Halite is open again, after years of on-and-off. It will be a supermarket again, the purpose I remember as a child. During the communism, we would go there shopping, walk around the empty shelves, and maybe find something useful. Communism wasn’t known for full stores.

The view from the outside hasn’t changed. Perhaps the roof has but otherwise, they pursued authenticity, I think.

It has 2 floors inside – the supermarket and some food-court-museum basement. I liked how it’s made, I think this is the best version of Halite I’ve seen and I hope it stays open.

During my childhood, the building had 2 floors but both were above the ground.