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Madrid wants to convert its least used Metro line into the “Gran Diagonal”. A 1,000 million project without a clear end

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A line that connects the southwest of Madrid with the northeast of the city. A project to quadruple the extension of Madrid’s least used line with the aim of turning it into one of the city’s great arteries. We are talking about the expansion of line 11 of the Madrid Metro. In 1998, Madrid inaugurated a new Metro line. It had been 20 years since new lines had been launched in the capital and the project ended up being the first of the last major investment in the Madrid Metro that the Autonomous Community has made. until the reforms we are experiencing today. The work attracted attention due to its short length (only three stops at the beginning). Then Metrosur (Line 12) and the Light Metro lines (LM1, LM2 and LM3) would arrive. Except for LM1, all the aforementioned lines were longer than the new Line 11 whose 8.5 kilometers and seven stations were dwarfed by Line 12, with its 28 stations and more than 40 kilometers long. Now, Madrid wants to transform that line and make it one of the main axes of the Madrid underground. The numbers point high. From a “forgotten” line to the Great Diagonal Currently, line 11 of the Madrid Metro is, by far, the least used in the city. According to the company’s own report, there are only three lines that are below it but two of them are branches of main lines that far exceed the flow of line 11. Beyond the numbers on lines 7B and 9B, line 11 and its 10.8 million passengers per year they are located just above the Ópera-Príncipe Pío Branch, which moves 10 million passengers despite only having one stop at origin and another at destination, with a train that is round trip. However, Madrid wants the seven stations that currently make up line 11 to be the embryo of a gigantic line that is beginning to be known as the “Gran Diagonal.” The project, of course, has several phases but some of them are still up in the air and others do not have an execution date, although they do have a budget. Map of the expansion of line 11 At the moment, what is underway is the connection of the Plaza Elíptica station in Carabanchel with the Conde de Casal interchange. This link involves excavating more than six and a half kilometers and the creation of two stations: Comillas and Madrid Río. These will join the Plaza Elíptica station to the south and continue north with stops at the already existing Palos de la Frontera and Atocha, before reaching Conde de Casal. 514 million euros will be allocated for this section and although it was expected to be ready in 2026, everything indicates that the works will not finish until a year later and that It won’t be until 2028 when finally the new link will be available. In order to speed up the works, Madrid already has Mayrit readya tunnel boring machine from Germany that can drill 15 meters a day, compared to the two meters that are excavated a day if working only with a pick and shovel. In Xataka we have already talked of this tunnel boring machine that measures 98 meters long and weighs 1,500 tons. After arriving piece by piece, it has taken almost a whole month to be able to operate with it, since assembling it was quite a puzzle. complete at 27 meters depth. This will be the first section that aims to almost double the extension of line 11 and increase the number of people who pass through its trains by up to 75,000 daily passengers. This first section should become the heart of a line that is clear your future in the south. The expansion at this end plans to link the La Fortuna station with Cuatro Vientos, with just over two kilometers of track and an awarded budget of more than 75 million euros. But, at the moment, there are no execution dates for it. Where more doubts are being generated is in the north of the capital. From Conde de Casal to Mar de Cristal, the city will add its main stops to already built stations, specifically in Vinateros, La Elipa, Pueblo Nuevo and Arturo Soria. But it is from Mar de Cristal where the project, for which 600 million euros will be invested, has been changing. As can be seen in the map above, the project contemplated taking the line to the airport and later to a final stop called Valdebebas Norte. In elDiario.es They assure that Metro de Madrid retains the possibility of building a second station to double the latter. The opening, according 20Minutes It would therefore be staggered, coinciding with the three sections already mentioned. Once completed, Madrid line 11 will become one of the main routes to transport passengers. An approximate extension of 33.5 kilometers is expected (from just over eight kilometers currently) and 20 stations from the mere seven it currently has. All this with an expense of more than 1,100 million euros. Photo | Madrid Metro and Community of Madrid In Xataka | Faced with daily collapses, the Madrid Metro could increase frequencies or put in “pushers.” He has chosen the second

