Travel
Three days in the Carpathians without a car
A night train, two changes and no driving at all. A long-weekend route where the point is not to see everything, but to finally stop rushing.
Author
Olena Hnatiuk
Editor of Nota. Walks wherever she can and writes about small trips and big breakfasts. Lives in Lviv, dreams of a cabin by a lake.
5 stories
Essays
In praise of slow mornings
Thirty minutes between the alarm and the first message that change the whole day. An essay about coffee, a window and the right not to rush.
Travel
A week by the lake, offline
Seven days, one rowing boat and zero notifications. What happens to your head when the phone stays in a drawer.
Food
A borscht that takes its time
Our Sunday recipe: roasted beetroot, a rich broth and an hour in which the kitchen becomes the warmest place in the house.
Essays
The city before 8 a.m.
Street sweepers, bakeries, the first trams. Notes from morning walks through a city that hasn't got noisy yet.