Lifestyle & Culture
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1.7KCarla Bastos’ Greener Pastures, Pt. 6: Life is short, so find the place that feeds your soul
(Editor’s note: This is Pt. 6 – and the final installment – in a continuing series of posts about Carla Bastos’ efforts to...
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1.3KStephen Heiner in Paris: We have new bike infrastructure; now we need a new mindset
(Editor’s note: This is Pt. 2 of a two-part series on Paris’s transformation into a bike city. In Pt. 1 Stephen looked...
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1.6KStephen Heiner in France: How Paris quietly became a bike city, Pt. 1
(Editor’s note: This post about how Paris became a bike city originally appeared on The American In Paris blog. It’s reposted here...
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1.6KTerry Boyd: More lockdowns will imperil Europe’s economies … and play right into the hands of anti-vaxxers and the Far Right
(Author’s note: As feared, a new round of lockdowns right at Christmas is happening across Europe including in the Netherlands. You can...
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2.1KMónica Da Silva in Lisbon: Go north or south, and you’ll find great kitesurfing in Portugal (updated)
(Editor’s note: Due to editor’s error, the original version of this post about kitesurfing destinations in Portugal omitted Algarve Watersports, the oldest...
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2.1KSarah Nagaty in Lisbon: My day trip to Óbidos Vila Natal, Portugal’s most popular Christmas market that expats overlook
From the beginning of December to 2 January, the beautiful medieval town Óbidos becomes covered in Christmas lights. The Christmas spirit is...
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1.5KSarah Nagaty in Lisbon: Today, I’m posting about Dispatches for Dispatches, and about the freedom to write about what matters
(Editor’s note: Sarah Nagaty is Dispatches’ most versatile contributor, writing about everything from clubbing to Lisbon’s latest promising tech startups. If you’re...
