

“You will have heard that the pandemic is over here.” The last time I was in Copenhagen was the end of May and even then it felt like the Danes were done with it. Dark clouds have rolled in and, as restaurants and cafés prepare for the lunch rush, the candles come out and the lights are dimmed.Ĭopenhagen, early Friday morning: “You can take your mask off,” says Mikael, the driver, the second I spin out of the doors at Kastrup airport. Will a proper business tour of Asia be possible before year end? Here’s hoping.Īs the days get shorter, Copenhagen gets cosier. In the background is a “live” image of Seoul at sunrise on a wrap-around screen and I’m suddenly transported to the South Korean capital.
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Zürich, Thursday evening: Genesis has just opened a sprawling showroom on the Bahnhofstrasse and we’re hosting a talk series in the lower-level auditorium on the state of the luxury goods sector.

Zürich, Wednesday evening: Why not go to Copenhagen instead? Then to Stockholm for the weekend? I book it.

The good news is that there’s a new date for the event in LA and I look forward to seeing all our southern-Californian readers in early December. Somehow, amidst all the booking, confirmations, forms and checks this small detail was missed. Canadians are welcome in the US but not via the EU. Then, in an instant, the whole thing is off. It’ll be my first, proper long-haul trip (Dubai doesn’t really count) in almost 20 months and I’m rather excited.

Zürich, Wednesday midday: I’m about to board the Swiss flight to Los Angeles. The party moves on to the bar at the new David Chipperfield-designed Kunsthaus, where the charming Mischa looks after us, the singer Ava Vegas holds court (check her out) and Herr Amend suggests some future double-acts. Standing around our radio table, we discuss our respective connections with the country (somehow all roads lead to the Berner Oberland), why the whole place seems to work and the impact that Zsa Zsa Gábor can have on an impressionable young Canadian boy. Hot on the heels of their new food title Wochenmarkt, the Zeit Magazin editors have launched a twice-yearly Swiss supplement and I’m playing co-host with their editorial director Christoph Amend. The reason for the impromptu celebration? Yet another magazine launch.
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If you want to check it out ASAP, the list can be viewed below as well (used with permission).Zürich, Tuesday evening: Could it be that party season is already in full swing? If so, thank heavens! Gathered in our reading and radio lounge at Dufourstrasse are a sizeable crew from Zeit Magazin in Berlin, Swiss journalists and authors, handsome locals and the usual Monocle contingent. Thanks to Reddit user Apocryphate, we now have The Division 2 weapon talents, gear talents, and gear set bonus list! It’s a pretty extensive list, which you can browse in Google Spreadsheet form here. If you’re playing The Division 2, then you’re no doubt, collecting weapons, gear and more, right? What makes collecting these things so much fun isn’t just the stats, but the talents each weapon has.Ĭurious what you’re missing out on? We’re here to help.
