GreeceLatest storyLeather as a Voice: Thessaloniki Artist Demis on Corsets, Fetish Wear and His CityDemis is a leather artist and fashion designer born and raised in Thessaloniki. He has sewn since the age of seven and today runs My Leather Studio, where he makes corsets, bags and fetish pieces for men, along with a darkwear line. He works exclusively with calf leather and has clients in Greece, Germany and Sweden.
Denmark“The Institution Should Adapt to the Art, Not the Other Way Around”: Marie Laurberg on Copenhagen Contemporary and Where to See Art in the City
Marie Laurberg is the director of Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhagen’s international art centre for installation art, housed in a former shipyard welding hall on Refshaleøen. She took up the role in 2022, after two decades as a curator and head of exhibitions at ARKEN and the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.
Martin Ehmele is a Vienna-based floral artist and the founder of Botanical Vandalism, which turns flowers into sculptural objects and installations for brands, creative agencies and private clients. Originally from Ravensburg in southern Germany, he came to flowers from content creation and visual storytelling. Instagram: @botanicalvandalism · @martinehmele
Joe Vuong is the founder of Softer Volumes, a design and travel publication based in Australia. Softer Volumes publishes books on designer cafés, aesthetic hotels and bars, as well as a growing series of city guides. An entrepreneur who has started several businesses, he travels constantly in search of well-designed places. Instagram: @softervolumes
SwedenThe Dress Makes the Man: Fredrik Robertsson on Couture, Courage and His Stockholm
Fredrik Robertsson is a Stockholm couture collector and one of very few men who commission haute couture from the Paris houses. A former PR professional, he co-owns the Björn Axén hair salons with his husband and showed more than forty pieces from his collection in the exhibition Klänningen gör mannen. Instagram: @fredrikrobertsson
Julien Fournié is a Parisian couturier and the founder of Maison Julien Fournié, one of the few houses in the world to hold the official Haute Couture label. He studied medicine before fashion, learned his craft alongside Jean Paul Gaultier and Claude Montana, and today dresses clients who dare to stand out from his atelier on rue de Paradis. Instagram: @julienfournie
vgtbl.pl is a Warsaw audiovisual duo, Franek Warzywa (visual artist Franek Drażba) and Młody Budda (jazz-trained guitarist Adam Kiepuszewski), mixing hyperpop, jazz and punk with animated visuals. Their debut album, Vegetables Worldwide, came out in 2025, and a new mixtape follows in November. Instagram: @franek_warzywa
Denmark“I Want Beauty Back”: Faroese Artist Heiðrik á Heygum on Neo-Romanticism, the Hidden People and His Faroe Islands
Heiðrik á Heygum is a Faroese artist working across painting, illustration, music and film, often described as a Neo-Romantic. Trained at Super16 in Copenhagen and the Academy of Visual Art in Iceland, he has made music videos for artists including Eivør and Brimheim, and now works from his studio in the Faroe Islands. Website: heidrik.com · Instagram: @heidrik
Mette Lorenzen moved from Denmark to Malta for love in 2009 and spent years leading customer service teams in iGaming before opening Mettelina, her café on St Paul’s Street in Valletta. She serves cupcakes, coffee and champagne with Danish hygge, and her flavors change every week. Instagram: @mettelinacupcakes
Kunstsalonen is a nomadic art salon founded in 2017 by Anne Aarsland and Mette Helena Rasmussen. Twice or three times a year they hang contemporary art in a private Copenhagen home and open it to the public for one weekend — 27 homes so far, with the works for sale.
Tiago Azevedo is a New York–based pop-surrealist painter and architect from the Azores, Portugal. His oil paintings reimagine religion, mythology and fairy tales and have been exhibited in Paris, Rome, New York, London, Cannes, Dubai and Lisbon. He is the author of Scriptures and Fairytales and the host of the Tiago's Lair podcast.
