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One of the things that most surprised me about Berlin when I moved here is that shops, as a general rule, remain closed on Sundays and public holidays. In addition to exceptions for a few supermarkets at the city’s busiest train stations there are though up to 10 days when Sunday opening is allowed each […]
One of my biggest frustrations when I moved to Berlin (and I’m not the only one) was finding out that under German law, shops are (generally) not allowed to open on Sundays. I still find it hard to believe that a modern, cosmopolitan city closes down so much on a Sunday but for the most […]
Berlin is blessed with some top-notch market halls and markets and one of my all-time favourites is the Turkish Market on Maybachufer in Neukölln. Come rain or shine, a cast of characters as colourful as their stock set up their stalls and hawk their wares on the road running alongside the Landwehrkanal on Tuesdays and […]
The clever folks at An Amazing Earth magazine have updated their Berlin Christmas Markets Map for 2015, a festive take on the classic BVG network map. The city is awash with Christmas markets and remembering exactly where they all are can be a bit tricky. An Amazing Earth have taken some of the best […]
In his short film, Christmas Market Berlin, Matthias Makarinus has captured the essence of Berlin’s yuletide wonderlands. The film takes us on a tour of several markets for ice skating, fairground rides, sausages and Glühwein. I’m pretty sure I saw: Berliner Weihnachtzeit am Roten Rathaus; Nostalgischer Weihnachtsmarkt am Opernpalais, Weihnachtsmarkt auf dem Alexanderplatz; Wintertraum am […]
The lead up to Christmas in Berlin means Glühwein, snow (hopefully) and digging out the thermals to head out on the annual quest to track down the Best Berlin Christmas Markets. With over 60 to choose from it’s not easy to decide where to go. Markets can be traditional or modern, commercial or local affairs. […]
A piece of the Berlin Wall signed by Ronald Reagan is on display on the third floor of Dussmann das Kulturkaufhaus on Friedrichstraße in Berlin. As well as adding his signature to the piece of wall, Reagan, the former US President, wrote a quote from his famous ‘tear down this wall’ Berlin speech. The piece […]
Since January 2015 Street Food fans in northern Berlin have had an alternative to schlepping across town to Kreuzberg (for Street Food Thursday or Bite Club) – every Sunday (from June to October) the Kulturbrauerei in Prenzlauer Berg hosts Street Food auf Achse. The courtyard of the former brewery is an ideal venue for the […]
Love it or hate it, there is something very striking and instantly recognisable about the pattern of the seats on the Berlin U-Bahn and thanks to Kreuzberg-born Vinzent Britz you can wear your own piece of it in the shape of his Tarnbeutel (camouflage bag). The designer was initially pleased to supply his friends but […]
This metal Gorilla sculpture is outside M.Batman Elekronik in Neukölln, Berlin. In his electronics store, Muharrem Batman, the son of a watchmaker from Istanbul, creates sculptures and clothing out of old electrical and computer components.
