Bergdorf Goodman in New York City
31 December 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General, New York City, Shopping Reading Time: 7 minutes Bergdorf Goodman Inc. is an American luxury department store based in New York City, founded in 1899 by Herman Bergdorf. As of 2024, it operates a women’s store and a men’s store across the street from each other on Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. It is part of Neiman Marcus which since 2024 has been owned by Saks Global, the American division of the Hudson’s Bay Company. read more…Big Mac and Lipstick indices
30 December 2024 | Author/Destination: Around the World / Rund um die Welt | Rubric: General, Shopping Reading Time: 6 minutes The Big Mac Index is a price index published since 1986 by The Economist as an informal way of measuring the purchasing power parity (PPP) between two currencies and providing a test of the extent to which market exchange rates result in goods costing the same in different countries. It “seeks to make exchange-rate theory a bit more digestible.” The index compares the relative price worldwide to purchase the Big Mac, a hamburger sold at McDonald’s restaurants. read more…Granville Island in Vancouver
7 December 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General, Bon appétit, Shopping Reading Time: 6 minutes Granville Island is a peninsula and shopping district in the Fairview neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, across False Creek from Downtown Vancouver, under the south end of the Granville Street Bridge. Formerly an industrial manufacturing area, it was named after Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville. read more…Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi
5 December 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, Bon appétit, Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries, Shopping Reading Time: 7 minutes Rustaveli Avenue, formerly known as Golovin Street, is the central avenue in Tbilisi named after the medieval Georgian poet, Shota Rustaveli. read more…Ōsu Shopping District in Nagoya
17 July 2024 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Rubric: General, Bon appétit, Shopping Reading Time: 4 minutes
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Royal Mile in Edinburgh
16 July 2024 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General, Bon appétit, Shopping, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time: 4 minutes
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Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur
1 July 2024 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Rubric: General, House of the Month, Museums, Exhibitions, Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries, Shopping Reading Time: 7 minutes
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Long Street in Cape Town
27 June 2024 | Author/Destination: Africa / Afrika | Rubric: General, Architecture, Bon appétit, Shopping Reading Time: 5 minutes
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