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Els Quatre Gats Opens in Barcelona's Casa Martí
CONFIRMED75% CONFIDENCE129.3 years agoWikipedia[1] states the day outright: "The café opened on 12 June 1897 in the celebrated Casa Martí".The café that became the meeting room of Catalan modernisme opened on 12 June 1897 in the Casa Martí, a Puig i Cadafalch building in the Gothic Quarter. It lasted only six years in its first run, but in them it hosted Picasso's first solo exhibition and the circle around Rusiñol and Casas - and he drew its menu card.0.62Frankfurt's Omniturm, an Early Swing-Use Skyscraper, Opens
CONFIRMED81% CONFIDENCE6.8 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: the tower "was completed and inaugurated in 2019," with reporting placing that milestone in winter of that year.Tishman Speyer's Omniturm opened in Frankfurt as Germany's first true mixed-use high-rise, with separate lobbies letting offices and apartments share the same elevator core without ever mixing.0.62Hamburg Port Authority Opens the Rethebrücke as Europe's Largest Rail Bascule Bridge
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE8.8 years agoHamburg Port Authority's[3] press release states the Rethebrücke, Europe's largest rail bascule bridge, went into operation on 15 December 2017.Hamburg Port Authority put the new Rethebrücke rail bascule bridge into operation over the Rethe canal, replacing the original 1934 lift bridge and becoming Europe's largest rail bascule bridge.0.61Shanghai Grand Opera House Opens on the Huangpu River
SCHEDULED75% CONFIDENCEin 24 daysPudong's[1] English government news page says the "Shanghai Grand Opera House will open on Oct 17 on the east bank of the Huangpu River", a fixed announced date.The 146,000-square-metre building in Expo Culture Park, designed by ECADI with Snohetta as a spiralling Chinese folding fan, holds the 2,000-seat Harmony Hall, the 1,200-seat Soar Theatre and the 1,000-seat Open Stage, 4,200 seats in all. The opening season runs 47 productions and 82 performances through 20 February 2027.0.61Fehmarnbelt Tunnel Opens
Rødbyhavn, Denmark
ESTIMATED70% CONFIDENCEin 2.7 yearsGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per the pin description: "…enhagen rail travel to about 2.5 hours. Estimated date.…"An 18 km immersed tunnel under the Baltic links Denmark and Germany, cutting Hamburg to Copenhagen rail travel to about 2.5 hours. Estimated date.kr 52.6B0.61Demel Opens as a Konditorei by the Hofburg
ESTIMATED75% CONFIDENCE239.7 years agoWikipedia[1] gives the year only - "established in 1786 in Vienna" - with no month or day, so the pin sits on that year's last day.Demel was established in 1786 a few steps from the Hofburg and became confectioner to the imperial court, a title it still puts on its boxes. Its window on the Kohlmarkt and its Anna Torte made it one of the fixtures by which Vienna measures its café culture, and it sits at the centre of a long argument with Hotel Sacher over who may call a cake a Sachertorte.0.61Café Gerbeaud Opens on Vörösmarty Square
Gerbeaud Confectionary, 7-8, Vörösmarty square, Lipótváros, 5th district, Budapest, Central Hungary, 1051, HungaryCafé Gerbeaud
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Dresden, Germany
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ESTIMATED75% CONFIDENCE1.6 years agoThe Minnesota Star Tribune[3][4] announced on 18 February 2025 that Khue's Kitchen "will open March 6 inside MidCity Kitchen" at 693 Raymond Av., and its review of 19 March 2025 finds it open. No report after the event states the day, so 6 March is the announced date, not a confirmed one.Eric Pham opens his first sit-down restaurant in St. Anthony Park, a tribute to his mother Khue Pham of Minneapolis's Quang, with most mains at $21 or less.0.59Antico Caffè Greco Opens on Via dei Condotti
ESTIMATED75% CONFIDENCE265.7 years agoWikipedia[1] says it "opened in 1760 on Via Condotti" and names no month or day, so the pin takes that year's last day.Antico Caffè Greco opened in 1760 a few steps from the Spanish Steps and became the room where the Grand Tour sat down - Keats, Byron, Goethe, Stendhal and Casanova among the names attached to it. It is the oldest cafe in Rome, and has spent recent years fighting its landlord in court over the rent on the premises it has occupied for more than two and a half centuries.0.59
