Oakland can be literally transcribed as the land of Oaks. It is the city that is located in the California state of the United States of America. The city boasts the population more than 390 thousands. It is situated on the bank of the San Francisco Bay and is the third city of the San Francisco bay cities by population after San Jose and San Francisco.
The Oakland city is famous for twenty-three great shops with experienced tattoo artists. You can also find no one shops to remove your tattoo and six piercing shops. Pricing in the city of Oakland is various and is from twenty-seven to six hundred and twelve USD.
One of the best activities in Oakland that you can imagine, is visiting different museums. For example, one of the best museums out there is the Oakland Museum of California. It is a really great place full of interesting exhibitions. You can see the exclusive shoe exhibitions here, for example. There is quite a lot to do and to see in this museum. It has a lot of California History. The visits to this museum are informative with plenty of details for any average tourist. It is usually enough to spend 1-2 hours here to get full insight.
If you really like nature and parks, make sure you don’t forget to visit Redwood Regional Park. This is a great suburban park that will give you everything you need. There are a lot of routes here that you can use for walking and hiking. A really nice place. When you come here it is like you visit a completely different world. There are mountain routes that have very good sights and not too hard for an average traveller. When you visit such places where raw nature lives, you just wonder that this is the part of the big city.
The trip of nature can be continued by including Lake Merritt to your route. It is a vivid and picturesque place and the surrounding territory is very calm and relaxing, so actually it is very good to walk here. The place doesn’t look as very safe, though, so it is much better to come here when it is not dark. There are a lot of sportsmen, walkers, dogs and so on. It is considered to be one of the best places in Oakland where you can take a rest and have fun.
The famous places of Oakland are various and you also can find high quality tattoo shops there. We have chosen the best of them: "Bell & Iron Tattoo" (3512 Grand Avenue), "Amor Eterno" (1227 18th Avenue), "Afterdark Tattoo" (4745 International Boulevard), "Miahwaska Tattoo Artist" () and "Juanlira Tattoos" ().
The climate of Oakland is close to mediterranean. It combines the features of coastal cities, such as San-Francisco and distant from the coast, such as San-Jose. Actually Oakland is warmer than San Francisco and colder than San-Jose. There is a lot of sea mist in summers.