In Finland they already know how to deal with excess heat from data centers: convert it into district heating

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Helsinki has found an unexpected ally to decarbonize its heating in the midst of the rise of artificial intelligence: waste heat from data centers. The same heat that servers generate when processing millions of queries, training AI models, or moving Internet traffic is no longer wasted. In the Finnish capital, this thermal flow – which is growing at the same rate as the digital world – is beginning to become shelter for tens of thousands of homes. A digital sector that is now heating up cities. For years, data centers were known for one uncomfortable characteristic: they generated a lot of heat and needed huge cooling systems to dissipate it. Now that residual heat is already being channeled to the Helsinki heating network, thanks to agreements signed with operators such as Equinix, Telia and Elisa. Data Center Dynamics remember that the company It has been testing this model for more than a decade – the first pilot tests date back to 2010 – but now the scale is completely different: the thermal demand of the city is enormous and the volume of heat generated by the digital economy is growing non-stop. The result can already be seen, a single data center can heat up to 20,000 homes, according to official figures from Helen. The Telia plant, for example, already recovers up to 90% of the heat generated by its servers, enough to heat 14,000 apartments, and in a few years it could double that figure to 28,000. A change in the way heat is produced. Digital heat recovery is more than just a technological curiosity. It represents a change in the way district heating is conceived. In the words of the Finnish company“the electricity consumed by data centers always ends up being converted into heat.” The difference is that now that heat is no longer released outside: it is reused. The engineering behind urban heat. Finland can convert digital heat into district heating because it has a network of district heating especially advanced: a network of pipes that distributes hot water to homes, schools and public buildings. The process is as follows. A data center generates heat: the servers run 24/7 and are continuously cooled. That heat, instead of being dissipated outside, is captured. It is then recovered and transferred; To do this, data centers can install their own recovery systems or use those offered by the energy company. The heat is sent to an “energy platform”, where heat pumps raise it to useful temperatures. Then, the temperature is adjusted to the 85–90 ºC necessary so that the water can circulate through the urban network. This is where high-temperature heat pumps come into play—some of which, like Patola’sthey work even with outside air at –20 ºC. Finally, the heat is injected into the grid and distributed throughout the city to heat thousands of buildings. Closing the energy circle. To understand why Finland leads this model, we must look at an essential technological element: heat pumps. Not only domestic ones, but also large-scale industrial ones, capable of raising waste heat to temperatures useful for an urban network. Europe—and especially the Nordic countries— has become a world leader of this technology. Finland has 524 heat pumps per 1,000 homes, a figure second only to Norway, and its cities have been electrifying heating for decades. This combination—cold climate, tradition of district heatingheat pump industry and the need to decarbonize quickly—turns Finland into an urban-scale energy laboratory. A model with limits. Although the system works, it is not a panacea. As Middle Parenthesis remembersnot all data centers are close to cores with thermal demand, not all generate enough heat to justify the investment, heat recovery improves efficiency but does not reduce the electrical consumption of data centers, and in hot climates or widely dispersed cities, replicating it is much more difficult. Still, the trend is clear. With the expansion of AI and the growth of cloudthe amount of heat available will only increase. The Nordic countries – Sweden, Norway, Denmark – already take advantage of it, and large operators such as Microsoft and Google They explore similar systems across Europe. From silicon to the stove. The Finnish model shows that, even at the heart of digital infrastructure – those data centers that power our online lives – there can be hidden a useful and concrete source of energy for everyday life. The heat produced by our searches, our videos or our conversations with AI can be transformed, with the right infrastructure, into heating a home in Helsinki. In a world desperately seeking clean heat, Finland has already found a tangible, scalable and surprisingly logical answer: turning the thermal problem of the digital age into a solution for the Nordic climate. A silent reminder that, sometimes, the energy transition advances with a simpler approach: taking advantage of the heat that servers already produce tirelessly. Image | freepik and freepik Xataka | Someone cut five undersea cables in the Baltic. Finland already points to a ship from the “shadow fleet” as responsible

