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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Dolores – Burritos in Berlin
I’ve had friends staying the last few days and wanting to send them off to the airport with full stomachs, I took them to one of my favourite Berlin lunch spots, Dolores. We went to the restaurant on Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse in Mitte but there is another branch on Bayreuther Strasse, near the KaDeWe. The monster-size Burritos […]
Stolpersteine 46 & 47
As usual, I have added the photos of the Stolpersteine I saw in Berlin this week to the gallery here. These brass cobbles were dedicated to: Reisel Johanna Aron and Berl Lot Aron (Choriner Strasse 53); and Arthur Kroner, Meta Kroner and Charlotte Kroner (Friedrichstrasse 55). My first post about Stolpersteine gives more background about these memorials to […]
A Hug of Berlin Love
These two were having great fun handing out Free Hugs on Alexanderplatz in Berlin yesterday.
Street Art Courtyard – A Berlin Hof Spot For Street Art
Berlin is blessed (in my opinion) with a proliferation of high quality street art and one street art courtyard in Mitte is particularly well decorated. And one place to see plenty of it in a concentrated area is the Hof (courtyard) next to Café Cinema at Rosenthaler Straße 39, a short stroll from Hackescher Markt […]
Demonstration at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
There was a demonstration in progress when I was walking near the Brandenburg Gate yesterday. From what I could gather from the placards being waved and this article on the website of Berlin newspaper, Beliner Morgenpost, the issue seems to be proposed cuts in funding for Solar Energy production, including cuts in subsidies for Solar […]
More Love in Berlin
It’s amazing the difference a bit of sunshine and a few extra degrees can make. There were plenty of people out and about today including this chap making balloon hearts near the Brandenburg Gate.