Stadtführer
Routen, Artikel und kuratierte Listen, die dir helfen, erstaunliche Orte zu entdecken.
Santo-Stefano-Basilika, Mittelalterliche Paläste & Bologna bei Nacht
The Piazza Santo Stefano and the surrounding medieval quarter of Bologna — the most atmospheric corner of the city — at night transforms into the heart of the Bologna social life: the aperitivo hour ('aperitivo bolognese' — the pre-dinner drink culture of Bologna, the city's most convivial social ritual), the restaurants and the 'osterie' of the historic centre filling as the university students and the city residents settle in for the long Bolognese evening.
Hutong & Siheyuan — Die Hofhausstadt des Alten Pekings
Die Hutong (胡同 — die engen Altstadtgassen Pekings, im Rasterplan während der Yuan-Dynastie (1271-1368) angelegt) und die Siheyuan (四合院 — das geschlossene Hofhaus mit Gebäuden an allen vier Seiten eines zentralen Hofes) bilden zusammen das historische Stadtgefüge des vormodernen Pekings.
Bukhansan-Nationalpark — Granit-Gipfel & die Stadtfestungsmauern Seouls
Bukhansan National Park (북한산국립공원, 'north of the Han Mountain National Park' — the 80-square-kilometre national park in the northern outskirts of Seoul, encompassing the Bukhansan massif (the highest peak Baegundae 836 metres) and the Dobongsan massif (Jaunbong 740 metres) — is the most visited national park in the world per unit area, with over 5 million visitors annually accessing it directly from Seoul's subway system.
Indisches Tor, Rashtrapati Bhavan & Lutyens' Neu-Delhi
Lutyens' Neu-Delhi — die geplante Kolonialhauptstadt, entworfen von Edwin Lutyens und Herbert Baker, 1911-1931 gebaut — zentriert auf der 3 km langen Zeremonialache vom Indischen Tor zum Rashtrapati Bhavan, ist eines der großen Beispiele imperialer Stadtplanung des 20. Jahrhunderts.
Haight-Ashbury, Golden Gate Park & das Erbe der Gegenkultur der 1960er Jahre
The Haight-Ashbury neighbourhood — the Victorian residential district west of Buena Vista Park that became the epicentre of the 1967 Summer of Love and the psychedelic counterculture movement, and that today preserves more of the visual and commercial character of that era than any other neighbourhood in San Francisco — and the adjacent Golden Gate Park (the 3 miles by half-mile rectangular park that constitutes San Francisco's largest green space) are the twin anchors of western San Francisco's cultural and recreational landscape.
Alfama & São Jorge Burg: Lissabons Maurisches Herz
Alfama — vom arabischen al-hamma, 'die Bäder' — ist Lissabons ältestes erhaltenes Viertel, das einzige, das dem katastrophalen Erdbeben von 1755 vorausging. Unterhalb der maurischen Burg São Jorge auf einem Hügel gelegen, verkörpert sein Labyrinth aus steilen Gassen, Kachelhäusern, Aussichtspunkten und Fado-Bars die Seele der Stadt.
Södermalm — Stockholms Kreativquartier, Fotografiska & Rathaus
Södermalm — die große Insel südlich von Gamla Stan, Stockholms kreativster und kulturell lebendigster Stadtteil — beherbergt Fotografiska (eines der bedeutendsten Fotografiemuseen der Welt), den Klippenspaziergang Monteliusvägen und Panoramablicke auf das Rathaus.
Nyhavn, Altstadt & Christiansborg — Kopenhagens Historisches Herz
Kopenhagen — die Hauptstadt und größte Stadt Dänemarks, ständig als eine der besten Städte der Welt für Lebensqualität eingestuft — hat ein historisches Zentrum, das um die mittelalterliche Stadt und den königlichen Hafen aus dem 17. Jahrhundert gebaut wurde, mit Nyhavn, Strøget und Christiansborg als prägenden Denkmälern.
Santa Maria Novella, Via Tornabuoni & Ghirlandaios Florenz
Das westliche Viertel von Florenz' historischem Zentrum, fokussiert auf die Dominikanerkirche Santa Maria Novella und die Luxusshoppingstraße Via Tornabuoni, repräsentiert eine unverwechselbare Schicht florentinischer Kultur — die Kirche, die Masaccios 'Dreifaltigkeit' (das erste Gemälde mit wahrer linearer Perspektive) und Ghirlandaios Porträtzyklus in der Tornabuoni-Kapelle enthält.
Ravello — Villa Cimbrone, Villa Rufolo & the Ravello Festival
Ravello (population 2,500, at 350m altitude on the ridge between the Valle del Dragone and Valle di Sambito, the City of Music hosting the annual Ravello Festival) is the most elevated and culturally distinguished town on the Amalfi Coast. Accessible by bus from Amalfi in 30 minutes for €1.30.
Kreuzberg: Türkenmarkt, Landwehrkanal und Stadtkultur
Kreuzberg — das ehemalige West-Berliner Randgebiet, das zum Zentrum der türkisch-deutschen Einwanderergemeinschaft und der Alternativkultur wurde — ist das politisch und kulturell aufgeladenste Viertel Berlins.
798 Kunstdistrikt & Zeitgenössisches Peking — Chinas Kreative Revolution
798 Art District (798艺术区 — the contemporary art district in the Chaoyang district of northeastern Beijing, in the former buildings of the state-owned 798 Joint Factory (the military electronics factory built with Soviet assistance in the 1950s in the Bauhaus-influenced East German industrial style (designed by East German architects during the 1950s Sino-Soviet friendship period)) — the most important contemporary art district in China and one of the most significant in Asia): the transformation of the factory complex (from 2002, when artists began renting the cheap industrial spaces) into a gallery, studio, and cultural venue complex has made 798 the symbol of China's contemporary art renaissance.