The plan is to convert the ocean into its energy muscle

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Invisible, but there are. Much of the seabed is occupied by very long roads that connect virtually all countries. ANDl map of submarine cables It does not stop expanding and, if something has shown us the war in Ukraine, is that it is a key infrastructure. They are vital for communication systems. Beside him, there are other types of pipes: Those that transport fuel and those that allow connecting all the Offshore energy infrastructure. And China has just achieved a milestone in its network: they have installed More than 10,000 kilometers of underwater pipes with the aim of continuing to develop its energy independence. China and the offshore. China has a vast terrestrial territory, but although it is exploiting it with Huge solar ‘farms’ and the largest hydroelectric plant in the world (more another one on the way), they are also developing offshore energy. It is the one that allows access to resources at sea, such as Marine wind (For what they are developing science fiction wind turbines), natural gas, solar or oil. The country is promoting megaprojects such as Chaozhou wind park either floating solar plants while drilling Looking for oil independence (Something complicated Due to the volume they need). It is a strategy that responds to two objectives: the aforementioned energy independence and decarbonization betting on renewables. And, to grow in installed capacity in the sea, they need pipes that connect with land plants. Accelerated development. That is where the more than 10,000 kilometers of pipes that China has already installed, one “megaconstruction”, In its own way, which has experienced an accelerated development in recent years. Only between 2021 and 2025, the country installed more than 1,500 kilometers of new pipes, some at depths of more than 1,500 meters, entering the ultra -proprafundas waters. These pipes have different diameters. Thus, there are some of less than three centimeters in diameter, but others much larger that exceed 120 centimeters. Imagine a pipe with the diameter of a 50 -inch TV. Independence. This huge investment translates into projects such as Hohai Bay. It is the one that concentrates the densest pipe network in the country, with more than 3,200 kilometers and focused on both crude and gas transport. Another project is Deep Let No.1the first “field” of Ultraprofundo Gas developed entirely by China that opera 1,500 kilometers deep. Resistant. To install these pipes, the country developed the Hai Yang Shi You 201. This is its first boat designed to tend pipes at even greater than DEEP is No.1. We are talking about that you can perform facilities at depths of 3,000 meters and, for this, the pipes themselves must be resistant. They are designed to resist both high temperatures and a very high pressure, but also They tell with anticorrosion treatment and internal capacity to transport gas and oil currents that reach 120 degree temperatures. Its thickness is considerable: about four centimeters. Projection. In the end, this pipe network is both a technical achievement and the foundations on which the China’s independence desire at energy level. The idea is to exceed 13,000 kilometers of pipes by 2030, further strengthening the country’s energy transport network, while continuing to develop its offshore capacity. And, although we talk about gas and oil, we cannot forget that the country also has an interest in transporting ‘green’ fuels such as hydrogen or shale gas, fuel they recently discovered Gigantic deposits that will help in that objective of reduction of import dependence. Images | BAIR175, Boh In Xataka | A ghost fleet has mapped the entire submarine structure of the EU. The question is what Moscow will do with that information

A Spanish company wants to convert the chitamiedos into biker allies. Promises to be as simple as effective

