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Travel and restaurants

The Opener

Musical trams in Zürich and a new race to the moon. Plus: where to stay for Art Basel.

Design

Turning heads

Sinister and mean, these plastic owls have become a global design success by doing one thing well: scaring the crap out of pigeons and other crop-raiding birds.

Affairs

Oceania

The fight for Sydney’s modern architectural heritage, plus New Zealand’s total war on non-native species.