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Die 15-Minuten-Stadt wird zur Volksbewegung – auch im Dorfformat
Lifestyle

Welcome to a better way of living

Mellac, in northwestern France, is not a major name on the Brittany tourist trail. With a population of just over 3000 souls, the village is hardly bustling. But it is part of a quiet global revolution to re-shape the way we're living. A new movement - to establish Fifteen Minute Cities -...
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Frau in Stadt: Warum der Sound der Städte so fasziniert
Lifestyle

The urban soundtrack fascinates through the ages

Can you hear the chatter of passersby, or the ringing of church bells, or the whisper of the wind down the avenues? These might be sounds you rarely notice: only 10% of us actually listen effectively, hardly surprising on a planet filled with podcasts and cordless earbuds. Yet if you do, you...
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Schloss Vaduz
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Uncovered: Five misconceptions about Liechtenstein

Whether or not something is exotic depends on the context. For example, when Liechtenstein citizens travel abroad, they are used to being considered exotic. When they tell people where they come from, the revelation is often met with surprise and delight, and a whole series of questions that...
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Weinbauer
Lifestyle

Organic wine: From niche to trendsetter

Organic wines are becoming increasingly popular thanks to their greater vibrancy and stronger character and soul, says the head of the Princely Wine Cellars in a conversation.
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Comic
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How to respond to uncertainty and fear

Inflation, pandemics, wars – catastrophes are beyond our control. How we respond to them, however, is not. We have to learn to deal with uncertainty.
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Blauer Zug
Lifestyle

The art of slow travel

Out with checklist tourism, or the manic race in pursuit of the Instagrammable: Slow travel is real travel. An art to rediscover.
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Crypto punks
Lifestyle

Non-Fungible Tokens Craze: NFTs are causing speculative fever

If the catchword for NFTs in 2021 was FOMO (fear of missing out), then 2022 is shaping up to look more like BAYP: buy at your peril. Unless you have been living under a rock for the past 12 months, you’ve probably heard about the non-fungible tokens craze. The much talked about yet little...
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Original or forgery
Lifestyle

Original or forgery? The science of art

In 1930 the physicist C V Raman won India's first Nobel Prize for his work on the scattering of light. How surprised he would be to find that in the 21st century the spectroscope that bears his name is routinely used to help identify forgeries or misattributions in the work of great artists...
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Stefan Tscheppe
Lifestyle

Becoming a wine connoisseur in a thousand steps: "No shortcuts, no secrets"

Stefan Tscheppe laughs a lot in conversation. Wine is his life, so he is only too happy to talk about how to choose the right wine, and what distinguishes it from the wrong wine. Wine should be “celebrated”, it must be treated as more than “just a drink,” he explains. “You don’t have to wait...
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