Freelance journalist writing for @TIME, @nytimes, @afarmedia and lots of others.
Copenhagen, Madrid, Etc.
Joined February 2009
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In Norway, are Coolcations Taking a Toll? By @LisaAbend nytimes.com/2025/08/20/trave… #nordic #Scandinavian #tourism
From Bologna, where I uncovered more than one form of appetite
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Were you ever tempted to buy a one-euro home in a small Italian village? Yeah, me too. For @AFARmedia, @LisaAbend reports on just how that initiative has changed life in Sicily:
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So, I've started a Substack about traveling without the internet. No Googling, no GPS, no online bookings, no Instagram, no restaurant ranking apps, no Uber, no AirBnB, & definitely no mindless scrolling as coping device against existential angst. unpluggedtraveler.substack.c…
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"A nation that not 50 years ago required women to obtain their father’s or husband’s permission to work is now among Europe’s most feminist countries."
@LisaAbend profiles Spain's Minister of Equality on the new Solo sí es sí ("only yes means yes") law.
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Irene Montero, Spain's Minister of Equality, spearheaded feminist laws in Spain. Now the government is in crisis.
Is it a sign of unbridgeable divisions between the progressive Spain Montero envisions and a patriarchal reality that remains entrenched? ti.me/3YyNj1m
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How three friends inadvertently transformed knowledge about prehistoric art in #Norway 😍👍 nytimes.com/2023/01/04/arts/… via @nytimes @LisaAbend
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Meanwhile, @karl_vick and @YasmeenSerhan — with moving reporting from @dsarkisova and @LisaAbend — wrote about the people who personify the spirit of Ukraine and the forces of light striving to defeat darkness. time.com/spirit-of-ukraine-p…
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What a 'Sponge City' Designed to Withstand Extreme Flooding Looks Like @LisaAbend time.com/6222020/sponge-city…
An answer to both floods and drought? My story on absorbent urban design: time.com/6222020/sponge-city…
As of midnight tonight, Finland closes its borders to Russian tourists. There's going to be a lot of leftover salmon at Laplandia. time.com/6210654/russia-visa…
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Switzerland has a long history of protecting animals. A new initiative wants it to go further—the Swiss will vote on Sunday on whether to ban factory farming. @LisaAbend reports on what could be a global first time.com/6215645/switzerland…
What medieval guilds, demographic transformation, and a very young Anthony Bourdain have to do with the stagiaire system (AKA: why chefs work for free): bord.substack.com/p/giving-i…
I"n its depiction of powerful women behaving just as badly as men, has Borgen arrived at a new, post-feminist version of true equality? Or has it succumbed to an older, more misogynistic vision of women in power? For @time:
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It was fun to contribute to this, but true Copenhageners are holding out for the Winter of Cycling story (for @nytimestravel)
This is the Summer of Cycling! We asked 7 writers to tell us their favorite routes in 7 great biking cities. You can plan your ride here, or tell us your favorite ride in your city. nytimes.com/2022/05/23/trave…
Wow. Today's @nytime's story on the billions in ransom and 'reparations' that Haiti paid for generations to its former enslavers is a stunning piece of journalism and historical research: nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world…
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Proud to share our latest class of @TIME Next Generation Leaders. “Reporting on a war in your own country is both a blessing and a curse,” @olya_rudenko told @LisaAbend in our new cover story on her leadership of @KyivIndependent time.com/collection/next-gen…