Helle and Jacob Stokkebye run Stokkebye Vingård on the Danish island of Funen, where 22,000 vines produce organic sparkling wine poured at Michelin restaurants including Geranium, Jordnær and Le Taillevent. It began as a hobby in 2009 with a thousand vines in the garden. Jacob trained at Kong Hans and worked as a sommelier in Bordeaux; Helle came from the UN and the Danish Foreign Ministry
Britt Kanja is a Berlin style icon and the Grande Dame of the city's nightlife. Born in West Berlin, she danced professionally across Europe before co-initiated the legendary 90 Grad club in Schöneberg in 1989, where she ran a themed party every month for sixteen years. She dresses in what she calls Eclectic Vintage, owns more hats than she can count, and is still out most nights.
HungaryThe Prince and the Barre: Vyacheslav Gnedchik of the Hungarian National Ballet on Budapest and What the Audience Never Sees
Vyacheslav Gnedchik is a ballet dancer at the Hungarian National Ballet in Budapest, known for leading roles such as the Prince in The Nutcracker. Born in Minsk and formerly a principal at the Mariinsky Theatre, he also founded Balletgigs, which connects ballet artists with producers.
Ashley Scott Müller is a sculptor from Chicago, based in Berlin, and holds the world's largest collection of Thierry Mugler — around 800 pieces. She was the designer's friend from 2017 until his death in 2022. Her work is represented by White Square gallery.
Denmark“Denmark Built Its Own ChatGPT. It Started With a Dictionary”: Peter Revsbech of Ordbogen on Sovereign Models, Silicon Valley — and Where to Eat in Svendborg
Peter Revsbech is CEO of Ordbogen, the company behind Denmark's largest online dictionary, where he is building Mimir, a Danish language model trained and kept entirely in Denmark. He advises Danish industry on AI, and lives in Svendborg.
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CopenhagenCopenhagen ContemporaryRefshalevej 173A, RefshaleøenRecommended by Marie LaurbergFrom: “The Institution Should Adapt to the Art, Not the Other Way Around”: Marie Laurberg on Copenhagen Contemporary and Where to See Art in the City
CopenhagenCirkelbroenRecommended by Marie LaurbergFrom: “The Institution Should Adapt to the Art, Not the Other Way Around”: Marie Laurberg on Copenhagen Contemporary and Where to See Art in the City
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DenmarkRisinge HerregaardRecommended by Helle and Jacob StokkebyeFrom: Hans Christian Andersen’s Island Makes Sparkling Wine for Geranium and Le Taillevent: Helle and Jacob Stokkebye on Making Michelin-Listed Wine on Funen
BudapestMassolit Budapest Books and CaféNagy Diófa u. 30, Budapest, 1072 HungaryRecommended by Vyacheslav GnedchikFrom: The Prince and the Barre: Vyacheslav Gnedchik of the Hungarian National Ballet on Budapest and What the Audience Never Sees
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BudapestMaison Bistro & HotelOrszágház u. 17, Budapest, 1014 HungaryRecommended by Vyacheslav GnedchikFrom: The Prince and the Barre: Vyacheslav Gnedchik of the Hungarian National Ballet on Budapest and What the Audience Never Sees
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BangkokPublic Records233 Butler Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217Recommended by Rafi MercerFrom: Best Listening Bars in the World: Rafi Mercer of Tracks & Tales on What Makes a Room Worth Listening In
BudapestBrody HouseBródy Sándor u. 10, Budapest, 1088 HungaryRecommended by Vyacheslav GnedchikFrom: The Prince and the Barre: Vyacheslav Gnedchik of the Hungarian National Ballet on Budapest and What the Audience Never Sees
USAShoreline Water TaxiMichigan Avenue dock, 401 N Michigan Ave, plus stops across downtownRecommended by Pooja NaikFrom: The Best Way to See Chicago Is From the River: Pooja Naik’s Guide to Architecture Cruises, Water Taxis and Party Boats
DenmarkFalsled Kro, south FunenAssensvej 513, 5642 MillingeRecommended by Helle and Jacob StokkebyeFrom: Hans Christian Andersen’s Island Makes Sparkling Wine for Geranium and Le Taillevent: Helle and Jacob Stokkebye on Making Michelin-Listed Wine on Funen
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