Zolima City Mag

Zolima CityMag, designed for unique families, was established in October 2015 by Nicole Andrianjaka de Surville, a creative mother of three with a business mindset. This project is driven by a passion for guiding families on a journey to explore the world’s most lively cities in an inspiring, innovative, and unconventional manner, with Hong Kong as the inaugural destination. We recognize that there is a global audience eager for experiences that connect them to the heart of a city. Unlike typical travel magazines or city guides, we don’t just offer basic lists of family-friendly attractions. Our focus is on uncovering the true essence of each city through compelling stories that reflect the human experience. Zolima CityMag delves into art, history, culture, design, and the people who shape these vibrant places. We believe there’s always something valuable to learn or rediscover, whether you’re visiting a city for the first time or have lived there for years. Our hope is that parents will share our discoveries with their children, encouraging them to view the world with curiosity and fresh perspectives.

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Happy Valley’s Cemeteries: A Jewish Burial Ground Built on Cultural Exchange

1 week ago | zolimacitymag.com | Christopher DeWolf

Like many of Hong Kong’s other historic cemeteries, the city’s Jewish burial ground is in Happy Valley – but not where you’d expect it to be. Instead of on the hillside overlooking the race course, alongside the Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Hindu and Parsi cemeteries, it’s in the upper part of the valley, tucked behind a Buddhist nunnery and overshadowed by the Jockey Club’s towering Shan Kwong Road clubhouse.
Not Afraid to Fail: Upstart Filmmaker Trevor Choi

1 week ago | zolimacitymag.com | Elizabeth Kerr

“I don’t mind making bad films,” admits director Trevor Choi Hong-ying as he relaxes on the plush sofa in his shared Wan Chai office. That’s not to say he isn’t trying: Choi has seen two fully or partially self-funded features films hit theatres in Hong Kong in the last six months – Fresh Off Markham (敗走麥城) last winter and Smashing Frank (搗破法蘭克), released in mid-April. “I would say both these films were like homework. It’s practice for me. That’s how I learn,” says Choi.
The Many Unlived Lives of Tibetan Choreographer Sang Jijia

1 week ago | zolimacitymag.com | Rob Garratt

There were two careers mapped out for Sang Jijia from before he was even born – and neither dancer nor choreographer was in the stars. As one of two boys born to a Tibetan family in a small mountainous village in Xiahe County, in the central Chinese province of Gansu, tradition dictated that he should become either a monk or a translator. “We have just the main street,” Sang remembers of the tiny hometown he was born into in 1973, which his four siblings still call home today.
The MTR Turns 45: What’s Left of the KCR?

1 week ago | zolimacitymag.com | Christopher DeWolf

There’s a treasure trove of MTR history hidden in a discreet corner of Hung Hom Station. To access the Station Rail Voyage exhibition, you need to first register online for a free visit, then make your way past fast-food kiosks and a waiting area for the slow train to China. Then you’ll discover decades of artefacts from Hong Kong’s renowned metro system: maps, posters, control panels, even decommissioned trains that you can board for a journey back in time.
Chinese Restaurants, the Next Frontier for Hong Kong Craft Beer

2 weeks ago | zolimacitymag.com | Christopher DeWolf

The Young Master sits serenely in a private room at the back of Bowrington Bridge Hot Pot. Beefy steam fills the air as he watches his team of beermakers embark on a night of celebration. Someone uses a chopstick to pop open a large bottle of beer and pours it ceremoniously in the waiting glasses of the assembled diners. “Jam2 bui1 (飲杯)!” they exclaim, clinking their small glasses together in a roar of festive approval.
A Malaysia-Hong Kong Film Tackles the Complicated Issue of Baby Hatches

3 weeks ago | zolimacitymag.com | Elizabeth Kerr

For the uninitiated, a pavane is the music for a slow, processional dance, now mostly associated with all things archaic – kind of like a cotillion. It’s a telling choice for Malaysian director Chong Keat Aun’s third feature film, Pavane For An Infant (搖籃凡世), but on reflection it’s not so disconnected. The film, after all, is about the slow processes that are chipping away at women’s agency and the archaic tone of the laws that govern them.
Hereafter: Hong Kong Composer Charles Kwong’s First Concerto

3 weeks ago | zolimacitymag.com | Rob Garratt

When Super Typhoon Saola struck Hong Kong in summer 2023, there were inevitably those that celebrated time off work, those who mourned missed weekend social engagements, and those that were deeply inconvenienced. But few people might have felt the heartbreak of Charles Kwong, the Hong Kong composer who was looking forward to the world premiere of his first concerto, for piano and orchestra.
What’s Behind the Rise of Specialty Coffee in Hong Kong

1 month ago | zolimacitymag.com | Christopher DeWolf

Shek Wu Hui is a bustling old market town, an old-fashioned kind of place where goods of all kinds spill out from vintage walkup buildings: lively but far from trendy. It’s certainly not the kind of place where you’d expect to find specialty coffee. And yet, there it is, in a white-walled shop with local art on the walls, French electropop group playing on the stereo and a crowd of twentysomething regulars chatting with the barista as he pulls shots of espresso from a Marzocco machine.
Who Runs 300 Kilometres of Hong Kong Hiking Trails in Less Than 72 Hours? These People

1 month ago | zolimacitymag.com | Elizabeth Kerr

Robin Lee needs a better suit. Not on this humid evening in late March – but he’ll need better duds for the upcoming 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards, where he’s in the running for best new director and best editing for his first feature documentary Four Trails (香港四徑大步走) about the Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge (HK4TUC).
Happy Valley Cemeteries: 470 Graves Tell the Story of Japanese Hong Kong

1 month ago | zolimacitymag.com | Christopher DeWolf

There is not a living soul in sight at the Hong Kong Cemetery on a cool March afternoon. Birdsong pierces the dull roar of traffic heading to the nearby Aberdeen Tunnel. Towards the back of the graveyard, past monuments to fallen British soldiers and seemingly countless people who died of malaria in the 1850s, there is an unusual cluster of tall, narrow tombstones: Japanese graves.