There’s more to this Italian city than Romeo and Juliet. Local journalist Giovanna Girardi talks street style, air pollution and cellar bars

Surrounded by beaches and volcanoes, with a thriving arts scene in between, local journalist Hannah Spyksma shows us around the diverse cultures that make up this beautiful Polynesian city

From eco housing to cowboy cantinas, art galleries to poetry readings, the Mexican border city is moving on from its recent violent past

From the sounds of the great Rood Wooko market to worries about a vigilante defence group, journalist Jérôme William Bationo offers a local’s lowdown of Burkina Faso’s colourful capital city

Divided by the river Volga, the western Russian city is home to a secret museum of wooden architecture, an ‘exotic’ commuter cable car, lilac-scented wind and flight of stairs so long it’s almost impossible to count

This Brazilian city is dominated by heavy industry, but local journalist Pedro Leal uncovers the culture, comics and civic movements behind the smokestacks

From the smell of saunas to urban brass, there’s more to the Bavarian capital than Oktoberfest (but hosting the world’s largest beer festival certainly has its perks)

Local journalist Anastasia Costisanu says the Moldovan capital hasn’t fully moved on yet from its Soviet past

China’s capital is home to nearly as many people as the entire population of Australia. Concrete sprawl might be prevalent but so too are buckwheat pancakes, traditional theatres and oases filled with birdsong

Finland’s Rovaniemi is the ‘official home town of Santa Claus’, but local journalist Emma Kähkönen shows us there’s more to this Arctic city than reindeer

The surrounding countryside has been inspiring cyclists, skiers and climbers for years – but this west Austrian city has more to offer than mountains

Kitsch street style, pattie butties and theatre in old fruit markets – Hull might not have a glowing reputation but it’s been inspiring poets for generations

It may not be the most architecturally beautiful city, but from pastries to accessible mountains, Montenegro’s capital Podgorica has a lot going for it, says resident writer and photographer Damira Kalac

There is more to the Yemeni capital than violence – from the enchanting melody of minarets and oud music to residents who wield ‘brooms, not guns’ in an effort to clean up their city

Jodhpur in the Indian state of Rajasthan is home to solar power initiatives, the world’s best hotel and fried semolina balls so good they’re legendary. Priyanka Sacheti guides us through the serpentine bylanes of her city

With the Premier League win and the discovery of a monarch’s remains, it’s been an astonishing few years for ‘the lost city’. Ben Ravilious shows us around the curry pubs, comedy and covered markets

From cycling initiatives to a 40-storey LED billboard, the capital of Malaysia is home to punk artists, Ramadan bazaars and food that speaks of its roots

From architecture built under mafia dominance, to the challenges brought about by the refugee crisis in Sicily, journalist Anna Ditta tours us around her flavourful hometown, stopping off for some questionable local dishes on the way

Five-litre bottles of beer, country musicians and questionable modern architecture – scratch the surface of Tbilisi and you’ll discover a Georgian city fiercely proud of its patchwork history, constantly trying to reinvent itself

Decorated bulls, foaming lakes and a massive IT boom – it’s no wonder software engineers are also rock musicians in the city also known as Bengaluru