Here is a neat tool (created by Benjamin Td) that allows you to quickly see how far you can travel in Europe by rail in 5 hours. The way it works is that you just hover over a train station and then the relevant isochrone… Read More
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Floor numbering conventions
One of the things that is common in Europe is that building floors often start with zero for the ground floor and then go both up and down from there. This is different than most of North America where the ground floor is usually floor… Read More
The Russian gas network
Reuters recently published an extraordinary set of diagrams (here in this article) that help to explain the energy dynamics at play right now across Europe. Above are two examples. Among other things, the graphics show the various gas pipelines in use (or planned), which countries… Read More
🌴 First day in Nice
An international travel boom is coming
I was reading up on vaccine passports this morning. What is clear is that countries are scrambling to figure this out right now, though I understand Israel is already up and running, as is South Korea, which has a system built on top of the… Read More
How Europe is reopening
Just over a month ago, as North America was beginning its lockdown, the Europeans were the ones showing us how to stay sane in quarantine through balcony orchestras and viral internet videos. Now we’re looking to them for how best to reopen the economy and… Read More
Canal houses and rental barracks
Feargus O’Sullivan’s CityLab series on European housing typologies started in London, but has since gone on to cover Berlin’s mid-rise tenements — called Mietskasernen — and Amsterdam’s canal houses. The series is exactly the sort of thing that I like to geek out about. In… Read More
Rue Eugene Sue and rue Simart
At the intersection of rue Eugene Sue and rue Simart in Paris is a collection of mid-rise buildings that were constructed during Haussmann’s renovation of Paris in the second half of the 19th century. They were intended to house some 10,000 workers. Here’s an aerial… Read More
Applications to US business schools are declining
Applications to American business schools, including MBA programs, have fallen for five straight years according to this recent WSJ article. Compared to last year, business school applications to US schools are down about 9.1%; whereas they have been rising in other parts of the world.… Read More
Der Wickelfisch
A colleague in the office recently introduced me to a Swiss invention called the Wickelfisch (or baby fish). Below is a video showing you how they work. They’re so neat. So Swiss. And I obviously just ordered one. They’re available via this US company for… Read More
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