Promoting weirdness in a city | Seth Margolies

We have met with Anastasia Karachristou at Herräng, where we were both volunteering and, of course, dancing. So this episode is with a very sleep deprived version of Anastasia. She is a music teacher and she plays in the children's theatre in Athens. She has been dancing lindy hop and solo jazz for the past 8 years. We talked about: 💡 Athens being alive until very late 💡 Herräng as a camp that people from the city made 💡 Porto being very atmospherical, like the Gotham city 💡 Light changing the theatrical experience 🌏 Thanks for your attention ❶ Help my project grow - give me a review on Apple podcasts / rate the show on Spotify ❷ Follow on Instagram and Facebook - search @aCityForYou --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/acityforyou/message

Lizaveta was born and raised in Belarus, and lived in different European cities in the past years. She is a mathematician and a blues dancer. We have met at the Stockholm Blues Festival and recorded the episode right there. We talked about: 💡 The difference in feeling when going home from a late dance class 💡 Recognising people's faces adding to a feeling of safety 💡 Different aspects of Berlin 💡Zürich making use of the surroundings when choosing artificial lighting & much more 🌏 Thanks for your attention ❶ Help my project grow - give me a review on Apple podcasts / rate the show on Spotify ❷ Follow on Instagram and Facebook - search @ACityForYou --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/acityforyou/message

Angela is originally from Peru, and she moved to Sweden 2 years ago. A criminal lawyer by profession, working currently as a team leader. She considers herself a traveller, she has visited more than 20 countries and islands, the longest trip being 6 months in India. As well as other things, we have talked about: 💡 Utter Pradesh in India as a lovely place to photograph 💡 Differences within Peru - from jungle to Miraflores 💡 Connection to Cusco and the “Sacred Valley” 💡 Lighting of the Pyramids in Mexico 💡 One month festival in the middle of the dessert, Kumbha Mela 🌏 Did you enjoy the episode? ❶ Help my project grow - give me a review on Apple podcasts / rate the show on Spotify ❷ Follow on Instagram and Facebook - search @ACityForYou ❸ Keep the discussion going --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/acityforyou/message

Yusuf Hussein is 21 years old, born and raised in Järva, Rinkeby. He is a person of many interest - a filmmaker, a director, a poet, an engineer student, and an executive director of a creative platform “Rise and Shoot”. We met at an event in Kista, organised by The Kloud and light artist Jonas Johansson half a year ago - and here we go, talking about cities! We touched upon: 💡 Competing in a poetry slam 💡 Creative platform Rise and Shoot 💡 Light as a source of creativity and inspiration 💡 View from the Fotografiska museum Links to the projects we have mentioned: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rise-and-shoot/ https://www.fotografiska.com/sto/ http://thekloud.se --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/acityforyou/message

Poppy works as a lighting designer in London. She grew up in a small village near Wales, Ewyas Harold. We met while studying at UWE Bristol and we were even sharing a flat for one year. So imagine how happy we were to meet one another again after those years! We talked about: 💡Coming together in a village pub after a working day 💡Bristol as a sociable city, easy to integrate into 💡Bustling and lonely London 💡Feeling taken in by a local in Italian cities, accepted and embraced & more 🌏 Did you enjoy the episode? ❶ Help my project grow - give me a review on Apple podcasts / rate the show on Spotify ❷ Follow on Instagram and Facebook - search @ACityForYou ❸ Keep the discussion going --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/acityforyou/message

The episode was recorded in Tel Aviv, during my short stay there. Jane was born in a small Russian town, then has been studying in Ufa, after which she moved to Shenzhen, China. During the pandemic she moved to Pardesiya, Israel. She likes to catch the moments and notice details, which became a big part of our discussion. We talked about: 💡 Falling in love with Shenzhen, “city of the future” 💡 Different architecture within Tel Aviv 💡 Details in the city of Jerusalem, keeping the story within 🌏 Did you enjoy the episode?  ❶ Help my project grow - give me a review on Apple podcasts / rate the show on Spotify  ❷ Follow on Instagram and Facebook - search @ACityForYou  ❸ Keep the discussion going --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/acityforyou/message

We know each other with Katerina since early childhood and until we both moved to study in the UK, we had only been meeting in Cyprus, once a year. And now, during my short visit to Cyprus, we meet again! Katerina was born and raised in Cyprus, while her mom is Russian. For the past 6 years she has been living abroad - studying and working in the UK. Now she is living in Dublin, Ireland. She is fascinated by Russian literature. In her free time she loves walking around galleries and museums, observing people. Some of the points we have touched upon: 💡 City as a network, an atmosphere 💡 Walking around cities as a process to pay attention to 💡 Moving through the city at day and night as two different experiences 🌏 Did you enjoy the episode? ❶ Help my project grow - give me a review on Apple podcasts / rate the show on Spotify ❷ Follow on Instagram and Facebook - search @ACityForYou ❸ Keep the discussion going --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/acityforyou/message

Sezel is currently working at Alva Labs as a customer success manager. She is originally from Bangalore, in South India - the “Silicon Valley” of India and is currently living in Kista - which is also sometimes called the Swedish “Silicon Valley”. Some of the topics that we have discussed with Sezel: 💡 Good mix of convenience and culture 💡 The “real” Bangalore 💡 Why does the sun setting affect how do safe we feel? Does it? 💡 Himalayan track experience - looking up at the night sky 💡 Bat-friendly lights in Järfalla 💡 Story of meeting her husband on a nighttime street in Cambodia 🌏 Now it's your turn! ❶ To help my project grow give it a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review on a platform you listen to it ❷ Follow on Instagram and Facebook by searching @ACityForYou there ❸ ENJOY A City for You --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/acityforyou/message

Johanna and Tobias are landscape architects at Nyréns Arkitektkontor in Stockholm. They were both working on the Yoga Paviljong project in Vasaparken, where we have done the recording this episode. Some of the points we have touched upon: 💡 Yoga Pavilion in Vasaparken, soft light being a supporter 💡 Feeling safe in the darkness 💡 People cooking dinner on the streets of Guinea, outside their houses at night 💡 Grand Hotel in Stockholm being the most horrible light 💡 Private villas at light phenomena 🌏 Now it's your turn! ❶ To help my project grow give it a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review on a platform you listen to it ❷ Follow on Instagram and Facebook by searching @ACityForYou ❸ ENJOY a city for you --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/acityforyou/message

Ursula has always been dancing and cycling (she made it through 31 countries on a bike so far...). She has been working as a teacher, as a manager and now for 28 past years she has been a speech and language therapist in Germany. We were recording this episode at Herräng Dance Camp.  Some of the points we have touched upon: 💡 The fountain in Freiburg as a place for dancing 💡 Hamburg having more water streets than Venice & most amount of kilometers of indoor shopping 💡 Cycling through the Altai Mountains in the Gobi Desert - passing by a village where there was no word for “belonging” 💡 A story of Salome from Namibia who is taking care of 50 orphans [https://radreisenfueraidswaisen.de] 💡 Cities in Germany have started turning off lights in the city at 10-11pm, including traffic lights. 🌏 Now it's your turn! ❶ To help my project grow give it a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review on a platform you listen to it ❷ Follow on Instagram and Facebook by searching @ACityForYou there ❸ ENJOY A City for You --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/acityforyou/message