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Make room in your hand luggage: our annual travel-themed summer journal of places less explored is back. We tour cities from Buffalo to Brno, ride the ocean wave with the Portuguese navy and reveal the winners in our Monocle Restaurant Awards. Sunshine guaranteed.

Paris is not all about picture-perfect cobbled streets and romantic vistas. Our guide seeks to cut through the clichés and steer you away from the tourist-thronged sites to discover the “real” Paris. Published by Gestalten, The Monocle Travel Guide to Paris is available now at [The Monocle Shop](https://monocle.com/shop/books-and-music/travel-guides/the-monocle-travel-guide-paris/).

We pull up a bar stool in Amsterdam at the inaugural Night Mayor Summit to hear from pioneering night watchmen and urban provocateurs in cities around the world.

Dubbed the new Berlin, Leipzig is home to an increasing number of galleries and project spaces – but the city still has lots of space for inexpensive artists’ ateliers.

There is more to Honolulu than aloha shirts and picture-postcard images of hula girls: our new travel guide reveals a dynamic urban centre packed with independent retailers, modernist architecture and a shave-ice stand or two. Published by Gestalten, it is available now at [The Monocle Shop](https://monocle.com/shop/books-and-music/travel-guides/the-monocle-travel-guide-honolulu/).

Our double issue heralds the start of summer with the 10th edition of our annual Quality of Life Survey. Which cities have climbed the rankings? Who are the new entries? And most importantly, who is this year’s winner? Buy your copy today to find out the answers – and enjoy plenty of sunny reportage and fresh photography into the bargain. Available now at [The Monocle Shop](https://monocle.com/shop/magazine/other/issue-95/).

Sydney is a coastal crowd-pleaser that has long lured travellers to its shores and our 148-page hardback guide contains plenty of reasons to unpack your bags, settle in and linger a while. Published by Gestalten, our Sydney travel guide is available now at [The Monocle Shop](https://monocle.com/shop/books-and-music/travel-guides/the-monocle-travel-guide-sydney/).

This city of 13 million nurtures a balance of hi-tech efficiency and traditional neighbourhood values – and it’s a combination that wins the Japanese capital the top spot for a second year running. Our film focuses on its nocturnal delights, from sunset sports to the public-transport system, restaurants to late-night shopping. (You can also buy our Tokyo travel guide, available now at the [Monocle Shop.](https://monocle.com/shop/books-and-music/travel-guides/the-monocle-travel-guide-tokyo/))

The ups and downs of our annual global ranking covering the world's most liveable cities – who's in and who's out?

From diplomacy to government, business to media, how do we create a vibrant nation? To coincide with the publication of [“How to Make a Nation: A Monocle Guide”](https://monocle.com/shop/books-and-music/books/how-to-make-a-nation-a-monocle-guide/), Steve Bloomfield posed this question to panellists and delegates at our Quality of Life Conference in Vienna.