Big Apple is a real paradise for shopaholics, and with different shopping budgets. A detailed overview in our article.
New York really offers everything you need for a successful shopping tour: world-famous labels, small insider shops that are hidden in up-and-coming districts, and also large outlets at the gates of the city that can be reached quickly. In addition, the latest trends and long opening times. Here we reveal the best shopping in New York insider tips and show you where you can go on a cheap shopping tour.
Sailing in New York or off New York is an incredibly relaxed and impressive way to experience the city from the water. We love to be out and about by boat or ship because it always somehow conveys a vacation-on-vacation feeling. Great weather combined with a sailing trip on the Hudson River, the East River, or the port of New York is an experience that we warmly recommend.
Looking for the best Mexican restaurants in Manhattan? Then you’ve come to the right place. Regardless of whether it is tacos or quesadillas: the pure variety and freshness make the apparently simple recipes for me. We really like to eat Mexican food, and there are several good restaurants in Manhattan. Los Tacos also had to be there – it is our “delicious low budget” tip.
If you are only in New York for two or three days you ask yourself the question: What is really worthwhile and should I just not miss it?
Have you decided to travel to the starting point of your cruise on your own? Do you want to stay at your destination for a few more days before you go home? Classic and more modern hotels, established and trendy restaurants, surprising bars, and good cafes.
How the right to be a taxi driver in New York was sold for a million dollars, became a tool of financial fraud and a reason for suicide – and what the city authorities are doing now when desperate taxi drivers are standing outside the windows of the City Hall.
Right next to the Theater District in New York is the infamous Hell’s Kitchen. Where gang wars and violence used to rule, Broadway fans now storm the hippest restaurants in town.
All of this has been drowned out since the fall of 1967 by the increasingly louder debate about the war in Vietnam. This had provoked criticism from the start, but mostly within academic circles and marginal groups of the New Left.
While individual members of the African-American elite took one symbolic hurdle after another, this did little to change the extreme poverty of the vast majority of blacks. They often lived in inhumane “Third World” conditions in city centers.
In 1967, the liberal post-war consensus in the USA fell apart. This was based on a combination of several elements: on the one hand, on a robust foreign policy anti-communism and internationalism, on the other hand, on growing prosperity in the wake of the economic boom after the Second World War, which was accompanied by the expansion of welfare state programs, but also growing political participation of previously discriminated groups.
Central Park in the heart of Manhattan is also known by the locals as “The Green Lungs” of New York. Central Park is also always an absolute highlight for tourists, as it has great events and excursion options to offer in every season. We have put together the top 5 activities in Central Park for you. Have fun exploring Central Park.
On the eve of Thanksgiving Day, the National Society of Civil Art of the United States launched an advertising campaign in New York City to raise funds for the restoration of the original Pennsylvania Station. The legendary Penn Station demolition that they called the 1963 demolition «the greatest architectural crime of the 20th century».
The Statue of Liberty was opened on 28 October 1886. At that time visitors had the opportunity to climb the torch. But it was closed in 1916. Why do you think that happened?
In mid-May, the season of flea markets – unique outlets where you can buy absolutely any product – from rusty nails at a cent apiece to works of art worth millions of dollars. Relatively recently, the national flea market industry has generated $30 billion in revenue. Nearly two and a half million sellers served 150 million buyers.
The adoption of the law will also lead to the removal of thousands of convictions. In 2020, Blacks and Latinos accounted for 94 percent of arrests related to the cannabis trade.
When you hear that New York is the business capital of the world, you don’t always know what’s behind those words. In terms of population, this mega-city can compete with any small European country – 8.86 million people live and work here every day. New York’s annual budget in 2019 was $84.86 billion.
New York City is one of the most popular cities on Instagram. If you travel to the Big Apple and are also active on Instagram, you want to find the best Instagram spots in New York. Some of the best Instagram spots in NYC are absolute insiders, but sometimes also part of our top 10 best sights in New York.
The famous Lincoln Center is undisputedly the cultural hotspot of New York. Even if you don’t have tickets for an upcoming event, you have to stop by when visiting this city that never sleeps! There is always something going on. The Lincoln Center consists of several theaters and concert halls; this is where the world-famous Metropolitan Opera is located. Eleven famous New York cultural and music organizations have their address in Lincoln Center.
Originally part of the Lower East Side, the East Village in New York developed in the sixties through its multicultural influences into an exciting identity of its own and thus into a separate district in the so-called “Village” of New York City.
