I love this Berlin am Abend video on Gilly’s Playground shot on a snowy Saturday evening in Berlin. Gilly made the video of typical Berlin sights and scenes to show off the Hauptstadt and I think it looks like a great advert for the city. Look out for the bit at 28 seconds where the ‘Soviet […]
Snapshot: Fernsehturm and Alexanderplatz Station
This photo was taken during a holiday in Berlin 2010 as I lay on my back on the cobblestones in front of Alexanderplatz station getting some very strange looks. Watching the sunset from the Fernsehturm was one of my highlights of 2012.
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Snapshot: Hotel Adlon Pariser Platz
The Hotel Adlon in Berlin is most famous as the site of the Michael Jackson ‘baby dangling incident’. The singer held his baby ‘Blanket’ over the railing of his balcony on Behrenstrasse (out of shot) to the horror of those gathered below. The hotel occupies a prime spot in Berlin with views over the Brandenburger […]
Snapshot: Marx-Engels-Forum
A statue of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, who co-wrote The Communist Manifesto, on the Marx-Engels-Forum in Berlin.
Reasons I Miss Berlin #4 – The Fernsehturm
The Fernsehturm is without doubt the most iconic building in Berlin and at 368m dominates the skyline. Naturally, as the tallest building in a flat city it affords wonderful views over Berlin, with one disappointment – you can’t see it when you’re inside it. There are other spectacular viewpoints in Berlin from which it can be seen […]
Berlin Street Art Vol 6 – Various Artists
It’s another mixed bag of Berlin Street Art this week. If an artist has featured before you can click on their name to see more. ALIAS Whether they are on the street, in a gallery or show, his pieces are always instantly recongnisable. ALIAS it seems has been out on the streets of Berlin recently […]
Reasons I Miss Berlin #2 – Schmankerl-Hüttn (Fun With Friends)
Schmankerl-Hüttn is an Austrian ski hut themed bar and restaurant at the Winterwelt am Potsdamer Platz, open from 10:00 every day until 6 January 2013, which has an Aprés-Ski-Party every night 19:00 to 24:00. A night out at Schmankerl-Hüttn is all about Schlager, which is the kind of cheesy pop music that you would hear […]
Stolpersteine 178
I have updated my Stolpersteine Gallery to include photos of the Stolpersteine I saw in Berlin last week. The group of brass blocks were memorials to: Amalie Kopper, Felix Rowald, Hugo Meyer, Irma Meyer, Manfred Meyer and Ellen Meyer (Gipstrasse 23A). To learn more about these memorials to the victims of National Socialism created by artist Gunter […]
Fräulein Burger – Berlin’s Newest Burger Joint
Fräulein Burger opened its doors to the Berlin public at Koppenplatz 1 (near The Barn) for the first time yesterday, serving homemade organic (Bio) burgers. Having heard predominantly good things about Fräulein Burger from friends who attended a special pre-opening event for Blog n Burger on Sunday, I was keen to try out Berlin’s newest burger […]