Eight new stories from places under study, plus our growing Atlantic archive.
The destination is always more than the research.
11 / 18Banjul sits where the Gambia River approaches the Atlantic. Follow the water and the country reveals a long story of commerce, colonial power, displacement and memory—never simply the promise of a beach.
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12 / 18Horta has long been a meeting point in the Atlantic. Its harbour, painted marina walls and volcanic hinterland offer two ways of understanding distance: the long crossing and the small human rituals at its end.
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13 / 18Madeira is often introduced through the pleasant climate of Funchal, but the island’s full story climbs into cloud forests, ravines and old water channels. Its drama is vertical as much as oceanic.
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14 / 18Tenerife is not one landscape. From coast to volcanic high ground, each change in elevation brings a different light, temperature and scale. Its best stories begin when the familiar resort image gives way to the geology.
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15 / 18Gran Canaria combines an urban beach culture with landscapes that need active protection. From Las Canteras to the dunes of Maspalomas, the island asks what it means to enjoy a place without wearing it away.
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16 / 18Accra is often described in motion: markets, coastal neighbourhoods, arts spaces and streets where different generations share the same city. The capital rewards attention to its communities rather than a rush between landmarks.
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17 / 18On Boa Vista, white sand reaches inland while the Atlantic moves around a low, sunlit island. Yet the fragile dune and turtle habitats ask for something more careful than an ordinary resort narrative.
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18 / 18São Vicente has a cultural identity that cannot be reduced to a runway or a beach. In Mindelo, music, port life and Atlantic encounters are part of how the island speaks to the wider world.
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05 / 18Montréal is not a single postcard of the Saint Lawrence. Its streets move from the old port to cafés, galleries, staircases and parks; a place where the textures of a French-speaking metropolis meet many other voices.
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06 / 18A city can be read through its water. Halifax is a working Atlantic port, but the story begins well before its fortifications: the harbour is Kjipuktuk in Mi’kma’ki, a place with a long Indigenous presence and an unfinished conversation about who tells its history.
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07 / 18Ponta Delgada is a city of basalt details and ocean air, a gateway to an island whose landscapes were shaped by enormous forces. On São Miguel, crater lakes, cultivated valleys and thermal ground sit within a relatively small Atlantic world.
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08 / 18Praia belongs to Santiago, an island of market towns, inland valleys, coastlines and difficult histories. Looking beyond the runway reveals a capital and a wider island whose cultures cannot be compressed into a beach-resort image.
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09 / 18Québec City sits above the Saint Lawrence with stone walls, steep streets and layers of North American history. Its extraordinary architecture is only a first invitation: the city should be understood as a living place, not a theatrical setting.
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10 / 18Terceira is volcanic landscape and living island culture, but it also holds one of the Atlantic’s great historical crossroads. Angra do Heroísmo was once a necessary call for ocean-going fleets, linking the island to centuries of navigation and exchange.
Open this storyOriginal destination stories from places under study. Culture and landscape come first; aviation questions remain in their proper place.
01 / 18At the western edge of the African mainland, Dakar refuses to be reduced to a dot on a route map. The Atlantic shapes its horizon; its islands, neighbourhoods and working waterfront give the city a much deeper narrative than distance alone.
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02 / 18Sal can look deceptively simple from above: Atlantic blue, pale shorelines, low-lying land. But its name points to the salt landscape and the long relationship between environment, extraction and island life.
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03 / 18Nouakchott began as a much smaller settlement before becoming Mauritania's capital. Today the most compelling introduction may be its contrasts: the desert close by, the Atlantic shore and the daily work of a city that has grown rapidly.
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04 / 18In Moncton, the Petitcodiac River offers a startling reminder that geography is never static. A tidal bore moves upstream through the city, while the region's bilingual and Acadian influences make this an especially layered introduction to Atlantic Canada.
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