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Expo 45: Seoul
Many cities claim to be 24-hour party places but nowhere is a hedonists’ dream quite like Seoul. A dizzying mix of people, lights, traffic and consumption, this is the South Korean capital's great appeal.
Expo 45: Kagoshima
Far from Tokyo, this distinct, defiant city is so unsung even the Japanese are hardly aware of it. And if you think the view across the Bay of Naples is spectacular…
Africa/Middle East
Beirut's first street atlas creates order out of chaos, Nairobi gets an airport "bush hotel" and Lagos motorists get some hi-tech help to avoid traffic.
Leopoldstadt
Vienna's Karmeliterviertel was once a Jewish enclave but fell into disrepair post-war. Now, thanks to creative energy and smart city planning, the historic Leopoldstadt neighbourhood is experiencing a remarkable boom.
Monocle travel guide
Spend a week at Franco Zeffirelli’s former Positano hang-out, dine in country-house grandeur in Paris or uncork a bottle in a Buenos Aires wine hotel with Monocle’s latest travel round-up.
Atlantic wings
From running mercy flights for volcano survivors in the 1950s to transporting today’s Portuguese football stars, the Azores’ airline SATA has soared above its island birthplace.
Matthew Evans
Successful chef and food critic Matthew Evans gave it all up to move to Hobart and run a farm. For Evans, it’s all about eating and drinking local produce, as he shows Monocle.
Rock solid
Brazilian hotelier Rogério Fasano’s latest creation is set among the rocky pampas of Uruguay. And the secret of his success? A creatively inspiring working relationship with designer Isay Weinfeld.
Monocle travel guide
Avant-garde dining in an Athens art gallery, designer apartments in the Bavarian mountains, whale-sighting off the unspoilt Tasmanian coast – explorations to savour in this month’s Monocle travel round-up.
Flemish flair
Monocle samples the Belgian city’s top food and drink haunts with a renowned local wine expert.
