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Middle East · Turkey · Kadıköy
Twenty-Five Minutes to Karaköy
At Kadıköy’s tiled ferry pier, the humid air still softens the water and the far bank. Commuters tap through the gates with laptop bags, phones and İstanbulkarts, then step aboard for Karaköy before the day has properly gathered speed.
Along Lüderitz’s Working Harbour Edge
Hafen Street runs beside the fenced commercial quay at Robert Harbour, where fishing vessels, cargo equipment and service lines sit close to Lüderitz’s older streets. The harbour’s compact shape comes from a sheltered bay, a rocky seabed and very little level ground behind the quay.
Europe · Albania · Tirana
Before the Café Tables Fill Pazari i Ri
Around six in the morning, traders at Pazari i Ri begin unpacking produce brought into Tirana from surrounding villages. Apples, tomatoes and freshly cut herbs take their places under the market roof, while the cafés around the square wait for the hours when food and coffee replace the morning trade as the main activity.
Europe · Greece
From Kapani’s Fish Stalls to the Thermaic Gulf
Fish lie on ice beneath Kapani’s low metal canopies. Pepper, cinnamon, oregano and saffron rise from open sacks a few steps away. Then the roofs end, the streets widen, and the Thermaic Gulf takes over the view.
Europe · Italy
Een bui onder de bogen van Bologna
De regen maakt Via Ugo Bassi donker, maar tussen de Mercato delle Erbe en Bass’otto blijft een droge strook langs de gevels open. Onder de portieken gaan boodschappentassen, fietsen en stemmen verder terwijl de straat buiten nat wordt.
Morning between High Street and the harbour
In Jamestown, the morning runs downhill. School uniforms pass along High Street above the coast; below the red-and-white lighthouse, painted wooden canoes, metal pans and folds of net mark the short distance between the neighbourhood and the water.
Europe · Sweden
One Ferry from Gothenburg to Styrsö
At Saltholmen, Göteborg’s land transport stops at the water. One public ferry carries passengers from that useful, unsentimental edge to Styrsö Bratten, where wooden houses, granite slopes and narrow car-free lanes take over.
From Bab Souika to Zitouna, by Bread, Brass and Shade
Bab Souika begins with food: chickpea broth, bread, pastry counters and the heat that slips from a bakery doorway. From its old market streets, the walk passes under vaults and beside copper workshops before reaching the tight knot of souks around the Zitouna Mosque.
From Tilène’s Fabric Stalls to a Médina Tailor
Outside Marché Tilène’s covered halls, cloth begins its short, exacting passage through the Médina. A buyer compares colours at a stall, carries a chosen length along Rue 19, then hands it to a tailor who cuts, stitches, presses and finishes it for a particular occasion.
Asia · Vietnam
Van Long Biên naar een dampende kom op Hàng Khoai
Onder de stalen vakwerken van de Long Biên-brug gaan kisten al van hand tot hand. Zeshonderd meter verder, naast de Đồng Xuân-markt, tilt stoom uit een open pan boven lage plastic tafels en kommen noedels.
South America · Argentina
When Lunch Takes the Counter at San Telmo Market
At Mercado de San Telmo, daylight falls through glass above iron arches and Carrara-marble floors. Fruit and vegetable stalls, butchers, bread sellers and lunch counters work under the same nineteenth-century roof; by midday, the open grill becomes one of the hall’s clearest signs of the day changing.
Central America · Mexico
From Wet Maize to the Comal in Oaxaca
Before sunrise in San Antonio de la Cal, near Oaxaca city, mill motors start and wheelbarrows carry wet nixtamal along the street. By afternoon, that maize has passed through palms, presses and comales, then into the stacks sold at city markets.