Culture | Food | Habitat – Struck By Wanderlust Blog

Culture | Food | Habitat provides a summary of recommended museums, places to stay, pubs and restaurants appearing in detail on other pages devoted to individual destinations.

Amsterdam & Rotterdam, Netherlands :
― Envy Restaurant
― Gewoon Eten En Meer Market
― Hotel JL No. 76
― Mercure Hotel
― NEMO Science Center
― Rijksmuseum
― Stedelijk Museum
― Van Gogh Museum
― World of Delights

“Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin.” ― John Green

Bangkok, Thailand :
― The Banyan Tree Hotel on South Sathon Road
― Chesa Restaurant Sukhimvit Soi 20
― Provence Cafe
― Vertigo Bar

Barcelona, España :
― Chic and Basic Ramblas
― Club BLVD
― Cuines Santa Caterina
― Hotel Arts Barcelona & Bites Restaurant
― Mercat de Santa Caterina
― Mercer Hotel
― Sagrada Familia

Bath, England :
― Bath Abbey
― Parade Gardens
― Roman Baths
― Royal Crescent
― The Stable Pub

Berlin, Germany :
― The Dali Exhibition at Potsdamer Platz
― Grosz Coffeehouse
― Hotel Concorde Berlin
― Hotel Q
― Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art
― The Leonardo Royal Hotel Berlin Alexanderplatz
― Leo90
― Min Quang
― Mogg & Melzer Deli
― Neue Nationalgalerie
― Prater Beer Garten
― The Tram System
― The TV Tower
― Vitruv

Bordeaux & Brest :
― Bordeaux Walking Tours
― Mademoiselle de Margaux l’Inspiration Chocolat

Antwerp & Brussels, Belgium :
― Bronze Bar
― Café d’Anvers
― Hangar 41
― L’Archiduc Bar
― Restaurant ‘t Kelderket Kelderke

Budapest, Hungary :
― Café Gerbeaud
― Gellért Baths
― Kispiac Bisztro

Cologne / Köln, Germany :
― Alter Wartesaal
― Das klein Steakhaus

Copenhagen / København, Denmark :
― Amass Restaurant
― Blue Planet
― Cafe Victor
― Coffee Collective
― Copenhagen Opera House
― Dansk Design Center
― Geist
― Hotel Fox
― Illums Bolighus
― Kransekagehus Bakery
― Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
― Mikkeller Brewery
― Noma
― Peter Beier Chokolade
― Rosenborg Castle
― The Royal Library, aka The Black Diamond
― Salt-Bar Restaurant
― Søren K
― Tivoli Gardens
― World of Delights

Dublin, Ireland :
― Brasserie Sixty6
― Canal Bank Cafe
― Carluccio’s Caffe Dawson Street
― The Cedar Tree Lebanese Restaurant
― Chester Beatty Library
― City Hall
― Designist
― Dublin Castle
― Fade Street Social
― Four Courts
― The Grafton Guest House
― Havana Tapas Bar
― House of Names
― The Hugh Lane Gallery
― Irish Museum of Modern Art
― L’Gueuleton
― Jo’Burger Town
― Ma Maison
― The National Gallery of Ireland
― The National Museum of Ireland
― Pizzas n’ Cream
― Simon’s Place Coffee House
― The Spire
― Trinity College Library & Berkeley Library
― Yamamori Noodles

Sitting outside Pizzas n’ Cream. © David-Kevin Bryant

Florence, Italia :
― Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore
― Galleria degli Uffizi
― Galleria dell’Accademia
― Hotel Corona
― Michelangelo’s Statue of David

Glasgow & Edinburgh, Scotland :
― Angels Share Hotel Edinburgh
― Cafe Andeluz Edinburgh
― Castle Rock
― CitizenM Hotel Glasgow
― The Doulton Fountain
― Gallery of Modern Art
― Glasgow Cathedral
― Glasgow Green & People’s Palace
― Kelvingrove Art Museum
― Le Monde Hotel
― Nakodar Indian Cuisine
― The People’s Palace
― Riverside Museum
― Stonehaven & Dunnottar Castle
― The Three Judges Pub
― Ubiquitous Chip Restaurant

