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Shinrin-yoku is the Japanese therapy inviting you to bathe in a forest

In Upper Bavaria’s Mangfall Valley, the forest is still surprisingly lush. There has hardly been any deforestation in the water...

Companion Magazine #14: Spotlight on France

We persuaded the couple behind the popular neo-brasserie 52 Faubourg Saint-Denis to give us their favorite recipe and spoke to...

Companion Magazine #9: Exploring the many faces of Switzerland

For a small country, Switzerland’s diverse culture and development made for the perfect destination to explore in the latest issue...

Companion Magazine #8: The traveler's guide to the globe

Created by Freunde von Freunden for 25hours Hotels, Companion is a periodical about the people who shape our cities. The travel...

Berlin Food

Cooking a new life in Berlin with Syrian Chef Hadi Nsreeny

He tells Companion the story of how he made his passion into a career thanks to the initiative Über den...

Berlin Travel

Companion Magazine #7: A fresh guide to Europe's creative hubs by 25hours Hotels

The latest issue spans the board, from tips on sustainable grocery shopping in Vienna, a journey of discovery through Frankfurt with...

Buenos Aires Workplaces

Woven Playgrounds: Alexandra Kehayoglou

Kehayoglou was commissioned by Dries Van Noten to carpet the whole runway for his Paris SS15 show and in doing...

Companion Magazine #6

Produced by Freunde von Freunden in collaboration with 25hours hotels, Companion magazine is a periodical about the people who shape...

Berlin

A Walk on the Wild Side with Niche Berlin

Their expeditions are designed not only to shed new light on established sites, but to introduce participants to places they’ve...

Berlin Workplaces

The creative vision of renowned conceptual artist Olafur Eliasson

Perhaps best known for his spectacular staging of a sunset, The Weather Project installation in the Turbine Hall of London’s...

Berlin

Companion Magazine #5

For this issue of Companion Magazine, the fifth part in the series, the FvF team found themselves right at the...

Preview: Companion Magazine 04

Companion Magazine is a periodical about the people who shape our cities, created in collaboration with 25hours Hotels and produced by Freunde...

Hamburg Workplaces

Rainer Wendt

Again and again he’s opened eateries that reveal not only his attitude towards life but are also instrumental in forming...

St. Honoré

Sidney Kristiansen

Surrounded by green tree groves and blue fields of blooming flax is the small village of St. Honoré. A few...

Berlin Workplaces

Erez & Guy Galonska

It’s no secret that the world’s population is in desperate need of sustainable new food sources and means of growing...

Berlin

Sibylle Oellerich

Sibylle Oellerich lives in a classic altbau apartment on Berlin’s Alte Schönhauser Straße that is all sweeping windows and impressively...

Companion Magazine 02 in Print and Ready to Read

The second issue of Companion Magazine takes our unique print collaboration with 25hours Hotels beyond Berlin and showcases a completely...

Berlin

FvF Cooks with Haya and Nuriel Molcho & Ali Schwarz: Sabich

For the latest installment in our FvF Cooks series we met with chef and restaurateur Haya Molcho. When Haya Molcho...

Berlin

Michel Würthle

Michel Würthle is one of those people who you first meet with reverence, even a tingling of anticipation. Soon however,...

Berlin Workplaces

Werner Aisslinger

Do things! That seems to be the simple maxim behind the much more complicated work philosophy of Berlin designer Werner...