5x top-level culinary hotspots

Award-winning restaurants, innovative cuisines and sublime flavors. The LXRY List 2023 reveals a number of culinary hotspots where your taste buds will be king. MASTERS gives a sneak peek ... Pianeta Terra, Amsterdam Local and sustainable cooking is all the rage. But Pianeta Terra in Amsterdam's canal belt does just that [...]

Aptera presents Launch Edition

Aptera's goal? To develop the most efficient car in the world. In 2020, the company showed its concept to the general public. Early this year, the final specifications of the production model were revealed. MASTERS doesn't want to deprive you of this feat of sustainable innovation. American start-up Aptera Motors has been working for several years [...]

Auctioned: most expensive athletic shoes ever

IWhile most of us should not think of adding to our sneaker collection with a pair already used. Still, there was plenty of enthusiasm for Michael Jordan's pair. Last week, the ''Air Jordan's 13 Bred'' brought in a record amount. Michael Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to the 1998 championship in [...].

Auction gem: 67-million-year-old dino

A nice eye-catcher or a tad sinister; opinions are divided on this auction gem. Tomorrow a huge skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex will go under the hammer at a Swiss auction house. In case you still have an empty corner left in the interior... The 67-million-year-old dino, named Trinity, will be [...] on April 18.

Concept unveiled for vertiport terminal

For a long time it seemed very futuristic, but the arrival of flying cabs is now very close in Dubai. A British architectural firm recently unveiled the concept for a so-called vertiport terminal for the city that would accommodate flying cab services. Foster + Partners' concept is part of a proposal for the future [...]

In these countries, house prices rose the most

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In the Netherlands today, you still have to shell out quite a bit of money to obtain the title of homeowner, and a home in 2023 will cost you an average of 410,200 euros. Quite a difference compared to 2010. These five countries have been rising champions in house prices since 2010. The online pushlisher Visual Capitalist examines topics such as global economy, technology, energy and markets. Recently, [...]

In conversation with Matthijs de Rooij

The best bosses "Before I became managing director of SMEG Netherlands on October 1, 2021, I worked first for the American toy manufacturer Mattel for thirteen years and then for the German plumbing specialist Grohe for eight years. What I have in common with the Americans is that work is not finished until it is finished. And actually it is never [...].