SANTIAGO DE CHILE -THE BEST PLACE TO GO IN 2011 by sebastian

SANTIAGO DE CHILE, THE BEST PLACE TO GO IN 2011, ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES!

Undaunted by an earthquake, a city embraces modern culture.

Less than a year after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake wreaked havoc in Chile, its capital, Santiago, has largely recovered, the economy continues to grow, and tourism is in an upswing.

Though the quake, which caused hundreds of casualties, was centered more than 200 miles away, many of Santiago's older buildings were damaged, including the Museum of Fine Arts.

But the earthquake last year — and another in Chile last week that caused more panic than damage — seems to have only briefly paused a cultural shift that had begun to take hold in the city. Known as a buttoned-up place, Santiago has in recent years added modern museums, smartly designed hotels and sophisticated restaurants. The city has become decidedly more vibrant.

This year, it has even been chosen as the first foreign city to host a rather unbuttoned event: Lollapalooza. The 20-year-old American music festival picked Santiago for its first overseas outing because of its open space and the variety of cultural offerings, and because locals have a passion for contemporary music, said Lollapalooza's founder, the musician Perry Farrell. The festival takes place in April in O'Higgins Park.

This musical awakening owes much to the government's investment in the arts. The new Centro Gabriela Mistral, for example, a 200,000-square-foot center made of glass and weathering steel, has a varied calendar of concerts, dance performances, plays and art exhibits.

Perhaps the most remarkable cultural space to open in the last few years is the Museo de la Moda, a privately financed fashion museum inside a revamped 1960s Modernist mansion. It has a permanent collection of nearly 10,000 pieces of couture and memorabilia (of which 800 are typically on display), including a light-blue jacket worn in 1966 by John Lennon and a black strapless gown worn in 1981 by Diana, Princess of Wales.

Luxury hotels are not new to Santiago, but when the W opened in 2009, it was the first to feature truly modern design. The recently opened Aubrey is equally chic and much more intimate. With an attractive mix of vintage and new furniture (Tom Dixon lamps, 19th-century Parisian rugs, tufted leather sofas), the 15-room property raised the bar for boutique lodgings in the city. It occupies two renovated residences in the Bellavista neighborhood, a creative district where Lollapalooza's fans would feel right at home.

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[Inkarix]

In Santiago try the Peruvian restaurants, they are the best in town.

[independentconceptz]

vivo en ny y pienso que esta Linda metropolis no tiene que envidiarle nada a nadie.

adoro el paisaje

[CaciqueTricampeon]

One hundred * ahahah an american telling me the hispanic that we are racist , u talkin bout germana in chili stupid monkey most of these germans are rich fucked ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah­aha maybe u should just shut tha fuck up n be more man plz the most ignorant guy that i ever hheard , btw americans are fuckin racist one of the most in tha world jst let u kno that

[CaciqueTricampeon]

Then if u dont like just dont go over fuck faces fuckin white people always talkin shit fuckin ignorant in all countries theres racist u ignorant fuck n excuse me mr americano i forgot u americana are perfect n no americans are racist ;) stupid fuck im a chilean n i live in mtl canada n just by tha way majority of canadians hates da americans ufckface u hate in everycountries wtv fuck face one hundres

[iam5feet8inches]

@Vmiangolarra OH AND BY THE WAY YOU INSULTED ME FIRST, YOU FUCK FACE ;) 

[iam5feet8inches]

@Vmiangolarra Fortunately for me I live in the countryside with fresh air, morning and night ;) Estados Unidos es el basurero del mundo, disfruta la delincuencia y el smog de New York, have a nice life Gringo-Wannabe!Oh by the way enjoy getting attacks by terrorists every day cause every country in the world hates USA, Fuck Face ;)

[Vmiangolarra]

@iam5feet8inches

Trying to insult me over the internet? how pathetic. and for your information I lived in Santiago for five years before I moved to New York. I feel sorry for you because from your use of vulgar language; its clear that you have issues in your personal life. i hope that calling me a pussy made you feel like a man, cause it made you look like a little boy. :) Have fun in the slums of Santiago you poor unfortunate fuck.

Me encantó el video. Realmente echo de menos a Providencia.

[iam5feet8inches]

@rDieGoGuti YEA CHILE ALSO HAS THE HIGHEST SUICIDE RATES IN SOUTH AMERICA

[iam5feet8inches]

@Vmiangolarra FUCK YOU AND SHUT YOUR BIG FAT MOUTH YOU FILTHY STUPID PIG!!!I IF YOU LIKE SANTIAGO SO MUCH GO LIVE IN THE 4X4 SLUMS IN PUENTE ALTO, BITCH!

[iam5feet8inches]

@rDieGoGuti I agree totally, Chileans are racists, just today some neonazis killed a person because they were a little bit brown, CHILE SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!FUCK CHILE!!!!I SPIT ON CHILE!!!Chile is a boring country and the people are very rude, trust me I know what you mean cause I live here for long time, I dont recommend Chile to any outsider either, unless you are ready to get mental abuse and suffer, FUCK YOU CHILE I SPIT ON YOU I SPIT ON YOUR CHEAP CULTURE, GO USA!!!!

[1993Thewalkingdead]

BEATIFUL VIDEO. PERUVIANS GET OUT.

CHILE ESTÁ INVADIDO DE PERUANOS MAL AGRADECIDOS.

[rDieGoGuti]

hello there .... i wont recomment nobody to go visit this country ... they are a bunch of racist pigs over there ... i visited that country about a year ago with few friends and one was from ghana ... and believe me they staring calling him names ... the funny thing is this people think they have german blood ... but they look like mexicans .