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Monocle travel guide
This month’s tips for travellers include foodie havens in Jerusalem and Miami, and beautiful places to lay your head in Santiago, Copenhagen and the Italian countryside. We also profile Japan’s one-plane airline, Amakusa.
Nordic soul
Claus Meyer, writer, food campaigner and part-time vinegar maker, shows us his favourite food haunts around Frederiksberg, a unique municipality in the heart of the Danish capital.
Prime number
Nightclub mogul Marcos Campos wanted a more refined venue, asking architect Isay Weinfeld to help. With Numero, they have made an elegant lounge that is revolutionising nightlife for their fellow Paulistas.
Heir Ways
A thriving family-run airline, Kenmore Air has flown to the islands of the Pacific Northwest since it was founded in 1946.
Monocle travel guide
This month our selection of destinations includes a French countryside retreat, a Norwegian bakery on the Med, a New York-style café in Paris and an egg-obsessed restaurant in Singapore.
Andaz 5th Avenue
Hyatt’s latest boutique hotel, Andaz 5th Avenue, is a rare find: a friendly, relaxing NYC establishment where even locals can experience a fresh take on their city.
Home to roast
Seattle-born Cynthia Barcomi opened her Kreuzberg café in the 1990s. Now a local legend, she takes us on a tour of the district’s best bakeries and food shops.
Eat and be wary
Across Southeast Asia is a chain of restaurants where doll-like North Korean waitresses sing to diners. Is it a benign culinary business foray or something altogether more sinister?
Camogli
On the Ligurian coast, the fishing town of Camogli is attracting writers, artists and intellectuals. A traditional escape about 20km from Genoa, it’s set against a backdrop of olive-groved mountains.
John Pawson
From a Halifax childhood to Kyoto apprenticeships, the minimalist architect reflects on chance encounters, Japanese mentors and why simplicity, not decoration, has always been the point.
