Category: shopping
BMW Museum, Munich
The BMW Musuem is located across the street from and connected via a footbridge to BMW World. Go to our earlier post to see a bird’s eye view of the whole complex which includes the main manufacturing plant behind the HQ. The silver bowl-shaped building was built in 1973 by the architect who built the tall…
Rough Trade’s East End Flagship Store
I(Chris) have not visited London for many years, and while visiting during the Olympics, we heard a lot about the Spitalfields markets. So one morning we decided to check it out. This area of East London felt quite different from what I was expecting. The Spitalfields markets contain a new and an old section. We…
Stanfords, the London mapseller
Stanfords on Long Acre, Covent Garden is one of my (Chris) favourite shops in London. The shop has been at that same location when I was a student in London in the 80’s. It seems to have expanded as it now has a coffee shop. I like this shop because 1) completeness in geographic coverage…
Naschmarkt, Vienna
Just across the street from Café Drechsler (previous post) is Der Naschmarkt – a half-mile long strip of stalls and shops on top of a river – Vienna’s food market since the 16th century. On every Saturday, there is a flea market at the far end of Naschmarkt – with Vienna being at the center…