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The coast is cleared
Is your country too small? Make it bigger. Monocle reports from Singapore and the Netherlands, where nations are reclaiming record amounts of land from the sea to expand their territory and house growing populations.
Barrio Lastarria
Santiago, Chile is getting better with age. The city's spirit is embodied in a booming gourmet scene, thriving theatre and a friendly attitude towards foreigners, shaking off its parochial past.
Isle be back
Japan's Okinawa prefecture is experiencing a renaissance. Companies large and small are capitalising on its relaxed, affordable lifestyle, great beaches and warm climate, with the city of Naha leading the way.
Up for adoption
From Germany’s power-generating homeowners to Genoa’s congestion-cutting van-share scheme and Estonia’s booming flat tax economy, here are 10 public policy initiatives that ministers and mayors should study with care.
Observation
How often do you plot what your perfect day would look and feel like, or think about what would improve the way you cross towns, country and continents? I do it all the time.
Fight or flight
The future of Berlin’s Tempelhof airport is uncertain. As campaigners mount a final bid to rescue the symbolic site, its salvation could be the rising number of executive jets.
Saint-Henri
Montréal’s distinctive cultural mix, fine architecture and liberal sensibility has made it Canada’s most desirable city (though Vancouverites may say otherwise). Its Saint-Henri neighbourhood is becoming especially attractive for home hunters.
Asia
Michelin judges Tokyo a gourmet's delight, Taiwan's weapons programme, and the beautification of Seoul.
Buried treasure
Tadao Ando is one of the world’s most respected architects. Working against Japan’s ‘rip down and rebuild’ policy, he is now burying structures and wondering if architects should stop creating new buildings.
Charm offensive
Tokyo may be peaceful, but its governor is certainly not. In a candid interview, Shintaro Ishihara explains his views on his city’s traffic, its modern appearance and Japan's kamikaze pilots.
