Journal
Reports, analyses and features from all 195 countries - the journalism behind the journeys.
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Central Europe
Younger Than the People Walking Through Them
Warsaw, Dresden and Frankfurt each rebuilt what the war removed, and each did it for a different reason with the same technique. The conservation objection, the residents’ reply, and why the newest old town is interesting about something else.
ExplWorld Editorial4 min read
Analysis
Several Hundred Thousand People Optimised for the Same Thing
The same café has opened in every city on earth and nobody franchised it. A feedback loop with one fixed point — plus the case against the traveller’s complaint, and the thing that is genuinely being lost two streets away.
ExplWorld Editorial4 min read