Brasilianische Küche in Rio — Churrasco, Feijoada, Açaí & Carioca-Küche
Brazilian cuisine in Rio de Janeiro — the most accessible, varied, and affordable food culture in South America — is shaped by the extraordinary biodiversity of Brazil (the most biodiverse country on Earth), the three-way cultural fusion of indigenous Brazilian, Portuguese colonial, and African slave heritage, and the particular Carioca food traditions that have developed in Rio's specific social context: the beach, the favela, the churrascaria, and the Saturday feijoada are the defining food experiences of Rio.
Riga Old Town — Dom Cathedral, the House of Blackheads & the Largest Art Nouveau District in Europe
Riga (the capital of Latvia, population 620,000, the largest city in the Baltic states, founded 1201 by Bishop Albert of Riga as a crusader base for the Christianization of the Baltic peoples, a major Hanseatic League port from the 13th century, the city possessing the most extensive Art Nouveau architecture in the world — approximately one third of all buildings in central Riga built in the Jugendstil and Art Nouveau style 1899-1914, the Old Town inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1997, the city capital of independent Latvia since 1918 and since the restoration of independence in 1991) is the cultural capital of the eastern Baltic Sea.
Geneva Watches, the Rue du Rhône & Jean-Jacques Rousseau's City
Geneva's international identity rests on three pillars — the luxury watch industry, the role as a global diplomatic hub, and the intellectual tradition of Rousseau and Calvin — all concentrated in the 2km from the Rue du Rhône to the Old Town.
Edinburgh Castle, die Royal Mile & Holyrood — Die Altstadt
Edinburgh — die Hauptstadt Schottlands, eine der dramatischsten und schönsten Hauptstädte Europas — hat als historisches Herz die Altstadt, das mittelalterliche Viertel vom Edinburgh Castle die Royal Mile hinunter zum Holyroodhouse Palace.
Aga Khan Museum, North York & Torontos suburbane Vielfalt
Toronto is the most ethnically diverse large city in the world — approximately 50% of Toronto residents were born outside Canada (the highest proportion of any large city in the world), and the city is home to communities from over 200 countries speaking over 140 languages; the suburban areas of Toronto (North York, Scarborough, Etobicoke) house the majority of Toronto's immigrant communities and represent one of the most extraordinary experiments in multicultural urbanism in history.
Chilenische Küche, Empanadas & Santiagos Gastronomische Kultur
Die chilenische Küche — die gastronomische Kultur des Landes, das sich von der trockensten Wüste der Erde bis zu den subantarktischen Inseln im Süden erstreckt, mit 6.435 km Pazifikküste: Santiagos Gastroszene umfasst die gesamte Bandbreite der chilenischen Regionalküchen.
Mykonos Chora — Little Venice, the Windmills & the Labyrinth of the Old Town
Mykonos (the island of 10,000 permanent residents in the central Cyclades, the most internationally recognizable Greek island after Santorini, the combination of the iconic white-cubist architecture of Chora with the internationally oriented party culture and luxury beach club scene making it the most expensive destination in Greece) is built around Chora — the old town — whose labyrinthine street plan was deliberately designed to confuse pirates.
Elafiti Islands Day Trip — Lopud, Sipan & the Best Beach Near Dubrovnik
The Elafiti Islands (the archipelago of 13 islands northwest of Dubrovnik, the three inhabited ones — Kolocep, Lopud, and Sipan — accessible by regular ferry from Dubrovnik Old Port, Jadrolinija car ferry operating year-round with 2-4 daily departures, the furthest island Sipan 75 minutes from Dubrovnik) are the correct day-trip destination from Dubrovnik for a quieter, less-commercialized Adriatic island experience than Korcula, Brac, or Hvar.
Casa da Música, Serralves & Portos Zeitgenössische Kultur
Porto's contemporary cultural institutions — the Casa da Música (the 2005 concert hall by Rem Koolhaas on the Rotunda da Boavista — the most radical work of contemporary architecture in Porto), the Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves (the 1999 museum by Álvaro Siza Vieira in the Serralves Estate park — the most important contemporary art museum in Portugal), and the cultural district of Boavista and Cedofeita — represent Porto's vibrant contemporary creative identity.
Bruges — Begijnhof, Michelangelo's Madonna, Almshouses, Flemish Lace, Chocolate & the Windmill Ramparts
The walled Begijnhof garden with its spring daffodils, the only Michelangelo sculpture north of the Alps, 50 hidden almshouse courtyards, the world's most celebrated lace tradition, artisan chocolatiers, and the windmill-lined medieval ramparts make Bruges inexhaustible.
FC Porto, Estádio do Dragão & Portugiesische Fußballkultur
FC Porto (der 1893 gegründete Fußballverein, der dominierende Verein Nordportugals — der Verein, der die UEFA Champions League zweimal gewann (1987 und 2004 unter Trainer José Mourinho)) und das Estádio do Dragão (das 50.033-Plätze-Stadion für die UEFA Euro 2004) sind Ausdruck von Portos intensem Bürgerstolz und Fußball-Identität.
Rio Karneval — Sambódromo, Sambagruppen & das Größte Fest der Welt
Rio Carnival (Carnaval do Rio de Janeiro — the annual pre-Lent celebration held in Rio de Janeiro in February or March, the largest carnival in the world by attendance (approximately 2 million people per day for 5 days, total of approximately 5 million participants) and by international reputation): the centrepiece of Rio Carnival is the Sambódromo Marquês de Sapucaí (the 700-metre parade avenue designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer, built 1984, seating 90,000 spectators) where the samba school parade competitions take place over two nights.