Set amid skyscrapers, city pavement and noisy streets, parks offer a great escape from city life. Even a short break feels like a mini-holiday. Take a deep breath, catch some nature (and birds and dogs), put on your running shoes or take your laptop outside and enjoy the oasis. We took a tour of our favourite parks and spoke to Gustafson Porter, an international landscape practice based in London.
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Fellow citizens, welcome to our world online! Read our quarterly online magazine and navigate your way through cities, books, hotels and more. We are your tour guide for today and the day after, and after, and after… Please do return!
MOOD: RELAXATION
Glasgow life is never ordinary. Be it the people, passion, music, art, sport, shopping, architecture. Glasgow rarely settles for ordinary. This ties back to the hotel, because it also doesn’t settle for being ordinary. citizenM is proud of landing in in the heart of Scotland’s largest city. We found out that the Glaswegians are also embracing us, which makes us even more proud. Editor Steven McCarron from Glasgow, now living in Amsterdam, shares his insights of his home town.
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MOOD: SHOPPING
What a difference a city make. Charismatic and appealing items seem to pop up wherever you go, making your life a little less ordinary and your city life more enjoyable. We have selected some affordable luxury must-haves for you. MENDO, our favorite book shop in Amsterdam, picked some great books.
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MOOD: CULTURE
Coffee is coffee. And it’s gooood. It’s our black juice in the morning and evening. Gives the brains and body just the extra mile. It’s an appealing part of a city’s imagination; without it, a city isn’t a city. But there’s more to it. Coffee is city’s “social fuel” for many reasons. Yumi Choi from coffee shop Bonanza Coffee Heroes in Berlin (go there, it’s coffee heaven) has the story. Also you’ll find THE list of coffee places for your perfect brew.
MOOD: EXPLORING
You might look straight past it, until you start looking for it: street art. The uncommercial forms of expression or subtle art that pop up right onto walls, near the ground, above your head, on sidewalks, behind street signs and more. It’s city’s creative layer, coming from a variety of artists. Dutch street art specialist Olivier Varrossieau wants you to train your eye to start looking for it.
