New Aussie, Swiss Apple Store openings
We've been inundated with emails today talking about the two international Apple Store openings.
The first new store is in Zurich, Switzerland. Reader Greg sent us a link to his Flickr gallery with plenty of documentation of the new Bahnhofstrasse store. Here's a pic of part of the huge crowd just before the opening:
The first new store is in Zurich, Switzerland. Reader Greg sent us a link to his Flickr gallery with plenty of documentation of the new Bahnhofstrasse store. Here's a pic of part of the huge crowd just before the opening:
Dang, Greg -- looking at those photos makes me want to go back to Zurich again, especially now that there are two Apple Stores!
Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, another Apple Store will be opening in a few short hours in Melbourne, Australia. The new Doncaster store appears to be a wide-body layout in a mall, and is the second Melbourne store. We're hoping to get pictures from our friends down under as soon as the opening occurs. Here's a photo taken on Friday (yesterday in Melbourne) of the store prior to the opening:
Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, another Apple Store will be opening in a few short hours in Melbourne, Australia. The new Doncaster store appears to be a wide-body layout in a mall, and is the second Melbourne store. We're hoping to get pictures from our friends down under as soon as the opening occurs. Here's a photo taken on Friday (yesterday in Melbourne) of the store prior to the opening:
We'd love to hear comments from readers who attended either of the openings, just to see how many Macs, iPods, and iPhones were flying out the doors. Were there any cool freebies or giveaways?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Matthew Lesh said 12:36PM on 5-22-2009
Equal first in line at the Doncaster opening with some mates. See me on twitter @matthewlesh [ http://twitter.com/matthewlesh ]
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LSC said 1:02PM on 5-22-2009
Any news on the Ottawa, Canada store?
I think I know the spot where it is going in but there is still no confirmation that it is actually an apple Store.
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radiumx said 9:45AM on 5-23-2009
It's gonna be opened in the Rideau Centre, I think right next to american apparel where that huge lot is.
jagger27 said 11:36PM on 5-24-2009
Rideau... ugh. That's a joy to get to. They could put it in Bayshore too.
mark said 1:17PM on 5-22-2009
Shouldn't the Apple logo in the Aussie store be flipped?
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ralph said 1:16PM on 5-22-2009
It is flipped, they took the photo with an isight camera.
Steven Sande said 1:17PM on 5-22-2009
You wouldn't believe how tempted I was to post the picture upside-down...
TUAWSteve
Leo M. said 1:39PM on 5-22-2009
Zürich :) My home city
I'll probably go there later this year just to check it out ;) and say hi to friends of course...maybe
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Markus T. said 2:04PM on 5-22-2009
The guys from Amazee in Zurich went to the new store and came back with a rather nice gallery of images and a blog post: http://blog.amazee.com/welcome-to-zurich-apple-store/
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Neg said 2:04PM on 5-22-2009
I'm in here with Mr. Lesh (twitter: @neg2led) in position #4, been here since 8pm last night (4am now)
--neg
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Neg said 2:05PM on 5-22-2009
Also we're posting pix etc here: http://forums.mactalk.com.au/19/64814-hey-guys-doncaster.html
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Swimatm said 3:46PM on 5-22-2009
I'm a Swiss citizen so I think the Zurich one is pretty cool!
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Sal said 4:22PM on 5-22-2009
Awesome news! The pics from Amazee are great!
One question, though: Why is the Apple photo of the Zurich store photoshopped?
(http://www.apple.com/chde/retail/bahnhofstrasse/)
Look at the woman walking at the lower right of the picture. Most of her body has been blurred....
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Andrew said 6:12PM on 5-22-2009
It's probably to protect her privacy. After all, she might not want to be featured on Apple's website. It's respectful.
Andrew said 6:14PM on 5-22-2009
Think about all the trouble Google Street View has had with faces and privacy... they blur every "face" automatically now!
TXCiclista said 9:47PM on 8-10-2009
No, it's just a common way of making a picture look "action-y."
Ka-Meng said 7:25PM on 5-22-2009
Sitting in front of a Macbookpro in the Apple Store in Doncaster! Oi! Oi! Oi!
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Clancy said 8:44PM on 5-22-2009
What about the new apple store that just opened in Santa Barbara....
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Rhys said 4:23AM on 5-23-2009
I want an Apple Store to come to Adelaide. Damn our small population.
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David said 6:06PM on 5-23-2009
Video from the opening of the Doncaster store:
http://vimeo.com/4795314