CapeTown, Long Street

Long Street is more a way of life than a street. A paradise for bookworms, rummagers, connoisseurs and discoverers. Wonderfully renovated houses gleaming in yellow, pink and light blue stand side by side with more dilapidated façades.

It is a magnet for the curious, the fashionable and the tourists, who browse through antique shops, junk stores [...]

Capetowns’ Victoria & Alfred Waterfront

Lively and exotic, chic and shimmering - what were once shabby old docks have now been converted into the “in” street for Cape Town’s entertainment culture. The mighty sea is in front of it and the monumental Table Mountain behind it.

Bars, shops, cinemas, hotels, restaurants, glamor and nightlife - the waterfront offers everything to excite [...]

Santa Barbara - California

In this idyllic town north of Los Angeles on Highway One, young and old live in perfect symbiosis. The students of the University of Santa Barbara in the suburb of Isla Vista provide a hot beach life in a backdrop of trendy boutiques and lively cafés. The well-heeled older population provides the money for clean [...]

Quincy Market, colorful blend of everything

The market, which is actually called Faneuil Hall Market, was given its name in 1826 when it was founded by Mayor Josiah Quincy. Together with the adjacent halls of the North and South Markets, it strongly resembled the Parisian open-air market halls then. As more and more stand owners began to leave in the 1960s [...]