diff --git a/homedocs/src/pages/docs/concepts/localization.mdx b/homedocs/src/pages/docs/concepts/localization.mdx
index 48cb6ec02..e25f49a15 100644
--- a/homedocs/src/pages/docs/concepts/localization.mdx
+++ b/homedocs/src/pages/docs/concepts/localization.mdx
@@ -49,6 +49,44 @@ Available locale packages include: `de-de`, `en-us`, `es-es`, `fr-fr`, `nl-nl`,
 | `Culture.setDefaultTimezone(tz)`     | Sets the default timezone.                          |
 | `Culture.setDefaultDateEncoding(fn)` | Sets function for encoding dates.                   |
 
+These methods configure the default culture. Call them before the content is rendered: they apply to content
+rendered after the call, while widgets that already exist may keep the previous settings. If you change settings at
+runtime, re-render the content afterwards, as shown in [Dynamic Culture Loading](#dynamic-culture-loading).
+
+### Culture Scopes
+
+To format part of the page with a different culture, timezone or currency, for example to show documents for
+different timezones side by side, wrap that content in a detached `Restate` with its own culture created by
+`createCulture`:
+
+```tsx
+import { createCulture, enableCultureSensitiveFormatting, Restate, tpl } from "cx/ui";
+
+enableCultureSensitiveFormatting();
+
+<Restate detached culture={createCulture({ timezone: "Asia/Tokyo", defaultCurrency: "JPY" })} data={{ doc: m.doc }}>
+  <div text={tpl(m.doc.createdAt, "{0:datetime}")} />
+</Restate>;
+```
+
+Each culture created by `createCulture` has its own format cache. `culture`, `defaultCurrency` and `dateEncoding`
+are taken from the current culture unless specified; other settings are not. Culture scopes require culture-sensitive
+formatting, which is enabled automatically by some widgets, such as `NumberField`.
+
+The culture of a scope is set when the scope is created. To switch it, create a new scope, for example inside
+a `ContentResolver`:
+
+```tsx
+<ContentResolver
+  params={{ timezone: m.timezone }}
+  onResolve={({ timezone }) => (
+    <Restate detached culture={createCulture({ timezone })} data={{ doc: m.doc }}>
+      ...
+    </Restate>
+  )}
+/>
+```
+
 ### Dynamic Culture Loading
 
 Use dynamic imports for code-splitting:
diff --git a/packages/cx/src/ui/Culture.spec.ts b/packages/cx/src/ui/Culture.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8cdd466e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cx/src/ui/Culture.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import assert from "assert";
+import { Culture, getDefaultCulture } from "./Culture";
+
+describe("Culture", function () {
+   afterEach(function () {
+      Object.assign(getDefaultCulture(), {
+         numberCulture: null,
+         dateTimeCulture: null,
+         defaultCurrency: "USD",
+         timezone: null,
+         dateEncoding: (date: Date) => date.toISOString(),
+      });
+      Culture.setCulture("en");
+   });
+
+   it("setDefaultTimezone applies to an already used date-time culture", function () {
+      let date = new Date("2026-04-24T12:00:00Z");
+      Culture.setDefaultTimezone("UTC");
+      assert.equal(Culture.getDateTimeCulture().getFormatter("HHmmN").format(date), "12:00");
+      Culture.setDefaultTimezone("Asia/Tokyo");
+      assert.equal(Culture.getDateTimeCulture().getFormatter("HHmmN").format(date), "21:00");
+   });
+
+   // With culture-sensitive formatting, formatters and compiled expressions and templates
+   // are cached on the culture and hold the culture objects they were built with.
+   it("setters drop everything cached on the default culture", function () {
+      let setters = [
+         () => Culture.setCulture("de"),
+         () => Culture.setNumberCulture("de-DE"),
+         () => Culture.setDateTimeCulture("de-DE"),
+         () => Culture.setDefaultCurrency("EUR"),
+         () => Culture.setDefaultTimezone("Asia/Tokyo"),
+         () => Culture.setDefaultDateEncoding((date) => date.toDateString()),
+      ];
+      for (let set of setters) {
+         let cache = getDefaultCulture().cache;
+         cache.numberCulture = cache.dateTimeCulture = {};
+         cache.formatCache = cache.exprCache = cache.strTplCache = {};
+         set();
+         assert.deepEqual(getDefaultCulture().cache, {});
+      }
+   });
+});
diff --git a/packages/cx/src/ui/Culture.ts b/packages/cx/src/ui/Culture.ts
index f9a64895f..9fde292d9 100644
--- a/packages/cx/src/ui/Culture.ts
+++ b/packages/cx/src/ui/Culture.ts
@@ -77,45 +77,36 @@ export function popCulture(cultureSpecs?: CultureInfo): CultureInfo | undefined
    return stack.pop();
 }
 
