Even after the holiday décor has been stashed, Gothenburg remains a winter wonderland. Known throughout Northern Europe as the “Christmas City,” Sweden’s second city is equally notable for its maritime bounty and a revitalized culinary scene. A coastal city in the West of Sweden, Gothenburg displays an easygoing charm and its residents are unfailingly warm…
Art is redemptive – as the people of Basel know so well, and especially those young of heart. This, after all, is where the youth of the city took to the streets in 1967 to prevent the sale of several works by Picasso. For years, two Picassos had hung in Kunstmuseum on long-term loan –…
For more than a decade, the laidback coastal city with a cosmopolitan vibe has hosted an annual two-month Yuletide festival that transforms Gothenburg into “the Christmas City.”
For more than 25 years, a tapestry by the great Catalan artist, Joan Miró, hung in the lobby of 2 World Trade Center in New York. The massive wool and hemp tapestry was one of the most expensive artworks destroyed in the September 11 attacks. Fortunately for those who delight in the artist whose work…
Amsterdam is never more luminous than in winter, which might seem something of an oxymoron were it not for Amsterdam Light Festival. A celebration of winter with art, light, and water in the heart of the Dutch capital, the festival is one of the world’s most extraordinary displays of illuminated art. Nearly one million visitors…
For the past six years, Vienna has been voted the world’s most livable city. What’s going on in Austria’s capital? Apparently, all the right things. Lest you feel that city is a maze of imperial palaces ringing with the sounds of Mozart, Mahler, Haydn, and Strauss, all of whom honed their craft in Vienna, let’s…
If the holidays and all their attendant mayhem have you feeling like Marie Antoinette about to lose your head, then it might be more prudent to pause and inhale deeply – and light your home like Versailles with a candle from Cire Trudon. Founded in 1643, Cire Trudon served as the royal wax manufacturer for…
For Danielle Ryan, founder of Roads Group, creating a fragrance is not unlike building a home. Ryan supplies a central theme with its essential qualities, whereupon her architect, the perfumer, executes the vision. For the fragrance White Noise, which is based on “the powerful silent presence” of 21st-century technology and “the constant hum of computers,”…