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On Barbie’s fiftieth birthday, Mattel - the world’s largest toymaker, opened the first store dedicated to the iconic doll in the world, in Shanghai, China. 3,300 m2 mega-Barbie store holds the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of Barbie dolls and licensed Barbie products. Standing six stories tall, it glows neon pink and cost around 20 million pounds to build. Slade Architecture led the design including the exterior, interior, fixtures, and furnishings.

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South Korea is one of the hardest working country in the world and now people there can shop for groceries at virtual stores while they wait for the subway train. The United Kingdom based grocery chain – Tesco has opened virtual stores in Seoul‘s subway station under the name Homeplus, permitting users to shop using their smart phones while waiting for their trains.

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That magical place is the Academic Bookstore in the middle of Helsinki. Built in the 1960s, the Academic Bookstore is one of the works of the famous Finnish architect Alvar Aalto. The two-level Academic Bookstore displays books in many languages. One of the Europe’s largest bookstore, it has a satisfying selection of Finnish and foreign authors, English-language books, travel guides, and even high-quality stationery items.

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Established in 1992, the bookstore El Pendulo in Mexico City, Mexico is at once bar, cafe and bookstore. This urban spot is bright, spacious, huge, gloriously plant-filled and air conditioning, which makes it a wonderful literary escape on a hot Mexican day. In Spanish, El Pendulo is referred to as a “cafebreria”, a portmanteau word combining cafe and bookshop. El Pendulo has long been known as one of the best ways to beat the heat in the largest city in the world.

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Located just across the road from Notre Dame in Paris‘ left-bank, Shakespeare & Co is a unique antiquarian bookstore considered as one of the best English bookshops in the world. It is one of very few bookstores, which has gained a widely respected legendary status. It attracts both published and aspiring writers, as well as the general reading public. With piled books and floor to ceiling shelves in small rooms and twisting hallways, Shakespeare & Co is probably the most photographed bookstore of the world.

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Livraria Lello is an art nouveau bookstore situated in Oporto, also called Porto, which is the second biggest city in Portugal and a UNESCO Heritage site. Opened in 1906, this bookshop makes you feel like you are in a different time and era. Located not far from “Soares dos Reis”, a Museum of Art, and the Photography Museum, this is one of the most magnificent book shops one can imagine. Livraria Lello is definitely a must-see in Porto.

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Kids in Beijing sure are lucky. The “Kid’s Republic” is a kid’s center with an innovative, playground design. Designed by SAKO Architects, “Kids” is considered as one of world’s best designed children’s bookstores. The design drives your kids crazy, it is so bright and colorful. This imaginative store mimics the look of a fantasyland with its elaborate use of color and fun design elements. Start with an all white bookstore interior - white floors, white ceiling, white walls, white stairs, white bookshelves, white everything - and to that liberally add rainbow colors all over it streams, twists and whirls throughout the store.

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HOTEL NELVA is a modern and voluptuary 4 star hotel that combines neo architecture with relieve and elegance. Agape in Jan 2006. Situated in the environment of the new Legislature Castle and the Exhibitions of Murcia, digit transactions travel to the historical and advertising central of the municipality. Paragon set for leisure and activity travellers.

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The Hotel Rosa Victoria is a ultramodern hotel with an magisterial, mirror and endocarp frontage, situated 800 meters from the Auditorium and Congress Property in Murcia’s activity territory. Hotel antiquity was constracted in assemblage 2000. The hotel offers the facilities and services of a 4-star dimension, specified as apartment with air conditioning, cyberspace connexion, populate personnel, edifice, word and assemblage apartment and secluded parking.

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Silken Siete Coronas is a lately refurbished 4-star hotel in Murcia (Spain), at exclusive fivesome proceedings from the municipality midpoint. Offering dandyish accommodations and outstanding connections with any repair of Murcia, this late hotel is the apotheosis selection both for line and leisure travelers.

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