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We are not going to discover anything if we say that chitamiedos are one of the great dangers for motorists and cyclists. For years solutions of all kinds have been sought. Among them have been proposed and installed Save them With double protection, Some even padded To absorb the impact and above all, eliminate the blade effect from the supports. There are also tubular options that follow that same logic of double and lower protection but avoiding the small pillars that can curtail members. Now, a Spaniard has presented a new addition that does not imply a new design of the cloakrooms. In this case, the objective is that emergency services can act faster and, therefore, some times that can be crucial when an accident is suffered. A connected alternative The system is called Plugsmart Pro And it is devised by the University University of Valencia (UPV) in collaboration with the Valenciana Metalese company is based on a similar idea. In this case they use artificial intelligence, environment monitoring systems and bidirectional signaling to alert drivers in real time. The system Analyze Constantly what happens around them and changes their lighting to warn drivers, bikers or cyclists that they approach a dangerous place, in complicated conditions or that there is some obstacle along the way. To do this, use some lights connected to each other that are installed on the wore. These emit a certain halo of light but when the weather conditions are complicated, the light takes strength. It is the simplest function because the truly interesting is in the monitoring of the environment. If the guardraíl detects that another vehicle is approaching, the flashes become more visible to alert who is on the other side of the curve. Also if, for example, there is a damaged vehicle, an injured person or an animal is crossing the road. If the system detects a dangerous object, the intensity of light increases. The invention has won the Ponle Brake Prize for Innovation in Road Safety in 2024 and this year the National Award Award for Conservation Safety. The companions of Motorpasion motorcyclethat from the DGT have already shown their support for the system. And it is that when the last great advantage of the system is that it can notify emergency services in case of accident. The latter is one of the incentives that the DGT has wielded to convince us that the V-16 lights that will be mandatory as of January are better than the classic triangles. That is, the system alerts drivers, cyclists and motorists that They approach a danger and its light adapts to signal its risk. But, in addition, it comes into contact with the authorities in case of detecting a blow with the intention that the response time from the accident warning to its performance is as much as possible. Photo | Miraxh Tereziu and Metals In Xataka | Spain has a problem with old motorcycles: they neither pass the ITV nor are they a maintenance day

convert offices and parking lots

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If there is something that sister a multitude of countries at this time, that is the deep housing crisis we are going through. In Spain, and according to Idealisticthe average price of the square meter has triggered more than 40% these last five years. If we look at what the neighbors do, we have cases that are familiar to us. For example, Almost 10% of its real estate park are second residencesand in London it is so serious that They are uploading taxes to Mansalva. In the search for solutions, an idea has occurred to Paris: convert offices and parking lots. And he wants to do it with a coup d’etat. Social Housing. Paris is one of the European cities that is investing the most when creating protected housing. Fruit of different actions of these last decades, They have passed From about 126,000 social homes to almost 272,000. Currently, the Social Housing Park in the French capital is around 25%, but although the administration has increased Public spending up to 800 million euros (28% more than the previous figure), the demand is so high that it cannot be satisfied. What does this translate? In which, although there is more protected housing, prices are exorbitant. The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, commented Recently, young people cannot access housing because “it is almost impossible, the price level is tremendous,” stating that without family support they cannot access as owners. And to solve it, they have begun to use the law. 2025-541. That is the number of a law that France promulgated in June of this year with the objective of facilitating the transformation of non -residential buildings. It is a regulation that gives the urban administration the power when allowing the change in the use of buildings, even if it contradicts local urban plans. As? Facilitating the transformation of offices and other non -residential buildings, such as parking, in homes. Besides, contemplate a reversible license which allows to modify the use of a building between residential and office without the need for new permits, all with the aim of expediting processes. Truillot garden Transformation. The purpose is to encourage the creation of housing in areas that already have an infrastructure, but whose qualification is not residential. That is, instead of Raise new floors (A longer and more expensive process), what they want to encourage is that certain spaces be remodeled to be converted into homes. It is another step in a practice that the French capital has been carrying out in recent years. It is estimated that 70% of urban permits issued since 2020 are linked to structure reconversion projects, an example being both both the Truillot garden (It was a parking lot and now it is a green space with urban garden) like the Lamarck Street parking which will become a mixed space of offices, homes, sport and social areas. It is something that also affects administrative buildings, such as the conversion of premises of the Ministry of Defense on 254 social floors. Truillot in 2014 And in 2024 Ambition. The objective of these proposals is to reach 40% of social housing before 2035. It is very ambitious if we take into account that they move in current 25%, a figure that took 20 years to reach. In addition, new projects must have a series of common characteristics such as efficient energy systems to achieve decarbonization objectives and have green areas, betting on a model of “vegetation“Of the neighborhoods. It is something that even has taken debate In Europe. An attack. Now, this plan has harvested criticism and doubts about its true impact when solving the housing crisis. Among the latter, there are who He thinks That betting on the conversion of empty offices is something that only responds to creating the illusion of acting in times of crisis, since the volume of really transformable offices is not so high and the figures will remain below the political objectives. In addition, it is not a simple process. HE points to transformable offices that have a good amount of years behind them, so the process would be complex and expensive to be energetically poor buildings that will have to adapt deeply to comply with residential regulations of light, ventilation and accessibility. Finally, and beyond political criticismit is estimated that the cost of rehabilitation would be so high that private companies would be discouraged by doubts about the return of investment, forcing To these expensive projects are financed with public aid. Images | Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, CHABE01 In Xataka | Paris is reinventing the architecture throughout the city. It has a good reason: heat waves

