Showing posts with label Kent Meydanı. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kent Meydanı. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

New city square II

Today, I managed to go to the new City Square and do some window shopping in the mall.
The mall consists of three huge eight-storey buildings of which four are below ground including the car park. With my sister, my nephew and her nephew, we could only go inside one of the buildings and browse through a few shops.
Inside, it's an ordinary mall with many chain shops and well-known brands - though affordable. I was surprised to see some shops I know from Germany - like Tschibo and C&A. So, again, some familiar places. The most striking thing for me was the many cafés, all in different styles. And, Starbucks has arrived in Bursa! When it gets warmer, the cafés will spill out onto the Square and together with the trees and flowers everything will look more colourful.
Unfortunately, I could only take very few pictures. They are not sensational but I wanted to try out this new tool, Gifup :-)

GIF animations generator gifup.com

Saturday, March 1, 2008

New city centre - shopping and meeting place


(Source: www.yenişafak.com.tr)
One of the ugliest places near the centre of Bursa was the "Santral Garaj". Turkish is a phonetic language; so, with a little bit of imagination and knowledge of French you can guess that this means Central Station. This was the hub for bus lines within Bursa and the ones connecting Bursa to other cities. It was an extremely busy and crowded place but very unsightly and it had become too small.
A few years ago, they built the "Terminal" - the new hub for inter-city buses. The Sanral Garaj was then referred to as "Eski Garaj" – "eski" meaning old. It was not suiting a modern city like Bursa. Now, it has been torn down and replaced by a magnificent modern square with shopping centres and places to meet and enjoy oneself.
Today is the official opening of the "City Square" — "Kent Meydanı". It is said that shopping there will be affordable for families with a medium income. They are not targeting the rich.
It's at walking distance from my home, so I might just go there sometimes, to watch the people, sip a cup of tea while reading a magazine…