Same place seen from different viewpoints (Pas de la Casa, Andorra).
Neon duty-free stores selling discounted liquor and cigarettes to ski bums already high on oxygen and speed, causing interminable traffic queues at border crossings back into Schengen-land.
If tax havens are the scourge of the planet (and their bankers the scum of the earth), how did they ever get away with occupying its most beautiful corners?
Selling useless goods tax-free is arguably just a pathetic way of buying acquiescence.
But I guess it ultimately depends on your point of view, doesn’t it?
About Rafael Gomez-Moriana
I am an architect, writer and educator. rafagomo.com chronicles my architectural making, writing, teaching and curating activity, while criticalista.com is an archive of my writings as well as a platform for venting personal rants and observations. I studied architecture at the University of Waterloo (Canada) and at the Berlage Institute (the Netherlands). I direct the University of Calgary’s architecture term-abroad program in Barcelona and teach at CIEE, and have previously taught in the Metropolis Masters Program in Architecture and Urban Culture as well as at Carleton University and the University of Manitoba.