“We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilisation.” ― Voltaire

CitizenM Glasgow’s Cantina. © David-Kevin Bryant

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada :
― Barrington Steakhouse and Oyster Bar
― Cambridge Suites Hotel
― Five Fisherman Restaurant
― Halifax Distilling Company
― Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
― Maritime Pasty Co. Lobster Rolls
― Museum of Natural History
― Peggy’s Cove

Helsinki, Finland. The Guggenheim was propelled into the stratosphere with the opening of its Frank Gehry-designed Bilbao outpost. Imagine the skipped heartbeats that took place when the famed museum launched a search for someone to design its latest location―in Helsinki. Kudos belong to the winner, Moreau Kusonoki Architects. Taking local materials and the Scandinavian art of simple, minimalist lines, Kusonoki’s winning design, that of understated elegance, becomes part of the Finnish landscape, blending harmoniously in her surroundings.

London, England :
― Amba Marble Arch Hotel
― Big Ben
― The British Museum
― Charing Cross
― CitizenM Tower of London Hotel
― Emilia’s Homemade Pasta
― Glen Miller Bar
― Halepi Restaurant & Kebab House
― Kensington Gardens & Palace
― Oblix
― Palace of Westminster
― Pret a Manger
― The Shard & 62 Buckingham Place
― Sir John Soane Museum
― The Tate
― The Thames and London Bridge
― Thistle Hyde Park
― Thistle Hotel Kensington Garden
― The Tower Bridge
― Treadwell’s Restaurant
― Victoria and Albert Museum
― Ye Grapes
― Zizzi Ristorante

CitizenM Tower of London. © David-Kevin Bryant

Manchester, England :
― Beetham Tower
― Blacksheep Coffee
― Etihad Stadium
― Manchester Art Gallery
― Manchester Cathedral
― Manchester Central Library
― Manchester Museum
― Piccadilly Station
― Try Thai Restaurant
― The Velvet Hotel

Manchester Central Railway Station. © David-Kevin Bryant

Montreal, Canada :
― Angela Pizzeria and Restaurant
― À la Folie – Pâtisseries audacieuses
― Boulangerie Première Moisson
― Le Chat Noir
― Le Meridien Versailles
― The Musée des Beaux-Arts Montreal
― Palais des Congrès de Montréal
― Pointe-à-Callière Museum
― Steakhouse
― Vieux-Montréal

New York City, NY :
― Aammans-Copenhagen
― Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park
― The Frick Collection
― The Grand Concourse
― The Guggenheim
― The High Line
― Hotel Americano
― Hudson Yards
― Maison Premier
― The Metropolitan Museum of Art
― The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
― The NoMad Hotel
― Passage de la Fleur
― The Standard Hotel
― The Whitney

Metropolitan Museum of Art — © commons.wikimedia.org

Oslo, Norway :
― DogA Norwegian Center for Design & Architecture
― Food Story
― Fram Museum
― Frogner Park
― Holmenkollen Ski Jump & Park
― Ibsen Museum
― Kaffistova
― Kon-Tiki Museum
― Munch Museum
― Nobel Peace Center
― Norwegian Maritime Museum
― Norwegian Museum of Cultural History
― Olivia Restaurantsjef
― Operahuset
― Persia Restaurant
― Thon Hotel Bergen Brugge
― Thon Hotel Munch
― Vigelandsparken
― Viking Ship Museum

“She Lies” Sculpture. © David-Kevin Bryant

Paris, France :
― Causses
― Gagosian Gallery
― Hôtel des Batignolles
― Le Mary Celeste, La Cave à Bulles, La Fine Mousse
― Le Sargent Recruteur
― Louvre
― Nordik Market

If there is a city singularly defined by its cultural institutions, it is the City of Light. The institution, of course, is The Louvre, or Musée du Louvre, a museum of such magnificence it is not uncommon for one’s breath to be taken away…before you even walk in. Formerly a palace, the museum can boast the single greatest painting in history, da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. But it also has so much more.

