Our Team

The people behind the pages.

A small editorial staff and a network of contributors, spread across roughly a dozen countries.

Editor in Chief

Elena Ferretti

Former features editor at a small European travel monthly. Lives in Turin and writes mostly about Piedmont and Liguria.

Managing Editor

Marek Nowak

Ten years covering Central and Eastern Europe. Splits time between Gdańsk and Warsaw.

Deputy Editor

Aoife Byrne

Based in Galway. Long-time contributor on the west coast of Ireland and the Scottish Highlands.

Editor, Asia

Kenji Watanabe

Kyoto-based writer and translator. Deep interest in rural Japan and small-scale craft.

Senior Researcher

Iva Marković

Fact checking, translation and local coordination across the Balkans.

Contributing Photographer

Tomás Alves

Documentary photographer based in Porto. Long-term projects on Iberian rural life.

Contributing Photographer

Sarah Klein

Berlin-based, focusing on post-industrial landscapes across Germany and the Low Countries.

Content Reviewer

Hana Novak

Editorial review, ethics and language. Based in Ljubljana.

Travel researchers

Contact local librarians, archives, and regional cultural organizations before an article's fieldwork begins.

Photographers

Original imagery for every article. No stock, no AI, no drone over homes.

Writers

Region specialists, often local, sometimes based nearby for years.

Content reviewers

Independent editorial review of every piece before publication.