Yearly Archives: 2012

Winter has come to town

Finally winter has arrived. Last night it snowed some impressive centimeters – and now “everything” is covered by a thin white layer of snow. And I guess I take the opportunity to move my sledging post from my previous Berlin Blog over here – so in case you are interested in riding a sledge down […]

100 Years Discovery of Nefertiti

The Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection are presenting a special exhibition at the Neues Museum on Museum Island to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the bust of Nefertiti on 6 December 1912. The exhibition is focussed on the Amarna period, refering to the ruins of the ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaton. More […]

petition: keep Mauerpark green – A World-Citizens-Park

The Mauerpark in Prenzlauer Berg is one of Berlin’s unique spots that is frequently overcrowded. Especially on Sundays – especially during the summer months people gather, play music, frisbee, have a grill snack, a drink, a talk – or go shopping on one of Berlin’s wildest most interesting flee markets. And the mixture of people […]

Further developments on Kastanienallee Prenzlauer Berg

Today i discovered this plastic Toilet in Kastanienallee in front of the language school. I suppose it’s indicating that very soon also the lower part of Kastanienallee will be a construction site… The upper part of Kastanienallee has been geavily under construction for quite a while – and it actually still isn’t finished yet. The […]