Barbara Woolsey / Barbara Woolsey

Lonely Planet • 1st November 2020

Lonely Planet's Guide to Life

This book collects together cultural pearls of wisdom from 86 countries to form the ultimate reference book for how to live well. I wrote the chapters on Germany, the Philippines, Thailand and Canada.

Lonely Planet • 10th March 2020

In Her Footsteps

Contributing writer for In Her Footsteps: a celebration of incredible women, and a travel guide to the places where they studied, lived, worked, reigned and explored. I wrote entries about Germany's rubble women and Sophie Scholl.

Lonely Planet • 1st May 2020

Lonely Planet Amsterdam

Golden Age canals lined by tilting gabled buildings are the backdrop for Amsterdam’s treasure-packed museums, vintage shops and creative design, drinking and dining scenes. I wrote the Southern Canal Ring chapter.

Fodor's • 9th April 2019

Fodor's Essential Thailand: with Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia & Laos

An ultimate experience guide that visually captures the top highlights of Thailand, as well as neighboring Cambodia and Laos. I authored the Bangkok, Around Bangkok, and Travel Smart chapters.

October • 22nd October 2019

Black Female Brewers Are Reclaiming Craft Beer in South Africa

In South Africa’s black Xhosa and Zulu ethnicities, women were traditionally in charge of brewing umqombothi. Beer-making turned into a man's job during the industrial period, but now South Africa's craft beer scene is seeing young black females come up as brewmasters.

The Guardian • 3rd April 2020

A new form of house music: Berlin clubs livestream DJ sets

With bars, nightclubs and restaurants closed to slow the spread of Covid-19, nightlife in Berlin was expected to come to a halt. But no, the beats are still thumping. The city’s premier “virtual club” is now in session.

Reuters • 27th March 2020

'Cooking for heroes': Michelin-starred restaurant helps Berlin medics fight coronavirus

A Michelin-starred restaurant in Berlin forced to close its doors by the coronavirus lockdown has turned its culinary skills to helping to feed doctors, nurses, policemen and firefighters who cannot work from home.

thrillist • 21st May 2019

Amsterdam's Red Light District is About to Change. Here's How Sex Workers Feel About It

Window prostitution has been practiced throughout the Netherlands since the end of the 19th century, but the city's recent ban on red-light tours is the first of its kind.

The Guardian • 9th May 2019

Berlin anti-gentrification activists fight to keep ... the local Aldi

The residents of Berlin’s Kreuzberg district have become renowned for their impassioned clashes against capitalism. Now, they’ve stepped up to defend an unexpected establishment: the local branch of Aldi, a supermarket with a €50bn annual turnover.

Reuters • 5th April 2019

Germany's new Bauhaus museum set for interactive opening

The new Bauhaus museum opens its doors to the public for the first time in the east German city of Weimar on Saturday after three years of construction, giving admirers of the world-famous “form follows function” aesthetic a new place of pilgrimage.

Scoot • 1st February 2019

Mic's the Word

A dynamic spoken word scene is boldly reverberating in Malaysia's capital. Barbara Woolsey takes a seat in the audience and tunes in to the melodic strains of Kuala Lumpur's poetic underground.

thrillist • 18th October 2017

Why Young American Expats Flock to This Cheap Beach Paradise

There’s a village in Bali where American expats cavort on scooters, surf swells, and beach verandas all year round. No, this isn’t the Eat, Pray, Love crowd -- these are Silicon Valley exiters, social media influencers, artists, and miscellaneous “woke” folk living their best lives, as seen on Instagram.

The Guardian • 17th October 2017

Berlin’s popular Thai Park faces threat of closure

The iconic but illegal Preussenpark food market could become a victim of its own success as officials clamp down over hygiene and safety regulations.

Reuters • 20th April 2016

Germany marks 500 years of beer purity law

The sound of clinking glass fills the room as a monk inspects one of hundreds of beer bottles passing along the production line at Andechs monastery in Bavaria.

Vice Munchies • 2nd December 2016

The Rise of India’s Coffee Revolution

Indians have never been big coffee drinkers. Sure, the West's irreplaceable daily perk has existed in the South Asian country for centuries—as the story goes, those first prodigious beans were smuggled out of Yemen by an Indian Muslim saint around 600 years ago.

Bangkok Post • 21st October 2010

Burma's healthcare reaches crisis point

The health of people living in eastern Burma is among the worst in the world.

Barbara Woolsey

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Lonely Planet's Guide to Life

In Her Footsteps

Lonely Planet Amsterdam

Fodor's Essential Thailand: with Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia & Laos

Black Female Brewers Are Reclaiming Craft Beer in South Africa

A new form of house music: Berlin clubs livestream DJ sets

'Cooking for heroes': Michelin-starred restaurant helps Berlin medics fight coronavirus

Amsterdam's Red Light District is About to Change. Here's How Sex Workers Feel About It

Berlin anti-gentrification activists fight to keep ... the local Aldi

Germany's new Bauhaus museum set for interactive opening

Mic's the Word

Why Young American Expats Flock to This Cheap Beach Paradise

Berlin’s popular Thai Park faces threat of closure

Germany marks 500 years of beer purity law

The Rise of India’s Coffee Revolution

Burma's healthcare reaches crisis point