A man, a bicycle, plenty of adventure and fun: This account of a cycling tour from Amsterdam to Singapore is a joy to read and a thing of beauty.
For kids: Surprising facts and great stories about New York (here), Paris and London.
Caffeine fix! The top 150 baristas and coffee experts recommend 600 coffeeshops in 50 countries.
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Like taking pictures related to flying? Send your best photo to LHmagazin@territory with “skyfie” in the subject line and every month, we’ll publish our favorite right here.
A lucky charm for Buddhists, for this Stella McCartney bag, a stylish goldfish.
Talismanic: a metal dragon pendant on a chain of ribbed beads by Hermès.
A 100-percent merino wool sweater by Moschino with a good-luck troll on the front.
20 I 20 by J.F. Schwarzlose Berlin is a feel-good scent for a brand-new decade.
Edward Hopper, Railroad Sunset, 1932-1942, oil on canvas, 112 x 103 cm
©Edward Hopper (1882–1967) is a master of American Realism. Some 60 pieces of his are showing at the Fondation Beyeler art museum in Basel, Switzerland.
My favorite photo I met these schoolboys in Childara, a mountain village 200 kilometers or so east of Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. When I held up my camera questioningly, the international way of saying “May I take your picture?” they agreed, although shyly at first.