How to convert any person or thing of a photo into a hologram with Gemini and Nano Banana

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Let’s tell you how convert any object or person of a photo into a hologram. For this we will use Geminithat integrates the free nano model. This allows you to do many things with Gemini’s image editor, such as Create ultra -realistic action dolls From a photo a photo and Many more things. As always, do a task like this with artificial intelligence It does not depend only on the model, but also on Prompt You use, the command with which you ask for it. Therefore, we are going to tell you which one to use and the things you should take into account to perfect it. Turn anything in a photo into a hologram The first thing you have to do is upload a photo to the Gemini writing field, either on the web or on the mobile. Then simply Write the prompt that we tell you belowand click to send everything so that AI does its magic. This is the prompt: “Convert (describe the object or the person to know what you mean) that appears in the image in a 3D hologram of transparent lines.” Here, the most important thing is make the AI ​​understand what object, person or animal you mean When you ask him to make him a hologram. When it is a photo where a distinguishable object appears, like a mobile, then you just have to say the mobile. If two similar things appear, such as two cats or two people, then you will have to give extra indications as you would like a person, such as telling him that he is the person on the right or the cat in the background with dark color. This is already. Only with these indications and leaving the rest of the prompt as Gemini will edit the photo to specifically modify what you have asked. It will not always go well to the firstthat is, you are not afraid to redo the action until it is to your liking. In fact, sometimes the result will be a representation of what is not always corresponding to what it was. For example, if you change a person for a hologram, a silhouette that is not always recognizable will appear. In other words, he sees trying again or tries to add to keep the factions. In Xataka Basics | Gemini Image Editor: 16 forms and tricks to squeeze Nano-Banana with Google’s artificial intelligence

How to use Gemini to convert a photo into an ultra realistic action doll with Nanobanana

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Let’s explain How to turn a photo In a Bandai -style action figure, with its box and everything. You will be able to do this with the Gemini image editorand it will be an almost exact reproduction of the character that appears in the photo, whether a person, an animated character or even your pet. Gemini has a powerful photo editor for artificial intelligencewith which you can do many things. And although it focuses above all on being an alternative to Photoshop, you can also do creative things like this, and all this even with the free version. In this image, a box will also be accompanied with the character, and in the background you will see a computer. Turn your photo into a realistic figure To be able to create this type of image, you first need a photo that you have taken from the character from whom you want to create the image. Gemini will use that image as a reference, causing the doll to have the same posture and expression. It’s like making a photo dollthat is, you will have to choose well what you want. Then, you just have to upload the photo and write the following Prompt: Create a 1/7 scale marketed figure of the photo character, in a realistic style and environment. Place the figure on the table of a computer, using a transparent acrylic circular base without any text. On the computer screen, it shows the ZBrush modeling process of the figure, which must also have the same features in the photo. Next to the computer screen, place a bandal -style toy packaging printed with the original illustration, and with colors similar to those of the character. In the box you must put as name “(name)”. In very few seconds Gemini will create the image for you. The only thing you should worry about in this prompt is Change the name of the boxto add the one you want. You can also change what you want, such as the background computer or the box next to its colors. You can also do the same with drawings That you have dropped from the Internet, using the characters of your favorite anime or comics. The only limit is that Gemini does not allow doing so with photos of real people downloaded from the Internet. In Xataka Basics | Gemini Image Editor: 16 forms and tricks to squeeze Nano-Banana with Google’s artificial intelligence

