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Flohmarkt am Mauerpark – a Berlin Flea Market

The crowd at the fleamarket at the Mauerpark yesterday was a real mix of the optimistic and the pessimistic.  Some were wearing hotpants, vests, flip flops and sunglasses.  Others were in overcoats, scarves and woolly hats. For those of you that haven’t been there yet, and if you’re in Berlin on a Sunday I urge […]

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Stolpersteine 52 – 54

I have added the photos of the Stolpersteine in Berlin I saw in the last week to the photo gallery here. These Stolpersteine were in memory of: Jeanette Grünberg and Ruth Grünberg (Fehrbelliner Strasse 22); Leo Braun and Selma Braun (Schröderstrasse 2); Dr Martin Happ and Sophie Happ (Chausseestrasse 6). My first post about Stolpersteine gives more background about these […]

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Stadtbad Prenzlauer Berg

I have been fascinated by the Stadtbad Prenzlauer Berg (or Stadtbad Oderberger) on Oderberger Strasse since my first trip to Berlin in 2009 when I tried to wander into the building whilst it was being set up for a Swap Market event sponsored by Skyy Vodka. At that time I didn’t realise that the building […]

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Volkspark Friedrichshain

The sun was shining on Berlin yesterday and despite a slight drop in the temperature I still thought it was a perfect day to explore one of Berlin’s many parks.  I’ve passed Volkspark Friedrichshain on the tram a number of times and spotted joggers making their way into, around or out of it but yesterday […]

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Karl-Marx-Allee – Architecture of East Berlin

The influence of Soviet-style architecture on DDR-era construction in East Berlin is plain to see on Karl-Marx-Allee, which runs from Alexanderplatz to Frankfurter Tor. Yesterday, I set out from home with no plan other than to make the most of the sun and get a bit of fresh air.  I just wandered.  And I ended […]

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Stolpersteine 49: In memory of Dr Julius Blumnethal (Oranienburger Strasse 1) in Berlin

Stolpersteine 48 – 51

I have added the photos of the Stolpersteine I saw in Berlin in the last week to the gallery here. The Stolpersteine I saw were dedicated to: Ernst Siegfried Holz, Willy Holz, Herbert Leo Holz and Lieselotte Holz (Rochstrasse 1); Dr Julius Blumenthal (Oranienburger Strasse 1); Gottfried Hollander and Lotty Hollander (Oranienburger Strasse 1-3); Philip Kozower, Gisela Kozower, Alice Kozower, […]

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Urban Outfitters – Take Two

Urban Outfitters opened a second Berlin store on the Ku’damm yesterday and they had a party. This store opened with a bit more fanfare than the Berlin Mitte store on Weinmeisterstrasse in January. On the ground floor there was a bar handing out bottles of Estrella beer and on the first floor there was a […]

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The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin

There is certainly no sugar-coating in the name of Berlin’s monument to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust.  The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe consists of 2711 concrete blocks (Field of Stelae) that cover an area of 19,000 square metres between Brandenberger Tor (the Brandenburg Gate) and Potsdamer Platz.  Designed by Peter Eisenman […]

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