Photo Gallery :

The Louvre at Night / “Louvre Pyramid” © Hteink.min

“Amor-Psyche-Canova” by Jörg Bittner Unna

“The Course of Empire. Destruction.” 1836. Thomas Cole © NY Historical Society

One could spend weeks in the various galleries and still only scratch the surface.

I.M. Pei’s glass pyramid in the Cour Napoléon. © commons.wikipedia.org

Philadelphia, PA :
― a.kitchen & bar
― Academy of Natural Sciences
― Alfa American Tavern
― Bar Bombón
― Barnes Foundation
― Ben Franklin Parkway
― Capriccio Cafe & Bar
― Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
― Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
― Cook
― The Dandelion
― Di Bruno Brothers
― The Eakins Oval
― The Franklin Institute
― Franklin Mortgage Investment Co. Bar
― Gran Caffe L’Aquila
― Le Meridien
― Love Park
― Melt Kraft
― The Monument to Six Million Jewish Martyrs
― The Museum of Art
― Pietro’s Coal Oven Pizza
― Robert Indiana’s “Love”
― The Rocky Statue by A. Thomas Schomberg
― The Rodin Museum
― Spread Bagelry
― Square1682
― Swann Memorial Fountain
― The Thinker by Auguste Rodin
― Tria Cafe
― The Washington Monument
― The Westin Hotel

“I see far stronger and more charismatic personalities strolling around Philadelphia’s neighborhoods than are being featured in most of today’s bland daytime soaps.” ― Camille Paglia

Philadelphia City Hall. © David-Kevin Bryant

Reykjavik, Iceland :

― Ásmundur Sveinsson Museum
― Café Mezzo
― City Center Hotel
― Epal Design
― Gull Lager
― Hallgrímskirkja Church
― Hamborgarabúllan
― Harpa Concert Hall
― Hlemmur Square
― Hot Dogs
― Hótel Skaftafell
― Kornid Kaffi – Cafe
― Lucky Records
― The Nordic House
― 101 Hotel & Bar
― Perlan
― Spúútnik Vintage
― Supreme Court
― Tapas Restaurant
― Valdís Ice Cream

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada :
― Fairmont Le Château Frontenac
― Hotches Chocolat Chaud & Cafe
― Hotel du Parlement

San Francisco, CA:
― B. Patisserie
― Caffe Delle Stella
― F.S.C. Barber
― Kitchen Story
― Mission Cheese
― Museum of Modern Art
― Restaurant Gary Danko
― Saison SF
― Wise Sons Deli

“San Francisco has only one drawback. ‘Tis hard to leave.” – Rudyard Kipling

Sydney, Australia. We have not forgotten about our friends in the southern hemisphere, a region we hope to visit in the near future. The Australia Museum will be at the top of our list.

Toronto, Canada. If Montreal and Quebec City can best be described as charming with distinctive accents, then Toronto’s most obvious attribute is bravado.

― Art Gallery of Ontario
― Blue Banana
― Cafe Crepe
― CN Tower
― Orange Alert
― Rick’s Cafe
― Royal Ontario Museum
― Union Station
― Westin Harbour Castle

In the past few years, the capital of the province of Ontario has seen her skyline transformed with non-stop construction in an attempt to surround its iconic CN Tower with slivers of bold architecture, glass and steel.

Vienna, Austria. Any visit to the Austrian capital must include the Naturhistorisches Museum, or Museum of Natural History, one of the world’s greatest cultural institutions. Located in a former palace, the museum houses over 30 million objects and consists of close to 40 exhibit halls.

Washington, DC :
― Amorini Panini
― Crepe Amour
― Curbside Cupcakes
― Eno Wine Room
― Kushi Moto Truck
― Lavagna
― Le Chat Noir
― Lupo Verde
― National Gallery of Art
― The Phillips Collection
― Scion Dupont
― Sette Osteria Restaurant
― Slate Wine Bar
― Soho Tea and Coffee
― Surfside
― Zengo