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The Economist Who Forgot Economics

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The slow art of missing your train in Lisbon

The 28 tram was pulling away as I reached the stop. For once, I let it go — and the afternoon got better for it.

The last lighthouse keeper on the Breton coast

Yann has watched the same stretch of Atlantic for thirty years. The light went automatic long ago. He stayed anyway.

Why Iceland runs on hot water

A country of 390,000 people heats nearly every home from the ground beneath it. Here's what that feels like — and what it quietly teaches the rest of us.

48 hours in Kyoto, minus the crowds

A thousand shrines, ten million visitors, and a simple trick for seeing the best of the old capital without queuing for any of it: be early, or be elsewhere.

Karl the fog, and a city that dresses for four seasons at once

Locals have a name for the fog that pours over the hills most afternoons — Karl — and planning around him is the first thing you learn here.

Why New Yorkers quietly pity you for taking a cab

The fastest, cheapest and most honest way to understand New York is the one most visitors avoid: go underground.

The unwritten rules of a London escalator

Every city has unwritten rules. London's are mostly about queuing, apologising, and — above all — which side of the escalator you stand on.

The one word that changes how Paris treats you

Travelers love to call Parisians rude. Usually they just skipped a word the whole city runs on.

Rome’s 2,500 fountains, and the empire that still waters them

All over Rome, cast-iron fountains pour cold, drinkable water day and night — fed, in part, by aqueducts the emperors built.

A ferry between continents, twice a day

In Istanbul the morning commute can take you from Europe to Asia and back — by ferry, under circling gulls, for the price of a bus ticket.

How to get lost in Marrakech without getting fleeced

The medina is a maze by design. Getting lost in it is part of the fun — right up until a stranger offers to help you find your way.

The pyramids have a bus stop

The pyramids are not out in some distant desert. They sit at the edge of a living city of twenty million, with traffic and a pizza sign in view.

In Cape Town, the mountain decides your plans

You can plan a day in Cape Town however you like, but Table Mountain and the wind that wraps it get the final say.

Everything in Dubai is the tallest, newest or biggest — on purpose

Half a century ago this was a trading town on the edge of the desert. The skyline you see now was built, quite deliberately, to astonish.

Mumbai runs on a system no app has managed to beat

Every weekday, thousands of home-cooked lunches cross Mumbai and reach the right desk, almost never going astray — carried by hand.

What to wear to a Bangkok temple, and why it matters

Bangkok's temples are free, dazzling, and strict about one thing: what you wear through the gate.

Bali offers itself to everyone, and somehow stays itself

Bali has spent decades offering itself to the world — surfers, honeymooners, yogis, laptop nomads — and remains stubbornly, deeply itself.

In Sydney, the sun is a local hazard

Sydney lives outdoors — harbour, beaches, endless sun. The catch is that the sun here is genuinely dangerous.

Why you should arrive in Cusco a day early

Cusco sits at 3,400 metres, and the altitude is not a detail to power through. Plan for it and the old Inca capital opens up.

Rio belongs to the street, so pack like it

Rio happens outdoors — on the sand, in the water, along the promenade. Which is exactly why you should leave most of your valuables behind.