Over the past week I have seen a number of Stolpersteine in Berlin and as usual I have added the photos gallery here. These were laid in memory of: Franz Ferdinand Korngut, Baila Brandla Tabaksmann, Dina Tabaksmann (1 Choriner Strasse); Moshe Leib Durst, Esther Durst, Fanny Durst, Jenny Durst (Rückerstrasse 7); Georg Salinger, Rosa Salinger, […]
Urban Outfitters – Berlin Mitte Opening
When I was out walking one evening last week the lights in a new shop on Weinmeisterstrasse in Berlin Mitte caught my eye. As I got closer I was able to see ‘Urban Outfitters’ written all over the window. Now, I’ve been a fan of Urban Outfitters since I went to my first store in San […]
Französischer Dom – Berlin’s French Cathedral
I decided that a clear, bright day was the ideal time to do a spot of climbing and experience some of Berlin’s best views and I started in the morning with a visit to the Französischer Dom (the French Cathedral) on the Gendarmenmarkt, one of Berlin’s more picturesque squares, and later in the day visited the […]
Gestalten: Mark Jenkins – Glazed Paradise
As I left Barcomi’s Deli, my lunch spot for the day I noticed what I thought was a bookshop across the courtyard and wandered in to have a look around. Gestalten is a bookshop but it’s so much more too. The building I had entered is also a gallery and there was a Mark Jenkins […]
Luigi Zuckermann
I covered a lot of Prenzlauer Berg and Mitte on foot today so had worked up quite an appetite by lunchtime. Unfortunately, it seemed that I wasn’t the only one. Luckily, I found a spot to sit down at Luigi Zuckermann at the second attempt. On my first pass the place was packed so Plan […]
Stolpersteine 2 and 3
When I went out for a walk this afternoon I was hoping to find some more Stolpersteine to photograph. Even with this in mind and having spent a lot of time studying the pavement I almost missed this memorial to Regina Schrimmer on Auguststrasse in Mitte. The building in front of which it is laid […]