100 years and still going strong! KaDeWe is the biggest shopping center in all of continental Europe. Its birthday celebration was in the news all over Germany yesterday.
The "Adlon", famous hotel at Brandenburg Gate, is 100 this year as well.
And "Edeka", a food shop chain, was founded in 1907, too. It's my favourite place to buy everyday food in the mall at Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz.
The mall houses a new "Hertie" since yesterday. It used to be a "Hertie" when I moved here six years ago, was taken over by Karstadt and renamed "Karstadt", and now it's a new concept, but the old name. The reopening was celebrated with lots of clowns, cookies and champagne. And special offers.
Hertie was founded more than 100 years ago by Oskar Tietz, one of the first in Germany to open up shopping malls. He bought KaDeWe in 1927. Since he was a jew, he was forced by the nazi government to give up all these malls. Read more about the history of KaDeWe on RBB website.
I did't have any of the huge cake in KaDeWe served by Berlin lord mayor Klaus Wowereit, nor champagne in Hertie, just healthy fruit and veggies and lots of hot tea. I hate these spring colds!
Keine Kommentare:
Kommentar veröffentlichen