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Schaulager, Basel
While we were in Basel for a weekend to see the military band performances, the Basel Tattoo, we spent Sunday morning checking out this museum. Schaulager is one of the more enigmatic art museums which we have visited – its appearance is interesting but unattractive. The word “Schaulager” means “show-warehouse” which is consistent with the museum’s…
Basel Tattoo 2015
We went up to Basel for a weekend in July to see this annual musical festival. Sue has always been interested in marching band and drum line. So this event is perfect. We found a bunch of Youtube videos of the performances uploaded by others. Some are now embedded below, don’t miss them. Music, choreography, fireworks and…
Illums Bolighus, Copenhagen (København)
Continuing with Denmark (København, Danemark)… We really liked Illum Bolighus- a specialist department store here – full of furniture, lights, design objects, papers, textiles, and even some clothes. It reminded us very much of Vinçon in Barcelona (see earlier post here) and The Conran shop in NYC (now closed) and the UK. This store is located on busy…
Kiin Kiin, Copenhagen, part 2
Continuing with our multi-multi-course dinner at this one-star Michelin restaurant – Kiin Kiin in Copenhagen (København, Danemark). In our previous post (here), we showed pictures of 8 amuse bouches which were served to us. Then we went to the dining room upstairs .. the service here was more reliable. There was no menu for the…
