KaDeWe

Today in the paper I was surprised to learn that the owner of the department store KaDeWe, because of the crisis and debts, decided to sell it, as well as the ones in Hamburg and Munich. I know nothing about the last two cities but I heard that for the one in Berlin, Printemps and Galeries Lafayette (already has a store in the center of the city), both French department stores, are on the list as well as Harrods (UK) among others. KaDeWe in Berlin is a temple of luxury, It is also a touristic attraction that gives pride to the people of the city. More than 180.000 visitors a day come in this place and that is 44 times more than people visiting the Reichstag. Founded in 1907, this KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens) does not take its name from the cold war but by its geographical position, near the rich area of the west of the capital. It was a window of the capitalism during the cold war and conquers the heart of the East Germans with the fall of the Wall.