en af Momondo, 27. apr 2008

Buenos Aires is a haven for shopping! Previously we have tipped you on shopping in the neighborhoods Palermo and San Telmo. This time we guide you through some of the best shops in Recoleta.

Recoleta

Written by Jesper Vestergren Hansen and Mathilde Hvidt

On a stroll in the fashionable Recoleta you will meet both elderly rich ladies and young fashion-conscious ones. This area is indeed the place for the old bourgeois and the young, the rich and the beautiful. Shopping in Recoleta takes place on Avenida Santa Fe (from around the corner at Paraná on further out) and in the blocks on the northern side of it. For those who prefer to shop indoor Paseo Alcorta - which is the only recommendable shoppingcenter in Buenos Aires - is also located in Recoleta.

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en af Momondo, 26. apr 2008

Shopping in Buenos Aires is a true pleasure unmatched elsewhere in South America. The peso is low and the city is packed with innovative design shops, so it is a great place to extend your wardrobe. We have tipped you on the best shops in the hip neighbourhood Palermo. This time we will introduce you to the best shops in the San Telmo district.

San Telmo

Written by Jesper Vestergren Hansen and Mathilde Hvidt

Those high on fashion should also head to San Telmo – as well as antique lovers should. This authentic area is loved by tourists while the porteños as a rule normally hate it. The visitors are attracted to narrow cobbled streets and the rustic houses whereas the inhabitants normally consider this neighbourhood dirty and decayed.

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en af Momondo, 25. apr 2008

 

Written by Jesper Vestergren Hansen and Mathilde Hvidt

”Whoever said money can’t buy happiness simply didn’t know where to go shopping”. Bo Derek might have had Buenos Aires in her mind while she was saying those immortal words. Shopping in this city is a true pleasure unmatched elsewhere in South America and a great place to extend your wardrobe.

Buenos Aires is a melting pot with custom made leather goods, funky one-offs and tremendous design – and after the economic crises in the beginning of the millennium and the devaluation of the peso Buenos Aires has become an enormous crazy discount shop for deep-pocketed tourists and a place to make some very good bargains. And keep in mind that every time you purchase Argentine-made products worth at least AR$ 70 (€ 14) you can be given back the 21 per cent sales tax when you leave the country. Read all the details here.

As any other big city Buenos Aires has exclusive neighbourhoods with world famous brands, but if you are looking for the significant porteño-style you should avoid streets like Avenida Alvear and the big shopping malls and instead head for the unique shops in Palermo, San Telmo and Recoleta.

Palermo 

The hip neighbourhood of Palermo has everything on the wish list and is a shopper’s paradise on earth displaying the latest trends and creativity of Buenos Aires. Young designers fresh out of school show their outburst beside established local names and a desire of inspiration is excuse enough to go shop hop around the trendiest part of town.

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en af Momondo, 15. apr 2008

Want to spend a night in East Germany? Then book a room at Ostel, which is the name of Berlin’s first DDR design-hostel. The hostel offers guests a chance to experience life in the old East Germany and a bit of communist kitsch.

All interior at Ostel is from the old DDR. Everything is brown or orange and made from materials that are anything but good quality. In the reception there are different watches showing the time in Moscow, Havana, Beijing and Berlin and on the walls are pictures of former communist leaders keeping a watchful eye on the guests.

Ostel is situated in a residential area behind the station Ostbahnhof and do we need to say that it is located in a concrete block of the kind favoured by communist leaders from Berlin to Novosibirsk.

If you want to enjoy real DDR-extravagance then book the Stasi-suite. The suite is decorated with authentic furniture from former members of the Politburo and with a big picture of a smiling former Communist Party leader Erich Honecker. As an extra luxury the suite has a balcony with a spectacular view of great DDR-style concrete blocks.

Ostel opened 1. May 2007 and has received a lot of attention from around the world. However some guests have been a little bit too interested and nicked interior from the hostel. Therefore Ostel has begun selling DDR-souvenirs including photos of Erich Honecker.

Ostel – das DDR Hostel, Wriezener Karree 5

Author David Rich Momondo

Go further: Sleep next to Kim Jong-Il at the former North Korean embassy in East Berlin.

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en af Momondo, 13. apr 2008

Around the world, opera increases its popularity by the minute and new impressive operahouses spring up like mushrooms. The latest example is Oslo’s New National Opera House, which was inaugurated on April 12 2008.

The new opera is situated in the Bjorvika harbour area, where its sloping roof rises from the Oslo Fjord itself, and parts of the stage are 16 meters below sea level. The building is drawn by the young wonderboys in Norwegian architecture, Snøhetta, who have won international acclaim for their new national library in Alexandria, Egypt.

The New National Opera House has an impressive opening program, which in the first year offers guest appearences from i.e. the Berliner Philharmonics and Simon Rattle, Cecilia Bartoli, Daniel Barenboim and Lorin Maazel.

Apart from the opera house, Oslo will get another new landmark in 2010, when the city’s new ski jumping hill ‘Holmenkollen Lighthouse’ is expected to be finished.

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