Cities
The mayor of St Tropez is on a mission to reshape it, what smaller Chinese cities can offer young residents and taking a river dip in Portland, Oregon.
Expo: Time capsule
Built in 1939 by Hermann Herter, Zürich’s Strandbad Wollishofen remains a masterclass in municipal design — proof that a lakeside bathhouse can be both functional and utterly timeless.
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.
