Toykio. Come play with us
- If shopping is supposed to be an experience rather than simply raiding the rails and shelves, there are only a few places that can live up to your expectations and truly surprise and inspire you. Toykio is one of them. After some successful years as an online shop and a pop-up gallery on Königsallee, the guys from Toykio built their new headquarter in the Japanese district of Düsseldorf, just off Immermannstrasse. With its shiny black ceramic tiles and colourful neon signs, it is a hybrid between toy store, art space and a café where you can find pretty much everything your inner child desires.
- Action figures, robots, Qee bears, labbits, comics along with coffee table books, vinyl records and premium poster prints – every item seems to be hand picked by shop owner Selim Varol. The gallery in the basement features a variety of more or less known artists from urban- and pop-art, lowbrow, surrealism and photography, just as Banksy, JR, Shepard Fairey, Swoon, Ricky Powell, KAWS, and D*Face. And though it is unlikely – if you ever should get tired in Toykio, you can just sit down and enjoy one of the best coffees in town at the very Brooklyn-like pastry bar.
- By Lukas Blasberg from METAL
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Stibbert Museum
Mediaeval armour and porcelain; period European dresses and clothes worn by soldiers from the Far East… All this can be found in the museum-house dedicated to Frederick Stibbert (1838-1906), an Englishman born in Florence who devoted his life and fortune to converting his home into a Neo-Gothic castle in which to house his extensive collection of historical objects that he gathered on his numerous travels all over the world.
The museum is a fine example of the eclectic taste for collecting historical objects, which range from the Middle Ages to Napoleon’s time and on to the most wealthy classes of the late 19th Century. Worth highlighting is the collection of mediaeval armour to be found in the Sala della Cavalcata, which is set against the colourful and elegant clothes worn by Japanese warriors of yesteryear.
The museum is open every day of the week except Thursday and only closes its doors on certain specific public holidays. An adult ticket costs €6 and children can get in for €4 (4-12 years) or €2 (0-3 years).Guided tours are available for groups (25 people max.) and visits to the Japanese collection must be booked in advance.
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Shekavica
Halfway between restaurant, thematic museum and tourist attraction in Shekavica, you will not only enjoy from nice food, you may also be filled with different elements of Ukrainian culture and folklore. Every room represents an Ukrainian life’s different scene and even the same staff is dressed in traditional costumes and interprets in their own way a role while serving diners. Traditional music also plays a prominent role, with live shows every night.
Here you will get lifelong recipes like borch, a creamy red soup elaborated based on beet and meat, which is one of the most typical recipes of the country, but you will also get almost forgotten recipes that their chefs have recovered.
As it is not a conventional restaurant, it is not exactly cheap, but you can come up there just to take a coffee or a tea and enjoy the facility.
Hours: Monday to Sunday from 12:00 to 23:00 h
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Kos, the third largest island of the Dodecanese is located just 4 kilometres from the coast of Turkey. It offers infinite possibilities with its turquoise waters of the Aegean Sea, hot springs and ancient monuments.
In the Kardamena port you can take one of the ships that will take you in approximately 45 minutes up to Mandraki, the main port of the island Nisyros. . According to Greek mythology, the island was formed when Poseidon, God of the sea, cut off a part of Kos and threw it on the giant Polyvotis to prevent her escape.
The island of Nisyros is a great place for hiking lovers. It has a long cultural history and is a good reflection of the innate wild beauty of Greece. Inside is one of the largest and most ancient volcanoes of the Mediterranean. Stefanos is the larger and imposing of craters and, therefore, which arouses greater interest of tourists.
Once on the island, don’t forget to visit some of its beautiful villages, like Nikia, at the southern end of the crater.
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