We pack a pizza oven in our suitcase, sail towards the North Pole and follow in the footsteps of a movie location: here are our Travel Trends of the month.
Experience
Arctic Living
Yes, the winter was far too long and too cold and we can hardly wait to spot the first flowers. But the ice in the Arctic is melting rapidly. The temperature at the North Pole is currently around twenty degrees above average. Instead of dishing up more bad news, we’d rather suggest a once-in-a-lifetime trip: The “COMO Journey: Into the Arctic” sets off on an 11-day expedition to the Arctic in May and July. The journey into the ice starts in the Norwegian town of Longyearbyen and leads through the Svalbard archipelago. On board the M/S Polarfront is Emmy-nominated director and National Geographic photographer Andy Mann. With a bit of luck, guests will spot polar bears, walruses and whales. Workshops on topics such as wildlife and sustainability enrich the experience. If you’re still not convinced, the sauna, hot tub and luxurious kitchen on board will keep you warm between the snow and ice.
COMO Journey: Into the Arctic, comohotels.com
Book
Insiders only
Journalist and author Alphonse Karr once said: “The true Parisian does not love Paris, but could never live anywhere else”. The 368-page work “Paris by Paris” presents the city of love according to this motto: it is not romanticized as it is in pop culture. Rare images and key historical data paint a picture of Paris for anyone who wants to see more than just the Eiffel Tower.
Ariel Wizman, Harold Cobert, “Paris by Paris”, Assouline, approx. 250, assouline.com
Gadget
Oven Air
The following should be part of every traveler’s luggage, whether it’s a multi-month adventure or a weekend trip: clothing, toiletries, passport – and a pizza oven. Anyone who has so far refrained from longer expeditions into the wilderness because the beauty of nature can’t compensate for going without freshly baked pizza for several days will find a savior in need at Gozney. The new “Tread” is rightly called the world’s most mobile pizza oven: it can be heated up to 500°C in just 15 minutes. Thanks to its rapid cooling time, it can be packed up again after just twenty minutes. Most people don’t even manage to take down a tent in this time. And anyone who has tested all the pizza toppings in the universe after a week can also try their hand at more elaborate pan dishes thanks to the temperature range and generous cooking surface.
Gozney, “Tread”, mobile pizza oven, approx. 500.-, gozney.com
Nice to Have
Cozy on the Go
We need to normalize something: Taking the blanket from home everywhere. That’s not as strange as it sounds. The Travel Blankets from Voited are made especially for this. They keep you warm after a surfing session in the cold ocean, serve as a picnic blanket in the forest or rolled up as a pillow for a power nap. And they also look beautiful.
Places
Red Carpet Ready
There is a complicated magic formula for the perfect destination: the ratio of indoors and outdoors must be right. It has to be comfortable and luxurious, but please embedded in and with a view of impressive natural spectacles. The Juvet Landscape Hotel in the northwest of Norway seems to have invented this formula. The spectacular landscape can be observed from the luxurious cabins. Bonus point for movie nerds: Juvet served as the location for Alex Garland’s cult film “Ex Machina”.
Juvet Landscape Hotel Alstad 24, 6210 Valldal, Norway, juvet.com
Prefer luxury to the Arctic? Then off to the Dolder Grand.
