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3 stories match “small towns”

1. Culture · Small towns

   A Town of 900 Rebuilt Its Cinema Seat by Seat

   …looking for its own name. It is not hard to find. Each of the cinema’s 112 seats carries a small brass plate on the top of its backrest, and on the plates are names: THE FERRIS TWINS (NO SWAPPING). GORDON PYE,…

   Ruth Hollis · Mar 25, 2026 · 7 min read

2. Politics · Public works

   The Towns That Voted to Fix Their Roads Before Building New Ones

   …21.6 million crowns in 2019 to 29 million in 2023, every crown of it on repair. A thousand small invoices The money had to go somewhere, and where it went reshaped the province’s road industry. Before 2020 the…

   Tiago Mendes · Oct 13, 2026 · 14 min read

3. Politics · Borders

   A Library That Sits on a Border

   …reader shall need a pass to reach a book.” Besides the portico, the building has a second, smaller entrance, the garden door, on the Ostrava Mill side. The two town councils took five years to agree on how to…

   Julien Moreau · Jun 17, 2026 · 7 min read