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SPORTING TRACKS APRIL 2019 The alt fad that became a worldwide movement A ROMA GUIDE TO MEXICO CITY OS_042019.P01_Cover.indd 1 3/21/19 2:43 PM OS_DPS_Template.inddAP DP SI PASSIONE OPEN 2 SKIES 390x260+DCC2X7mm_UAE.indd 2 04/03/20193/25/19 3:03AP 11:05 DP PM SI PASSIONE OPEN SKIES 390x260+DCC2X7mm_UAE.indd 3 04/03/2019 11:06 AP DP SI PASSIONE OPEN SKIES 390x260+DCC2X7mm_UAE.indd 2 04/03/2019AP 11:05 DP SI PASSIONEOS_DPS_Template.inddAP DP SI OPEN PASSIONE SKIES OPEN 390x260+DCC2X7mm_UAE.indd 3 SKIES 390x260+DCC2X7mm_UAE.indd 3 3 04/03/2019 04/03/201911:063/25/19 3:03 11:06 PM maxx royal - LHP.pdf 1 3/19/19 2:28 PM maxx royal - LHP.pdf 2 3/19/19 2:28 PM C C M M Y Y CM CM MY MY CY CY CMY CMY K K OS_DPS_Template.indd 4 3/25/19 2:54 PM maxx royal - LHP.pdf 1 3/19/19 2:28 PM maxx royal - LHP.pdf 2 3/19/19 2:28 PM C C M M Y Y CM CM MY MY CY CY CMY CMY K K OS_DPS_Template.indd 5 3/25/19 2:54 PM turkey tourism - LHP.pdf 1 3/19/19 2:35 PM turkey tourism - LHP.pdf 2 3/19/19 2:35 PM C C M M Y Y CM CM MY MY CY CY CMY CMY K K OS_DPS_Template.indd 6 3/25/19 2:56 PM turkey tourism - LHP.pdf 1 3/19/19 2:35 PM turkey tourism - LHP.pdf 2 3/19/19 2:35 PM C C M M Y Y CM CM MY MY CY CY CMY CMY K K OS_DPS_Template.indd 7 3/25/19 2:56 PM savills - LHP.pdf 1 3/21/19 10:51 AM savills - LHP.pdf 2 3/21/19 10:51 AM C C M M Y Y CM CM MY MY CY CY CMY CMY K K OS_DPS_Template.indd 8 3/25/19 3:00 PM savills - LHP.pdf 1 3/21/19 10:51 AM savills - LHP.pdf 2 3/21/19 10:51 AM C C M M Y Y CM CM MY MY CY CY CMY CMY K K OS_DPS_Template.indd 9 3/25/19 3:00 PM indonesia tourism - LHP.pdf 1 3/19/19 2:12 PM indonesia tourism - LHP.pdf 2 3/19/19 2:12 PM C C M M Y Y CM CM MY MY CY CY CMY CMY K K OS_DPS_Template.indd 10 3/25/19 3:02 PM indonesia tourism - LHP.pdf 1 3/19/19 2:12 PM indonesia tourism - LHP.pdf 2 3/19/19 2:12 PM C C M M Y Y CM CM MY MY CY CY CMY CMY K K OS_DPS_Template.indd 11 3/25/19 3:02 PM EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MANAGING PARTNER EDITORIAL & GROUP EDITOR DIRECTOR OBAID HUMAID AL TAYER IAN FAIRSERVICE GINA JOHNSON [email protected] EDITOR SENIOR ART ART DIRECTOR DIRECTOR GEORGINA LAVERS OLGA PETROFF CLARKWIN CRUZ [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] SENIOR DIGITAL EDITORIAL WEB DEVELOPER ANIMATOR ASSISTANT FIROZ KALADI SURAJIT DUTTA LONDRESA FLORES [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] CONTRIBUTORS Iain Akerman; Emma Coiler; Ben East; Sarah Freeman; Sarah Gamboni; Alice Holtham; Dom Joly; Emily Manthei; Conor Purcell; Reverend Andrew Thompson Front cover: Maurizio Di Iorio GENERAL MANAGER PRODUCTION CHIEF COMMERCIAL GROUP SALES PRODUCTION MANAGER OFFICER MANAGER SUNIL KUMAR R MURALI KRISHNAN ANTHONY MILNE MICHAEL UNDERDOWN [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ASSISTANT PRODUCTION SENIOR SALES MANAGER MANAGER BINU PURANDARAN MURALI NARAYANAN [email protected] [email protected] EDITORIAL CONSULTANTS FOR EMIRATES EDITOR DEPUTY EDITOR MANNA TALIB CATHERINE FREEMAN Emirates takes care to ensure that all facts published herein are correct. 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Qasr Al Watan Library: Where the Future of Knowledge Begins! Qasr Al Watan Library is open from 11 March 2019 For more information, visit visitabudhabi.ae 17 EDITOR’S NOTE BOTH FEET IN THE DOOR To encourage people out into the world, institutions ranging from stadiums to galleries are waking up to the fact that they must shake things up. In Berlin: “Anyone who has ever visited a museum knows the urge to touch artworks: here that becomes reality” says Berlinische Galerie. The art gallery spent two years creating tactile models made of felt, wood and fabric, so that their visually impaired art lovers might be able to experience modernism or abstraction through touch. Emily Manthei spent some time with visitors to get their first impres- sions on p44, and to see if this might be the beginning of art that speaks to every sense, and guest. In Atlanta, a city perhaps not revered for its sporting prowess, a com- bination of marketing savvy and young talent has brought about real change, says Conor Purcell on p32. By drafting in players from Ecua- dor and Venezuela, Atlanta United made the city the epicentre of Major League Soccer, as well as raising a generation of devoted fans. The team’s owner, Arthur Blank, made some drastic choices too in their home stadium: slashing food prices in half, widening the seats, putting on karaoke and giveaways in a ‘Power Hour’ before games. The sport brought a wave of new and devoted fans, as well as putting the city back on the sporting map. Marketing tactics? Maybe. But for whatever motive, the more people that go catch a game, visit a gallery, sit in a jazz club – the more vibrant our cities will be. FOLLOW US Georgina Lavers, facebook.com/ Editor openskiesmag twitter.com/ openskiesmag instagram.com/ openskiesmag OS_042019.P12-17_FrontSection.indd 17 3/21/19 2:50 PM sharjah tourism.pdf 1 3/19/19 3:15 PM C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Global EXPERIENCE ° STAY ° DISPATCH ° NEIGHBOURHOOD ° MUSEUM ° JAZZ PHOTO: BRETT REEVES BRETT PHOTO: Wildean glamour A discreet entrance on Southampton Row conceals the ornithological artistry within L’oscar hotel – recently reimagined by Jacques Garcia of La Mamounia. p24 OS_042019.P19_GlobalOpener.indd 19 3/21/19 2:52 PM 20 / GLOBAL / EXPERIENCE KEUKENHOF, APRIL-MAY The gardener to seven million blooms Keukenhof is one of the most spectacular gardens in the world. Open for just two months in the spring, there are over 800 varieties of tulips. Celebrating its 70th edition this year, gardener Andre Beijk explains the power of flowers Why do you think Keukenhof has become I would imagine the spring bulb flowers Yes, on a sunny, warm day you can ex- such a unique experience? like tulips, hyacinths and daffodils, as al- perience this amazing smell throughout Obviously the flower displays are amaz- ways. But there is so much more to Keu- the park. The funny thing is, you don’t ing. But more than that, I think people kenhof than that actually. I say to people exactly know where it is coming from see Keukenhof as the signal that winter in the city “you live so close, why have and you can see people sticking their is at an end.