Nox’s key to convert the nighttime train into the alternative to the plane

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The train is the Interior mobility dorsal spine from many countries, but although in territories such as the European there is a good international connection, Short low-cost flights They have eaten this emblematic transport. Although there are still diurnal trains operators and, above all, Night that connect those countriesbut now one that wants not only to offer an attractive option to tour Europe, but also stand up to the plane. His name is Noxand the bet is the price and private cabins. Wake up at destiny. In June of this year, He was born The German Startup Nox. Its objective is to offer an attractive solution for those who seek An alternative to the plane In a more comfortable, sustainable and, above all, private transport. Its founders are two veterans in the railway sector and consider that The night train It should cease to be that romantized experience to become a fundamental piular in Europe’s international transportation. Cabinas. They look for a change of model, replacing short distance flights with night -train journeys designed for both those who travel for work and for tourists who want to rest and dawn in the destination. The main difference with the plane (beyond airport times), and with other night trains is the system of cabins they propose. All will be private, they will have two meters and there will be Three categories: Individual loft for a single traveler. Double loft with convertible bunk. Double view with second floor bed, seats and panoramic window. The trains will have food, drink and space for bicycles, and also devoted themselves to recycle trains that are discarded every year in all countries, reconvirting them to offer this new cabin experience. Destinations. Those responsible hope to start operations in 2027, although we still have some renders of the project, and want to start with about 30 routes that will later expand up to 100 European cities. By 2035, they want to have large centers such as Barcelona, ​​Paris, Amsterdam, Budapest, Rome or Warsaw, among others, with a connection that will be central to central-city, something with which the plane cannot compete. Among its objectives, the range will be 1,200 kilometers away maximum per route for an optimal 12 -hour travel time. The price controversy. This is a crucial point and the bet is from 79 euros per individual room and from 149 euros for double and per night. It is a very interesting price, but you have to see how realistic it is. According to the German Aerospace Center, low -cost airlines They charged In 2024 an average of 79.33 euros per night tickets for journeys between 500 and 1,500 kilometers. Is aligned with the price with which NOx wants to operate, but in back on track They already calculate that those 79 euros can only be the entrance price and that the average should be exceeding 100 euros. According to the organization’s calculations, a night train with an average occupation of 75% and a maximum of 500 seats, would have a journey of 27,000 euros at the prices that NOX expects, assuming a deficit of about 9,000 euros per route to cover costs. They are not alone. As we say, several night trains operate in Europe, but Nox’s great argument is that of privacy. And apart from the fact that there are several companies offering this transport service, there is a whole movement to enhance the use of night trains. This is the aforementioned Back-on-Track, who seek to enhance this way of traveling as One of the tools that Europe has To reduce, According to themup to 3% their contribution to Climate change If used trains instead of aircraft on short and medium distance trips. In Xataka | Renfe has joined the “Slow Luxury” with a luxury alternative to visit Andalusia: Al-Andalus with tickets at 14,000 euros

