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Berlin Must Sees: Gendarmenmarkt
2007-11-13 11:20:00 This beautiful square includes the German Cathedral, the French Cathedral and the Konzerthaus. It was laid out from 1688 according to plans of the architect J.A. Nering, and was originally known as Linden Markt, and then Friedrichstädtischer Markt or Neuer Markt. It became known as Gendarmenmarkt because of the old Gendarme regiment that was housed ... More About: Culture , Berlin , Franz , Sees
The Hackeschen Höfe
2007-11-11 13:00:00 The Hackeschen Höfe is a complex of eight courtyards, which was built around the turn of the 19th century, and consisted then of a mixture of offices, workshops, factories and residential apartments. The place was renovated in the 1990s. More About: Culture
Berlin, a Kingdom of Pastries
2007-11-09 10:34:00 Culinarily speaking, Berlin is a city of great diversity and almost endless choice - with dining choices ranging all the way from American junk to the oriental delicacies. There is, of course, the huge selection of street foods, including all varieties of wursts and sausages, pizzas, soups, Turkish döner, and all kinds of sandwiches with ... More About: Kingdom , Pastries , Trie
KaDeWe - A Temple of Abundance
2007-11-07 12:57:00 This famous and humongous department store, Kaufhaus Des Westens (KaDeWe in short), is a major attraction, almost a legend, especially its sixth floor, the food department, which is a temple for the “abundance society” of late capitalism in the Western world. More About: Abundance , Temple , Temp
KaDeWe - A Temple of Abundance
2007-11-07 12:57:00 This famous and humongous department store, Kaufhaus Des Westens (KaDeWe in short), is a major attraction, almost a legend, especially its sixth floor, the food department, which is a temple for the “abundance society” of late capitalism in the Western world. More About: Abundance , Temple , Temp
Shopping in Berlin: Ku?damm
2007-11-05 12:44:00 Ku’damm is the nickname given to the Kurfürstendamm, the long boulevard sometimes considered as Berlin ’s “Champs-Elysées” or “5th Avenue”. The boulevard stretches for 3.5 km, from the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, through the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough to Halensee. The boulevard takes its name from the former Electors (Kurfüsten) of the Roman Empire. During the separation of the ... More About: Shopping
Shopping in Berlin: Ku?damm
2007-11-05 12:44:00 Ku’damm is the nickname given to the Kurfürstendamm, the long boulevard sometimes considered as Berlin ’s “Champs-Elysées” or “5th Avenue”. The boulevard stretches for 3.5 km, from the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, through the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough to Halensee. The boulevard takes its name from the former Electors (Kurfüsten) of the Roman Empire. During the separation of the ... More About: Shopping
Berlin Must Sees: Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
2007-11-03 12:13:00 The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church is a protestant church, located at the Breitscheidplatz, one end of the famous Kurfürstendamm boulevard, in the center of former West Berlin . The church was damaged in the war, and left in ruins as a monument to peace and reconciliation. More About: Sees
Berlin Must Sees: Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
2007-11-03 12:13:00 The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church is a protestant church, located at the Breitscheidplatz, one end of the famous Kurfürstendamm boulevard, in the center of former West Berlin . The church was damaged in the war, and left in ruins as a monument to peace and reconciliation. More About: Sees
Berlin - City of Lights
2007-11-01 10:04:00 Paris may be usually known as the city of lights, and it is true that most cities look more impressive when night falls, but this year we got a special treat, and came to Berlin during the third annual Festival of Lights . More About: City
Berlin - City of Lights
2007-11-01 10:04:00 Paris may be usually known as the city of lights, and it is true that most cities look more impressive when night falls, but this year we got a special treat, and came to Berlin during the third annual Festival of Lights . More About: Culture , City , Atmosphere
Hello from Berlin?
2007-10-25 11:16:00 You probably noticed we did not update the blog for a few days now. Well, due to lousy planning and a flood of irrelevant events from the uninteresting realm of everyday life, we have flown off to our yearly vacation, in Berlin , natürlich, without preparing enough posts in advance. But I cannot leave you with ...
Hello from Berlin?
2007-10-25 11:16:00 You probably noticed we did not update the blog for a few days now. Well, due to lousy planning and a flood of irrelevant event from the uninteresting realm of everyday life, we have flown off to our yearly vacation, in Berlin , natürlich, without preparing enough posts in advance. But I cannot leave you with ... More About: Atmosphere
The Lives of Others
2007-10-22 13:11:00 The Oscar winning film “The Lives of Others” from 2006 (”Das Leben der Anderen” in German) is another film about the days of the former German Democratic Republic, very different in ambience from the film Goodbye Lenin!. Click on the picture to buy the DVD. More About: Culture , Communism , Stasi , The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others
2007-10-22 13:11:00 The Oscar winning film “The Lives of Others” from 2006 (”Das Leben der Anderen” in German) is another film about the days of the former German Democratic Republic, very different in ambience from the film Goodbye Lenin!. Click on the picture to buy the DVD. More About: Culture , Communism , Stasi , The Lives of Others
Goodbye Lenin!
2007-10-20 12:21:00 The film Goodbye Lenin !, from 2003, was the most prominent example of Ostalgie to the world outside Germany. The film is basically about a son who, for his mother’s health, tries to create a make-believe world, in which the Wall didn’t come done and the GDR didn’t disappear from the face of the earth. Click on ... More About: Culture , Goodbye Lenin
Goodbye Lenin!
