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Berlin. Never the same twice

Best places to cry in public without anyone caring

Berlin has a quiet superpower: nobody minds. Here are the parks, benches, cemeteries and S-Bahn carriages where you can have a moment, and nobody will look, ask or interrupt.

by Klara Mayer

Where to eat when you're hungover

The pho bowls, brunch plates and quietly forgiving cafés Berliners drag themselves to when Saturday went a bit too well. Salt, broth, carbs, no judgment.

by Klara Mayer

Cheap eats under €10 that still feel like dinner

Sit-down meals you can actually call dinner, served on a real plate, for less than the price of two beers in Mitte. Berlin's quiet superpower, still alive if you know where to look.

by Lars Hoffmann

Vietnamese spots in former East Berlin only locals know

The Vietnamese restaurants the rest of Berlin has not found yet, mostly out east where the community has lived since the GDR brought them as contract workers in the eighties.

by Lars Hoffmann

Lisbon. City of Seven Hills

Arroios hangouts

Arroios is where Lisbon eats, drinks and meets without performing for anyone. Wine bars, Nepali dumplings, viewpoint cafés and a cultural mansion: the spots locals quietly defend.

by Inês Carvalho

Tasca bars with live music (not fado for tourists)

Small rooms, real musicians, no fixed menus or set tourist shows. Real fado vadio sung by neighbours, jazz cellars, African dance halls and DIY bars where Lisbon's music scene actually happens.

by Tiago Ferreira

Where Lisbon goes when it rains

When the city's hills turn into waterslides, Lisboetas know exactly where to hide. Cinemas, covered markets, bookshops, basement bars and museums where you can disappear until the weather agrees with

by Tiago Ferreira

Pastelarias where locals queue, not tourists

Forget the queue at Manteigaria. These are the neighbourhood pastelarias where Lisboetas line up for their morning bica and pastel de nata, far from any guidebook.

by Inês Carvalho

4 cities. One real local in each.

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Amara Okonkwo

London

Sound engineer and weekend rambler. Knows which hotel bars feel like members' clubs without the fee, and which ancient woodlands are reachable on a single Tube ride.

Oriol Vidal

Barcelona

Photographer and DJ, long-time Poblenou resident. Documents the galleries tour buses skip and the afterhours spots that never make Time Out.

Tiago Ferreira

Lisbon

Painter and writer, long-time Arroios resident. Spends afternoons in whatever café hasn't raised its prices yet. Knows every miradouro the tour buses skip.

Klara Mayer

Berlin

Architectural photographer and urban explorer. Has documented 200+ Berlin courtyards. Goes swimming in lakes before 7am to beat everyone.

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