convert schools into tourist experience

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If we look back for a year until today, the word that best defines the situation in many rural areas of Japan is despairand is given by a birth crisis and aging of the population that affects several layers of social fabric. That is why they are betting unpublished in bring immigrantsor there are villages where, literally, there are More dolls than neighborsor they are even offering thousands of euros for attracting youth. Drift has led to School closureand now they have found an unpublished solution to the centers. The sunset of classrooms. I told it in an extensive BBC report And we have gone counting months ago, Japan faces a silent but deep transformation: every year, about 450 rural schools close their doors, victims of the demographic aging and of the exodus Youth to the big cities. What were previously training and community life centers become empty structures that reflect the depopulation of entire regions. Miyoshi, a remote municipality of the Shikoku IslandIt is a paradigmatic example. Its population has decreased dramatically since 1955, going from almost 78,000 inhabitants to just 20,000with more than 40% of its residents exceeding 65 years. In this context, the closure of the Deai Elementary School in 2005 seemed only one more fact in the chronicle of the rural decline. An designer and an idea. And here an unprecedented name and initiative arise. It was in 2014 when the Designer Shuko Uemoto He visited Miyoshi with his little son. What began as a getaway became a revelation: pure air and the natural environment caused an immediate improvement in the health of their son, who suffered asthma. That personal impact, added to the overwhelming silence and the beauty of the landscape, inspired a vision into a vision: transform an abandoned school into a Rest spacehealth and community. As soon as he discovered the Deai building, surrounded by trees and crossed by the rumor of a river, he knew that he had found the perfect place for his project. From the classroom to the accommodation. So HARE TO KE BORNa rural accommodation that takes its name from an ancient Japanese dichotomy: Hare, the holidays and extraordinary days, and Ke, the daily life. The concept invites recover balance Between them, in contrast to a modernity that has saturated the everyday of constant stimuli. The rooms occupy old carefully restored classrooms, spaces where blackboards, desks, laboratory bottles and murals painted by former students are still preserved. The design does not erase the memory of the place, but it welcomes and enhances it, offering visitors an intimate and deeply rooted sensory experience. Miyoshi Sleep like never. The hotel has specialized in what call “Sleep Trips”experiences focused on improving sleep quality. From a brief questionnaire, guests receive personalized medicinal infusions, accompanied by aromatherapy, spring water baths, and sessions in cedar sauna overlooking the forest. Everything is designed to “reconnect the five senses” with a slower, more natural vital rhythm. In a country where light and sound pollution is omnipresent, the absolute silence and the total darkness of Miyoshi are, for many, A revelation. Sleep well, even just one night, transforms the entire trip, says Uemoto to the British environment. “Other” tourism. But HARE TO KE It is much more than a hotel. Its impact has been so deep that former students and even the former director have returned to visit the building, now revitalized. Local elders gather in the old sports field for Play Gateballwhile guests observe from the classrooms turned into common rooms. In addition, the hotel organizes kitchen workshops with local products, monthly fairs and cultural activities such as classes of Awa Odorithe traditional dance of Tokushima. All this not only strengthens the link between visitors and residents, but helps to support the traditions that, without intervention, could be extinguished. Ancestral legacy. The experience in Miyoshi goes beyond rest: it is part of a cultural and historical landscape that resists over time. Guests can participate in the Mount Tsurugi Festivalwhich includes a Ritual procession over 900 years old. Or can travel the Iya Valley and cross their iconic liana bridges, or taste dinners made with cultivated cereals In inclined terraces up to 40 degrees. Everything seems thought to integrate the visitor into a way of life that has been transmitted for generations, and that now finds a continuity through tourism (respectful). Replicated model. From the opening of Hare to Ke, at least 13 more schools In Miyoshi they have been converted into coffees, offices or new accommodations. A revitalization model, promoted by the local administration, which has returned economic activity, community self -esteem and visibility to a region condemned to oblivion. So much, the challenge is huge: Japan loses about 900,000 inhabitants a year, and it is estimated that More than 40% of his municipalities could cease to exist in the coming decades. Under that scenario, the Miyoshi case It shows that it is possible to fight against oblivion, not with great megaprojects, but with sustainable proposals and deeply rooted in memory. Image | HARE TO KE, 京浜にけ In Xataka | In his desperate career against rural depopulation, Japan has a star measure: 7,500 euros if you move there In Xataka | The situation in the Japan field is so desperate that they are betting on an unprecedented solution: bring immigrants

Someone wants to convert an ancient communist fort in the middle of the Adriatic into a resort for millionaires: the Trump family

