Italy is not a country. Italy is a state. One in which it smells of espresso, someone is talking loudly on the phone (to their mum) and somewhere there is guaranteed to be an argument about which pasta is the best, Nonna Carolina's or Aunt Philomena's.
With "la bella vita club", we try to capture this attitude to life - without casting it in concrete. We talk about the small Italian towns with a big soul, about markets where the tomatoes taste of the sun and about people who put more passion into their work. Lunch than others put into a doctoral thesis.
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Who are we?
Behind this magazine are real people with a great love of Italy. We are journalistically independent of the small media production kayserin.io (Stephanie Kayser). She is based in Cologne (in the city that was founded by the Romans 2000 years ago), but research is of course best done on site in Bella Italia:
As we all know, the best stories are on the street. We want to tell them as they are - without clichés, but with a wink.
Wine in a plastic cup
We travel, we ask, we listen. And sometimes we just sit on a wall with a plastic cup full of house wine in Bari - and watch life go by. That's how our reports are created: honestclose up, with attention to detail and respect for the Peculiaritiesthat make Italy so special.
- Favourite place Tuscany - and what's really behind it
- The 60-second quiz: How quickly can you recognise Italy?
What we do - and what we don't do
- We don't make top 10 lists of Instagram spots (although we know them).
- We don't do press releases on pasta trends (although we eat them).
- And we don't write anything that doesn't feel at least a little bit like Italy.
Instead:
- an encounter with the old gentleman in Apulia who harvests his figs according to the lunar calendar.
- a story about "Gigi's bar": the place-to-be where everyone is a regular, even the postman.
- a text about Italian family dinners, where the dessert is already being discussed during the antipasto.
Sounds like everyday life? Exactly. And therein lies the magic.
The attitude to life the world is envious of
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And you?
Maybe you're just reading along - and dreaming yourself away to Tuscany, Naples or a plastic chair at the beach bar in Tropea. Maybe you'll send us your tips. Maybe you'll subscribe to our newsletter - or write to us when we make amatriciana with onions.
No matter how: Welcome to the club.
Whether it's praise, criticism, ideas for stories or topics you're missing - we look forward to hearing from you! You can also find us on social media, why not pop in for an espresso or a sprizz 😉.
