The four winds, and what each one does to your day
Majjistral, grigal, xlokk and tramuntana. Which coast to swim on, and which wind stops the ferries.
17 Jun 20262 minRead The four winds, and what each one does to your day
Malta Central Magazine
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How much to tip in Malta
About ten per cent in a restaurant, coins in a bar, a rounded up fare in a taxi. Check the bill for…
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What to expect at a Maltese beach
Twenty-three of the sixty-nine bays on this site have sand. Thirty-one have no toilets, no food and no parking at all.
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Kapunata is not ratatouille
Aubergine, capers, olives and vinegar, eaten cold with bread. The vinegar separates it from the French dish.
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Fort St Angelo held out when St Elmo fell
The Order’s headquarters through the Great Siege, then a British naval base for over a century, and now open to walk round.
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The Maltese balcony, and where it came from
The closed wooden balcony is on streets across both islands. Where it came from is still argued over.
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What the colours of the parking bays mean
White is free, green is for residents with a permit, yellow means no and blue needs a badge.
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Every office wants the same three documents
Who you are, where you live and what you live on. Gather them once, copy everything twice, and the paperwork stops being…
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Malta has no rivers, so half its water is made from the sea
No rivers, no lakes. Half the supply is pumped from under the limestone and half is made from seawater.
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One Grand Master paid for thirteen towers in two years
Martin de Redin funded a chain of watchtowers close enough to signal each other. Eight of the thirteen are still standing.
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The statues on street corners were the street lights
Niches cut into the corner of a building, with a lamp underneath. Before street lighting that lamp was the light on the…
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Rent is taxed at fifteen per cent if you want it to be
A flat fifteen per cent of the gross rent, as a final tax, with nothing deductible. Or declare it with everything else…
6 Jun 20262 minRead Rent is taxed at fifteen per cent if you want it to be