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Amsterdam / Cafe

Banging my head against the ceiling on the first floor doesn’t stop me from drinking a coffee in café Latei at Nieuwmarkt. I love it here, especially on rainy days, which is most days in the Netherlands. This small cosy café filled with a thousand colours warms me up.

Paris / Event

Le dernier étage d'un parking transformé en jardins suspendu: lieu insolite, cadre très agréable aéré et lumineux, concerts, stands de bouffe, bars, petits endroits où se caler.

Johannesburg / Art Centre

POOL is an emergent platform for curatorial and artistic production, experimentation and research, working with artists to support and commission new work situated in the area of New Doornfontein, which is also home to a few artists studios. Emerging from a joint investigation into the role, form, and organising systems of art institutions in South Africa, POOL considers from a curatorial and artistic perspective, the question of what it means to institute and how to institute in a South African (and specifically Johannesburg) context. POOL is organised as an experiment in alternative instituent forms and as a site through which to stretch curatorial methodology and artistic practice through the frames of self-organising and self-instituting. They often have very interesting projects on exhibit and workshops taking place - best check their facebook page for this - https://www.facebook.com/poolspace/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel. While you're in the area you could also have lunch at the Troyville Hotel up the road.

London / Restaurant

My favourite no-frills Malaysian restaurant and takeaway hidden away in a basement. Expect to queues for up to 30–40min, but well worth the wait.

London / Area

A great walk down an old abandoned rail way from Finsbury Park to Highgate. Most of the original platforms are sill remaining so its an interesting place to explore...

Albany / Bar

Craft beer bar + bottle shop with a great rotating selection on tap.

Paris / Restaurant

Very good and cheap vietnamese food.

New York / Cinema

Just because everyone knows about it doesn't mean it doesn't deserve more attention. Great food, great service, great movies, great drinks.

Paris / Club

You enter La Fidelity and will find a very classic Parisian Brasserie, probably almost empty. Maybe one or two people at the bar. In the middle of this place you will find the stairs that go down to the cave. Have fun!

Paris / Art

I've interviewed curator and founder Marie Madec a couple of times now; she represents their contemporary artists with a dedication and enthusiasm that's infectious.

Lisbon / Food Store

great Portuguese natural wines and local produce

Geneva / Restaurant

The Tea is an address as only geneve knows how to propose them, a little jewel of the Chinese restoration that you will discover only by chance or hotly recommended by connoisseurs and / or fans (and they are many). Nestled in the heart of the Quartier des Bains, this tiny Asian specialty restaurant offers genuine and delicious cuisine, featuring a myriad of Dim-Sum (steamed ravioli) to discover or rediscover. In addition to its culinary specialties for which the establishment is particularly recognized, the Tea, like its name suggests, proposes especially a very wide selection of Chinese teas with evocative and poetic names, whose aficionados of the kind can easily be relished. You will also discover many accessories for The Tea, including a multitude of teapots in fonts or sandstones all more cute ones than the others: quite charming.

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Montreal / Photographer

Laurence Philomene is an emerging photographer from Montreal, working around themes of queerness, colour and gender identity.

Liverpool / Writer

I'm a hotel consultant and travel writer based in Liverpool.

Sedro-Woolley / Photographer

Artist living and working in the Skagit Valley, WA, USA

Martigny / Artist

Cécile Giovannini is an Swiss-Italian artist living in the swiss Alpin region of Wallis, Switzerland. She’s working in the medium of painting, illustration and comics using chromatic narration. Her pictural work as been shown in Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Spain, France, Tunisia. In 2013 she is a prize-winner of the price young Swiss artists. She worked for numerous customers in the middle of the music, fashion or edition.

Tbilisi / Photographer

Daro Sulakauri is a Georgian photojournalist. She was born in the Caucasus nation of Georgia and currently is based in Tbilisi. After obtaining a degree from the Department of Cinematography at the Tbilisi State University, she moved to New York to study photography at the International Center of Photography. Before graduating in 2006, she was awarded the John and Mary Phillips Scholarship as well as being recognized by the ICP Director's Fund. Upon completing her studies, she returned to the Pankisi Gorge in her native Georgia to document a hidden narrative of the Chechen conflict in an outpost of refugees who crossed to Georgia from Chechnya and have remained in relative isolation ever since. The project won second place of the Magnum Foundation's Young Photographer in the Caucasus award in 2009. Daro has won a Lensculture award for her story on Early Marriages in mini series as well as EU prize for journalism and Human Rights House prize in London. She was included in a list of 30 under 30 Women Photographers and Photo District News' 30 emerging photographers to watch. She is a participant of World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass 2017, 2018 Reuters Photojournalism grantee and official Canon Ambassador. As a freelance photojournalist, her work can be seen in publications such as The New York Times, National Geographic, der Spiegel, Forbes Magazine, and other.

Orange / Artist

Sticking paper onto paper and some how paying the bills. Born in South Africa, breed in Cyprus, educated in Greece and the U.K, I've now found myself in Orange, CA, USA. I've exhibited work internationally and have been commissioned by Clinique, Miu Miu, Kate Spade, Mens Health Magazine, Kodak, Ace Hotel, and Chanel among others.

Montclair / Graphic Designer

Janet Hansen is a designer at New York book publisher Alfred A. Knopf. She also works with clients including New Directions, The New Yorker, and the New York Times. She currently lives in a little old craftsman home in Montclair, New Jersey with her husband and two whippets.

London / Photographer

I am a photojournalist from London, and founder of ‘Cheer Up Luv’ a photo and interview series documenting women’s accounts of sexual harassment.

New Haven / Writer

researcher and writer

Montecarotto / Painter

Roberto Calbucci is a painter and freelance graphic designer. After living in Milan and Tokyo, Roberto and his wife Meloni Mitchell (model/designer) decided to set up base for a while in the Italian countryside in a tiny village called Montecarotto, to concentrate on their projects. Roberto works independently as a painter, focusing on his research: science, nature, entropy, and order-chaos. The places below that he recommends for Citylikeyou are located near his small town.

Barcelona / Illustrator

Freelance illustrator & graphic designer ✌🏻️ I love geometric shapes, vivid colors and tuna makis.

Krakow / Photographer

Photographer based in Krakow, Poland. Member of photo collective InPro

Copenhagen / Animator

Graphic designer, illustrator. Peace, love, music, horror movies, noodle soup and UFOs. Based in Copenhagen, roots in Saigon.

Melbourne / Graphic Designer

M.Giesser is a communication, design & strategy practice based in Melbourne, focussed primarily on visual identity.

Porto / Designer

Interior Designer, working for Paulo Lobo office since 2001

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