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Sofia Brontvein
In love with Swiss watches, vintage cars, spontaneous trips, and cycling
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Lifestyle
Dubai
You Built a Life In Dubai. Maybe It Is Time To Admit You Are Kind Of a Badass
Dubai pushes everyone to want more, but maybe the real achievement is everything you have already built without noticing
by Sofia Brontvein
8 Dec 2025
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Lifestyle
People
You Aren't Strict. You Are Toxic. The Leadership Lesson I Learned Too Late
You can hit every KPI and still fail as a leader — until you understand that people, not pressure, drive performance
by Sofia Brontvein
29 Nov 2025
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Health
Sport
The Data Doesn’t Lie: Women Need To Train Differently
Wearables finally show what science always knew — female physiology has its own rules, rhythms, and performance patterns
by Sofia Brontvein
26 Nov 2025
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Dubai
Sport
Stop Swiping. Start Sweating: Your New Social Life Starts Here
You won’t find your people in bars or brunches — but you will find them at 6 am, sweaty, starving, and strangely loyal
by Sofia Brontvein
25 Nov 2025
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Health
Food
Why You Must Stop Avoiding Carbs
Especially if you are doing all that cardio
by Sofia Brontvein
21 Nov 2025
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Sport
Health
The Case For Dumbbells: Why Everyone Needs Strength Training
Cardio burns calories, sure, but without strength training you are basically a skinny engine on fragile wheels
by Sofia Brontvein
14 Nov 2025
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Dubai
Sport
Move, Scream, Repeat: The New Spirituality Taking Over Dubai
Forget cold plunges and green juices — Sanctum’s founder Luuk Melisse is bringing a louder, sweatier, more human kind of wellness to Dubai
by Sofia Brontvein
12 Nov 2025
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Health
Sport
Why We Keep Climbing Mountains Even When It Is Damn Hard
Because no one grows on the easy road
by Sofia Brontvein
11 Nov 2025
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Art
Qatar
Concrete Dreams: How Doha Built Its Own Modernist Myth
From desert brutalism to futuristic constructivism, Doha’s architecture reads like a time-lapse of ambition — a skyline written in concrete, glass, and confidence
by Sofia Brontvein
7 Nov 2025
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Art
Qatar
Two Museums In Doha That Built the Middle East’s Cultural Memory
Together, MIA and Mathaf are proof that Qatar didn’t just collect art; it collected identity
by Sofia Brontvein
6 Nov 2025
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Art
Travel
Doha On Display: The Ultimate Art Week In Qatar
I arrived in Doha cycling at dawn, museum-hopping by day, and realised that the city is no longer catching up — it is calling the tune
by Sofia Brontvein
4 Nov 2025
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Dubai
Lifestyle
Work Hard, Play Harder: Dubai Isn’t a Fairytale — It Is a Battlefield
Behind the sunsets and Instagram reels, Dubai isn’t a dreamland — it is a city that will test your limits, and sometimes your sanity
by Sofia Brontvein
29 Oct 2025
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Lifestyle
Mental Health
Anxious But Aesthetic: Why We Keep Healing On Instagram
We don’t hide our breakdowns anymore. We frame them in 16:9
by Sofia Brontvein
25 Oct 2025
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Dubai
Mental Health
Why Everyone In Dubai Is ‘Fine,’ And No One Actually Is
“Fine” is Dubai’s unofficial language — the polite translation of "I’m drowning but my pool has a view"
by Sofia Brontvein
21 Oct 2025
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Interview
Sport
Collin Allin: Dubai Has the World’s Coolest Cycling Community
Cycling in Dubai is no longer just a sport — it is a culture, a social code, and probably the city’s most photogenic obsession
by Sofia Brontvein
16 Oct 2025
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Mental Health
Fake It Till You Make It: Millennials And Their Desperate Need For a New Personality
Because when your career, housing market, and mental health collapse, at least your personality can still stand
by Sofia Brontvein
13 Oct 2025
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Mental Health
When Rest Isn’t Optional: My Crash Course In Cumulative Fatigue
You can outrun your problems, but not your mitochondria
by Sofia Brontvein
12 Oct 2025
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Sport
So You Want To Start Cycling In Dubai: A Survival Guide (And a Love Letter)
Cycling in Dubai is not just a hobby — it is a lifestyle, a cult, and occasionally a death wish if you skip sunscreen
by Sofia Brontvein
7 Oct 2025
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Cars
Technologies
The Art Of Escaping: One Sunday, One Porsche, And Zero Regrets
Sometimes the best way to clear your head is to drive a 911 into the mountains and pretend your inbox doesn’t exist
by Sofia Brontvein
7 Oct 2025
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Sport
Mental Health
Why Rest Days Are Harder Than Workouts
Because nothing feels worse than sitting still when you have trained yourself to move
by Sofia Brontvein
6 Oct 2025