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In the heart of the Mediterranean, a Albanian island that was closed to the world for decades by its military past, is about to transform into one of the destinations more exclusive on the planet. The Trump family, through Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, has bought Sazan, a small island of just over 5.7 square kilometers in front of the coast of Albania and its intention is to turn it into A luxury shelter Only suitable for millionaires. The operation, valued at more than one billion euros, has caught international attention not only for the magnitude of the investment, but for the symbolism that An ancient communist fort become the new whim of 1% richer of the world population. A past of bunkers and communist paranoia In 2021, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner ran into Sazan during a yacht holiday for the Gulf of Vallea, just 30 kilometers from the city of Vlora in Albania. As the millionaire counted in the podcast De Lex Fridman, both were fascinated by the island’s sunrises and for their intact landscape covered with ferns, lavender, broom and laurel. That is why the couple decided to bet strongly on this corner Virgen del Mediterraneo. Shortly after, they closed the purchase of those 567 hectares uninhabited for just over one billion euros. However, Sazan was not always the uninhabited paradise that is today. Such and as they counted in The Guardianduring The communist regime of Inver Hoxha, that governed Albania Between 1944 and 1985, the island was a Strategic military enclave isolated from the continent and inhabited by about 150 military families. The Albanian ruler lived obsessed with the idea of ​​an imperialist invasion of its territory, so it ordered to pierce the entrails of the island with about 16 kilometers of tunnels and build around 3,600 concrete bunkers, which still splashed the landscape as scars of that time. The military and their families lived virtually incommunicado, surrounded by fortifications and underground supplies and always vigilant views waiting for some enemy submarine to emerge with bad intentions. The island It was used For the Italian Finanza Guard in the 1990s to combat drug trafficking and people, and it was not until December 2024 when he officially left be a military base. The importance of being called Trump The Trump family project would not have been possible without the determined support of the Tirana government. According to Posted by La Prensa Albansa, Prime Minister Edi Rama has publicly defended the initiative as a strategic opportunity for the country. “We cannot allow ourselves not to take advantage of a gift. Albania needs luxury tourism as the desert needs water,” Rama said, underlining the importance of attracting international investments and positioning Albania as high -level tourist destination. The Government has granted Affinity Partners, managed by Donald Trump’s son -in luxury shelter Reserved for Millionaires. This status implies tax advantages, support in public infrastructure and an accelerated processing of permits and regulations. The project provides for the creation of about 1,000 direct jobs, a relevant figure for the local economy in which, According to data of the ‘World Tourism Barometer‘From 2024, Albania earns greater importance as a holiday destination. As They point from Bloomberg, it is not strange that the Trump family has obtained green light for this project right now that the patriarch of the clan occupies the oval office of the White House. Luxury, exclusivity and environmental controversy The project ‘Sazan Island Touristic Resort‘promises to transform the island into a private paradise, with Villas embedded in the cliffsfive -star hotels backed by the prestigious chain Aman, and a coast reserved only for the activities of the most exclusive guests. The design is designed to attract a clientele willing to pay fortunes for privacy and personalized services. According to the Plans presentedin the first phase only 45 of the 567 hectares will be urbanized, maintaining the rest of the island and its hiking trails as a protected environment. The first project designs show a constructed villas complex respecting the steep orography of the island, and integrating them into the environment so that the landscape and local flora are altered as little as possible. However, since it is a protected natural enclave, the project is not exempt from controversy. Environmental groups have raised the voice Against the transformation of Sazanarguing that “the island is a natural enclave that must be preserved” and warning of the ecological impact that the massive arrival of yachts and tourists of high purchasing power will have. “This area is in the Karaburun-Sazan Maritime Park. This means that beaches and waters within a radius of the coast are protected. What consequences will great public works, the construction of docks, yacht traffic and wastewater discharge in this place? ” Olsi NikaMarina Biologist and director of the NGO Ecoalbania to The Guardian. In addition, before the Ishulli I Trumpëve (Trump Island), as the locals already call it, can open its doors, it will be necessary The invasion would arrive aboard huge supereyates and armed with huge bundles of tickets in the pockets. In Xataka | Albania wants to found a new independent microstate in its capital: a Muslim Vatican that allows alcohol Image | Genesis Studio

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