Vintage Berlin in Prenzlauer Berg

Vintage Berlin shopping in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany. Copyright © 2023 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Like our neighbourhood in the Fifth District in Vienna, the streets surrounding our apartment in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin – including our own – are dotted with vintage clothes shops. As soon as the snow stopped and the footpaths were cleared, racks of fur coats, groovy frocks, and army surplus gear suddenly appeared on the streets … Read more

A Retro Walk Back in Time in Present Day Budapest

A Retro Walk Back in Time in Present Day Budapest, Hungary. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved. A Retro Walk Back in Time in Budapest.

“What period do you think we are speaking about when we talk of ‘Retro Budapest’,” my guide, Bálint Horváth from Unique Budapest asks me. “Um, the 1950s and ’60s…?” I suggest. “No. Not really… not for us. It’s the 1970s and ’80s,” he says. I take a retro walk back in time in Budapest. Oh dear, I think … Read more