Shopping in Berlin

Berlin is fast becoming a fashion capital to face Paris, London and Milan and this is the best place to find some of the city's most exciting couture and undiscovered trends.

German big-name designers as Escada, Hugo Boss, Eva Paster and Michael Geldmacher are playing a large role in bringing the city a fashion taste which appeals to shopaholics around the world.

Luxury Shopping

The city´s main shopping paradise is Kurfürstendamm, popularly known as Ku´Damm and its Tauenzienstrasse extension. It is one of the most popular boulevards in Berlin, renowned especially for its exclusive designer boutiques and the luxury goods that anyone can get there.

It is located in the large Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district where all the restaurants, hotels and shops are. It is also near South of Zoo, widely regarded as Berlin´s major shopping area.

There are also plenty of streets that provide chic boutiques where an unique fashion style is offered. The Friedrichstrasse area has really huge shopping opportunities.

Cheap Market

Berlin can almost say it has it all, just not in one place. All kind of customers, from penny-pincher to power-shopper, will find something stylish to buy.

Most shops are opened from 9a.m. to 6:30p.m. except on Saturdays that they usually close after lunch time.

Berlin prices are moderated compared to other European cities.

The city offers clothing of all varieties and there are also antique markets and cheap bargain stores. Berlin is calling you, so what are you waiting for?

Seville Spring Fair

Every April the Spanish city of Seville gets decked out to host “La Feria de Abril” . This fair opens up Seville to the world each year. Six days of partying, sevillanas, horses, carriages and tapas which give this colourful Andalusian fest that has a strong flamenco flavor worldwide known.

Origins

It dates back to 1846 and it was originally a livestock fair where farming tools and cattle were sold and bought.

Traditionally, the casetas looked like stables and few people owed them. Some of these casetas belong to well-known families from Andalusia, some to groups of friends, clubs or associations and political parties.

 

The fried-fish dinner is held on the first day of the fair shortly before the lighting up of the Portada and all the streets in the fairground, which is full of rows of casetas.

The fair generally begins two weeks after Easter Holy Week and this led the people of Seville to give this fest a religious connotation.

Seville Flavor

What makes the fair what it is, is its lively atmosphere throughout the day. The party starts early in the morning with the horse parade, followed by a good lunch and bullfights. Everybody is on a horseback or riding in horse carriages to La Maestranza, where the bullfighters and breeders meet.

                                     

At nights, party is still ahead women dancing in the sevillanas vibrant dresses and people singing flamenco while eating finger food and drinking wine and sherry until early in the morning.

Twenty-four hours a day of fun and too much enjoyment to celebrate the spring arrival in such a cheerful way. ¡Viva Sevilla, olé!