It doesn’t matter how early one heads for breakfast at Leyla in Beyoglu’s Tünel Square - one seat is always taken. Smokey the cat is a part of the inventory and can usually be found in of the chairs under the first or the second table, and from its chair...

Even if it's not far from the city centre, you don't come down here accidentally. For me - and people will hate me for this - it doesn’t really belong to the city. Of course it does, but it breathes a totally different spirit...

Chez Prune by the Canal Saint-Martin is among the places I associate with a very specific time in my life: The three years I was a correspondent for the Danish newspaper Berlingske Tidende. I lived in the building across from it, on the other side of...

Lisbon is a city of hills – seven steep ones with winding streets and inspiring views. To reach the top, however, one need not ever break a sweat. Because every summit in town can be scaled by some sort of motorized transport. My favorite is the elevator....

Recovering one's senses an early morning at the Bar Italia is quite an experience. When you see a middle-aged man playing poker on a slot-machine below a TV blaring the news of the day to the world as well as this narrow, lively coffee bar, you feel...