My first impressions when I walked into Berlin’s Mogg & Melzer* were that the room (and it is just a small space) had a stylish clean décor and that it smelt great. *The partnership between Paul Mogg and Oskar Melzer has subsequently been dissolved and the restaurant is now known as Mogg. I first found […]
Berlin Street Art – Various Artists
I’ve decided to take a break from my Street Artist Profiles series this week to a post a selection of pieces by various artists seen over the last few months in Berlin. If you’ve ‘Liked’ my Facebook Page or follow me on Twitter you may recognise a few shots. Some of the artists here, like […]
German Historical Museum (Deutsches Historisches Museum)
One thing that Berlin does not have a shortage of is world-class museums and back in May I got to see one of the very best, the Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum) for free. Sunday 20 May 2012 was International Museum Day and as part of the celebrations a number of Berlin’s museums offered […]
Love Is Love
Burgerie
The giant burger stack sign outside Burgerie on Schönhauser Allee is hard to miss but it was the sight of the burgers themselves as people ate at the pavement tables that first caught my eye. I’ve always been a big fan of a burger – Ronald McDonald was responsible for feeding me a lot of […]
ROA in Berlin
ROA must be one of the most talked about names in Street Art right now. Hailing from Ghent in Belgium, ROA is most well known for his large-scale black and white animals, which he has painted on walls all over the world. Tower Hamlets Council had to admit to an error of judgement recently when […]
GEMA Protest at the Kulturbrauerei
As the Mädels With A Microphone know Berliners love a good protest. If it’s not Cuts to Solar Power subsidies, it’s increases in music performance fees. This evening at the Kulturbrauerei in Berlin a crowd gathered to protest against changes to GEMA (the music artists representative group in Germany) fees. Anyone who has tried to […]
Christopher Street Day Parade 2012 – Berlin’s Gay Pride
Saturday’s Christopher Street Day Parade (Gay Pride) in Berlin was a riot of colour – apt as the parade was named to commemorate the Stonewall Riots in New York’s Greenwich Village in 1969. The clashes were a reaction to a police raid on The Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street and marked a turning point in […]
Stolpersteine 107 – 110
I have added the photos of the Stolpersteine I have seen over the past week to the photo gallery here. The Stolpersteine I saw this week are memorials to: Sally Mossler and Rosa Mossler (Christburger Strasse 40); Leo Goldstein (Sredzkistrasse 54); Samuel Nussdorf and Frieda Nussdorf (Otto-Braun-Strasse 90 – outside Leonardo Royal Hotel); Arthur Michelsohn (Corner of Barnimstrasse and […]
Liebe Jetzt (Love Now)
Liebe Jetzt (Love Now) – Unknown Artist