The Berlin landmark Kaufhaus des Westens (commonly known as KaDeWe) is the largest department store in continental Europe. They’ve also created a fair facsimile of their store in Second Life. And of course, they had to use four regions to do it. Is bigger better?
Realistically, they aren’t using all four regions for the store itself. Some of it used to recreate the environment around the store, and a lot of it is just empty space. No matter. What’s there is is very nicely done.
Inside the store, watch out for this spot. It’s the intersection of four regions. It’s all very nice and probably looks a lot like the real store, but you start to wonder, what’s the point?
The point may be the second floor, which turns out to be a kind of mall featuring many of Second Life’s better clothing vendors.
The top floors of the real-life KaDeWe are devoted to food, that that holds for the Second Life version, as well. Outside of some champagne, however, it’s a case of “look, but don’t touch.” Lots to see, but nothing to do.
Worth a visit? Probably, if only because of the scale and quality of the build. It’s impressive. Plus, you can get a feeling for shopping in continental Europe’s largest department store without fighting the crowds.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/KaDeWe%204/35/2/24