+// formatters, expressions and templates cached on the culture are built from its settings, so drop them all
+function updateDefaultCulture(changes: Partial<ResolvedCultureInfo>): void {
+   Object.assign(getDefaultCulture(), changes, { cache: {} });
+   Culture.invalidateCache();
+}
+
 export class Culture {
-   static setCulture(cultureCode: string): void {
-      let cultureSpecs = getDefaultCulture();
-      cultureSpecs.culture = cultureCode;
-      cultureSpecs.cache = {};
-      Localization.setCulture(cultureCode);
-      this.invalidateCache();
+   static setCulture(culture: string): void {
+      Localization.setCulture(culture);
+      updateDefaultCulture({ culture });
    }
 
-   static setNumberCulture(cultureCode: string): void {
-      let cultureSpecs = getDefaultCulture();
-      cultureSpecs.numberCulture = cultureCode;
-      delete cultureSpecs.cache.numberCulture;
-      this.invalidateCache();
+   static setNumberCulture(numberCulture: string): void {
+      updateDefaultCulture({ numberCulture });
    }
 
-   static setDateTimeCulture(cultureCode: string): void {
-      let cultureSpecs = getDefaultCulture();
-      cultureSpecs.dateTimeCulture = cultureCode;
-      delete cultureSpecs.cache.dateTimeCulture;
-      this.invalidateCache();
+   static setDateTimeCulture(dateTimeCulture: string): void {
+      updateDefaultCulture({ dateTimeCulture });
    }
 
-   static setDefaultCurrency(currencyCode: string): void {
-      let cultureSpecs = getDefaultCulture();
-      cultureSpecs.defaultCurrency = currencyCode;
-      this.invalidateCache();
+   static setDefaultCurrency(defaultCurrency: string): void {
+      updateDefaultCulture({ defaultCurrency });
    }
 
    static setDefaultTimezone(timezone: string): void {
-      let cultureSpecs = getDefaultCulture();
-      cultureSpecs.timezone = timezone;
-      this.invalidateCache();
+      updateDefaultCulture({ timezone });
    }
 
-   static setDefaultDateEncoding(encoding: (date: Date) => string): void {
-      let cultureSpecs = getDefaultCulture();
-      cultureSpecs.dateEncoding = encoding;
-      this.invalidateCache();
+   static setDefaultDateEncoding(dateEncoding: (date: Date) => string): void {
+      updateDefaultCulture({ dateEncoding });
    }
 
    static invalidateCache(): void {
diff --git a/packages/cx/src/ui/Restate.spec.tsx b/packages/cx/src/ui/Restate.spec.tsx
index 090c4df0a..7b2a65f52 100644
--- a/packages/cx/src/ui/Restate.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/cx/src/ui/Restate.spec.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import assert from "assert";
 import { Controller } from "./Controller";
 import { bind } from "./bind";
 import { FirstVisibleChildLayout } from "./layout/FirstVisibleChildLayout";
+import { Culture, createCulture } from "./Culture";
 
 describe("Restate", () => {
    it("provides a blank slate", async () => {
@@ -419,4 +420,33 @@ describe("Restate", () => {
          children: [{ type: "div", props: {}, children: ["Second"] }],
       });
    });
+
+   it("renders detached content in its own culture", async () => {
+      let time = () =>
+         Culture.getDateTimeCulture().getFormatter("HHmmN").format(new Date("2026-04-24T12:00:00Z"));
+
+      let widget = (
+         <cx>
+            <div>
+               <Restate detached culture={createCulture({ timezone: "UTC" })}>
+                  <span text={time} />
+               </Restate>
+               <Restate detached culture={createCulture({ timezone: "Asia/Tokyo" })}>
+                  <span text={time} />
+               </Restate>
+            </div>
+         </cx>
+      );
+
+      const component = await createTestRenderer(new Store(), widget);
+
+      assert.deepEqual(component.toJSON(), {
+         type: "div",
+         props: {},
+         children: [
+            { type: "span", props: {}, children: ["12:00"] },
+            { type: "span", props: {}, children: ["21:00"] },
+         ],
+      });
+   });
 });