All essays from Metis Maven: travel, premium mobility and conscious style. Personal narratives and long-form analysis by Gabriel Goldberg from Brussels.
A personal notebook from a Sunday at Domaine des Hêtres with Adeline Goffin: vineyard walk, tasting, a green-asparagus lunch — Wallonia's new farming at table height.
A personal notebook through Campania, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardy and the Aeolian Islands. Why Italy remains Europe's heart-destination, and how to choose three regions without regret.
In the city, on holiday, in cafés, at work: the dog has become the quiet companion of our modern lives. A personal essay, eye to nose, from Brussels to the Maldives and Osaka.
In the shadow of Belgium’s largest port cranes, Zeebrugge reinvents itself as a residential and gastronomic refuge facing the North Sea.
A weekend in Groede, Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, during the biennial Hoogtij Festival of classical music founded by Cathelijne Maat. Slow tourism, polders, windmills and open-air concerts.
A former fishing village and the stage of the last Portuguese king's exile, Ericeira has become Europe's only World Surfing Reserve and the haunt of a new nomad elite.
Deep dive into rural Japan, where the highest technical sophistication coexists with a disarmingly poetic simplicity — from perfect tempura to houses on stilts.
From the grape hyacinths in the park to peonies on a market table — how flowers colour my tables, my city, and my mood, and why May no longer makes sense to me without them.
Reporting from Istanbul with the Belgian economic mission: how a megacity of 15 million crosses the Bosphorus every day — from the traditional vapur ferry to the Marmaray underwater tunnel.
Welcomed by Mansur Yavaş, tipped for the 2028 Turkish presidency, and a deep dive into Ulus where the Temple of Augustus and the Hacı Bayram Mosque have shared a wall for five centuries.
A walking notebook in Istanbul, on the eve of the meeting between the Queen of the Belgians and President Erdoğan, and the morning after Galatasaray's title.
After months of comparisons, my electric city car choice landed on the Renault 5 E-Tech. Maximum range, neo-retro design, Google-powered OpenR Link: why it beats the Alpine A290.
Forget the crowded beaches: 30 minutes from Mykonos, Delos is Europe's greatest open-air museum. A journey through Apollo's mythology, ancient globalisation and heroic archaeology.
At Budapest's Andrássy Universität, two Ukrainian experts dissect the hidden mechanics of Russian diplomacy and Kyiv's democratic resilience. A field notebook.
From the Friday family couscous to the poetic ruins of Tipaza, the Algerian coast reveals its jewels before the inward call of the Djanet desert.
A walk through the streets of Algiers — between Haussmann architecture, colonial heritage, and the energy of a proud young generation caught between tradition and modernity.
How do you prepare to discover your father’s country, a country he never spoke about? The story of a first journey to Algeria — between the weight of grief, an unexpected cultural shock and an overwhe
From Naples street food to the Turkish Pide topped with an egg, by way of ultra-thin Alsatian Flammkuchen. How pizza and its cousins tell the story of world gastronomy.
From Peruvian ceviche to Spanish pintxos and the perfection of a Japanese steak. Discover how culinary specialities are the best passport to understanding the soul of a country.
From the colossal temples of Selinunte to the obsession with pistachio pesto and Mazara's Gambero Rosso: a journey across western Sicily, where great History meets haute cuisine.