2007-10-20 12:21:00 The film Goodbye Lenin !, from 2003, was the most prominent example of Ostalgie to the world outside Germany. The film is basically about a son who, for his mother’s health, tries to create a make-believe world, in which the Wall didn’t come done and the GDR didn’t disappear from the face of the earth. Click on ... More About: Culture , Goodbye Lenin
Ampelmann, the East German traffic light man
2007-10-18 11:25:00 My personal favorite Ostalgie item, as I mentioned before, is the Ampelmann, the man in the traffic lights of East German y (”Ampel” is “traffic-light” in German). My first encounter with the Ampelmann was actually in a traffic-light. I immediately liked that cute darling. And then I found out about his oh so naïve and sweet ... More About: Culture , Traffic , Light
Ampelmann, the East German traffic light man
2007-10-18 11:25:00 My personal favorite Ostalgie item, as I mentioned before, is the Ampelmann, the man in the traffic lights of East German y (”Ampel” is “traffic-light” in German). My first encounter with the Ampelmann was actually in a traffic-light. I immediately liked that cute darling. And then I found out about his oh so naïve and sweet ... More About: Culture , Traffic , Light
Ostalgie in Berlin
2007-10-16 11:19:00 The official Berlin tourism site offers a program for East Berlin nostalgia tours, which you can find here. They claim that “The recent history in Berlin has many aspects and different ways of handling. On one hand there is the difficult historical discussion, on the other hand is the (n)ostalgic mood? Our tour shows both ... More About: Trabant , Stasi
Ostalgie in Berlin
2007-10-16 11:19:00 The official Berlin tourism site offers a program for East Berlin nostalgia tours, which you can find here. They claim that “The recent history in Berlin has many aspects and different ways of handling. On one hand there is the difficult historical discussion, on the other hand is the (n)ostalgic mood? Our tour shows both ... More About: Trabant , Stasi
Ostalgie
2007-10-14 11:13:00 After dealing with the commemoration of the darker side of the communist regime in East Germany, I turn now to deal with the phenomenon of Ostalgie, also mentioned here before, in relation to the current situation of the German Unification. Ostalgie is like it sounds - the German word for nostalgia for life in the former ... More About: Culture , Trabant
Communist Era: more memory sites and museums
2007-10-12 11:09:00 In the website of the city of Berlin you can find a lot of very useful information about sites and museums, dedicated to the commemoration of the wall, its victims, and the GDR (German Democratic Republic, as East Germany called itself) period and works. Among the memorial sites for the victims of the Berlin Wall you ... More About: Memory , Sites , Museums , Communist , Unis
Communist Era commemoration: Checkpoint Charlie
2007-10-10 11:01:00 The communist era is heavily commemorated in Berlin, with memorials, museums, special tours and more, scattered all over the city. We have already mentioned and elaborated about the Berlin Wall , and mentioned the sweet and sour issue of German Unification, but there still remains a lot to be said. More About: Communism , Charlie , Communist , Unis
The Spree River
2007-10-08 16:22:00 The Spree is the river that passes through Berlin . The river runs through Saxony, Brandenburg and Berlin, and is approximately 400 km in length. Its source is on the Czech border, and its final portion runs through the city center of Berlin, and joins the Havel River in the western quarters of the city. ... More About: Atmosphere
Tiergarten
2007-10-06 10:30:00 Tiergarten (translation: “animal garden”) is Berlin’s Central Park (although somewhat smaller than New York’s). It is located in the heart of the city, and is a popular outdoor oasis for Berliners and tourists. More About: Culture
Is the German Unification a Failure?
2007-10-04 14:35:00 About a fifth of the Germ an people would like to have the Berlin Wall back. 74% of the former residents of East-Germany say they feel like second-class citizens. The 17th German Unification Day was celebrated all over Germany yesterday, but the above mentioned figures may have clouded the celebration.. The survey, conducted by the German independent opinion ... More About: Failure , Man U , Lure
Berlin Must-sees: Nikolaiviertel (Nikolai Quarter)
2007-10-04 12:02:00 Nikolaiviertel is a small district in the historic center, part of Mitte, near Alexanderplatz. The district, which borders the Spree River, contained some of the oldest buildings in Berlin before it was destroyed in WW2. Its reconstruction began only on 1979, as a part of the preparations for the city’s 750th anniversary, and took 8 ... More About: Sees , Quarter , Niko
Berlin Town Hall (Rotes Rathaus)
2007-10-02 12:03:00 Berlin Town Hall , known as Rotes Rathaus (the red Town Hall, because, well, of its color), was constructed from 1861?69, according to plans by Hermann Friedrich Waesemann. In 1879, the exterior was decorated with the “Stony Chronicle” on the first floor (36 plates, each 6m in length), showing scenes from the history of Berlin. More About: Berlin
SATURN: Gadgets and Consumer Electronics
More articles from this author:2007-09-30 18:05:00 Berlin, as previously stated on this blog, is very cheap compared to most other European cities. So the Saturn stores can make a good example of how low prices can actually be in Berlin. The Euro’s high exchange rate makes some of Saturn prices expansive compared with the US prices. But if you’re from another region ... More About: Electronics , Gadgets , Consumer , Consumer Electronics 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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