We have scoured the capital for experts, virtuosos and old hands in the realms of retail and repair. The 61 entries are spread across the city, a maker of rubberwear in Richmond, carpet mender in Woolwich, architectural ironmonger on City Road, formalwear-for-hire in Chelsea.[...]
This guide is a gentle introduction to London on two wheels through four routes planned by our friends at tokyobike. It is intended for the amateur cyclist or even the hardened commuter in search of a tranquil alternative. The recommended routes take in interesting shops and sights while avoiding th[...]
This is a guide to the New York you've always wanted to see but feared might have disappeared for good. It depicts a city of Edward Hopper diners and down-at-heel dive bars, overstocked grocery stores and mountainous pastrami sandwiches. From Patsy's Pizzeria in Harlem, to the Nom Wah Tea Parlor in [...]
No one guide can hope to encompass Chicago's manifold delights. With these 44 entries, we explore aspects of a city we love: dimly-lit bars, Puerto Rican sandwiches, hot dogs with duck fat fries, Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, Chess Records and the 1893 World's Fair's earthly remains. It is merely[...]
An ideal Austin companion to the Texas state; well-versed in the city's history and cultural attractions, it also has an eye to the wild side of life. The 49 entries encompass Tex-Mex restaurants and German beer halls, honky-tonks and cemeteries, record shops and natural springs. And there's barbecu[...]
"The publishing world's great beasts have long roamed this small island, dispensing bon mots and acerbic one-liners, cluttering the bars and occasionally running afoul of the law. Our cast of characters includes some of Big Apple's most gifted word-slingers - Dorothy Parker, Damon Runyon, Norman Mai[...]
Nestled in the damp, verdant and wildly beautiful Pacific Northwest, Portland has it all - nature, a thriving food and drink scene, and plenty of small businesses. This guide has what you need to find the best of the city and its restaurants, food trucks, coffee shops and bars, museums, bookshops an[...]
In this map we select 32 things to do in the city of light, none of which involve sharing a bottle of wine, eating bread and cheese on the banks of the Seine, or wandering arm in arm with your loved one. In fact, loved ones do not figure at all, this is a guide for the solo traveler and our suggesti[...]
We have returned from the city of light with another guide to its numerous delights and distractions. The map takes in lingerie, ballet pumps and macaroons; there are belle epoque restaurants, opulent cinemas and beatnik bookshops. In other words, Paris For Pleasure-Seekers contains sensual delights[...]
Exploring is all well and good, but sometimes we need to take it easy. With this map we stroll the narrow streets of Barcelona, stopping for an invigorating glass of cava and to pick up pinxtos when we get peckish. We take in the extraordinary Museu Frederic Mares, a couple of markets and the beach.[...]
Here is the essential companion for those in search of la dolce vita. The itinerary includes good food, strong coffee, interesting shops and plenty of strolling the city's beautiful streets. There are clothes shops, restaurants, a cemetery and galleries and special sections on ice cream and fountain[...]
Berlin is a city where the oddball can thrive, yet it retains distinctive and appealing German characteristics: for all its bohemian spirit, it is orderly, efficient, cultured. In this guide you can find beautiful parks, wonderful bread, elegant stationery, intoxicating drinks and excellent coffee, [...]
Allow us to introduce you to our Amsterdam; a beautiful city rising out of murky waters, a place untrammelled by stag parties or red-eyed tourists, where small businesses old and new can rely on the patronage of an open-minded population. There are 43 entries on this map, from a stall selling fresh [...]
There are 36 entries in the guide to the Swedish capital, incorporating our usual range of interests: good food and coffee, cultural pursuits and shops. There's Biologika Museet, a 19th-century natural history museum of staggering strangeness, rainwear from Stutterheim, salty caramel from Parlans Ko[...]
You will not go hungry in Melbourne, of that we are certain. This energetic city at the southeastern edge of the Australian continent offers food and drink of unmatchable quality and variety. The casual approach of its restaurants, bars and cafes and its spirit of invention ripple across oceans, int[...]
Few writers are as inextricably linked with a city as Raymond Chandler and Los Angeles. The neon-lit streets, mobbed-up joints and seedy rooming houses portrayed in his fiction were real places, familiar to Angelenos of the time, and in some cases recognisable today. This is a guide to the world of [...]
At last, our various guides to the pleasures of New York collected in one handy set. Each of the six fold-out travelogues within highlights a different aspect of the city that never sleeps, taking in the full variety of sights and experiences that this most thrilling metropolis offers. Contents: How[...]
Vad kom först, telefonen eller glödlampan? Vem är egentligen störst, King Kong eller Godzilla? Vilket av jordens innanhav är djupast, vilket djur springer snabbast och vilket flyger högst?
Det är alltid kul att kunna lägga ut texten lite och berätta hur det verkligen ligger till,[...]