Category Archives: Berlin Photos

Glass Waste Collection Point

Berlin Glass Recycling

Berlin Glass Recycling - © Photo by T.Bortels/nuberlin.com

Living in Berlin you may be quite familiar with this image. Sometimes the containers at your local glass waste collection point could not get emptied in time – but of course people keep leaving bottles and jars at the collection point. So things begin to pile up. And I must admit that I also wouldn’t […]

Ringbahn / Schönhauser Allee Arcaden

Ringbahn / Schönhauser Allee Arcaden

Ringbahn / Schönhauser Allee Arcaden - Ühoto: T.Bortels/nuBerlin

View to the S+U-Bahn station Schönhauser Allee and the shopping mall Schönhauser Allee Arcaden  from the pedestrian bridge in Greifenhagener Strasse. Find the photo on instagram: instagram.com/p/ByOG60ooxHS/

TV Tower view from Schönhauser Allee

Berlin TV Tower Schoenhauser Allee

View to TV Tower from Schoenhauser Allee / Schwedter Strasse – Photo: T.Bortels/nuberlin/bilderbook.org

View to the Berlin TV Tower from Schönhauser Allee / Schwedter Strasse on a lazy Sunday afternoon in early October. So far October was surprisingly mild. On some days temperatures were slightly above 20°C and people enjoyed some last summer moments. Indian summer in Berlin – or ‘Golden October’ as we call it.

Inside Moritzplatz Station

Berlin Kreuzberg: Moritzplatz U-Bahn Station

Moritzplatz U-Bahn Station - Photo: T.Bortels/nuberlin.com

Only a couple of years ago, the U-Bahn station Moritzplatz used to be rather abandoned. But since there are a few venues and shops near Moritzplatz today, it has become more and more lively down here. The station is located right underneath the roundabout Moritzplatz on two different levels. The upper level connects the four […]

Berlin streetart: “She is gone”

Berlin streetart: "she is gone"

Berlin streetart - Photo: T.Bortels/nuBerlin.com

A rather typical Berlin house front, decorated with a nice piece of streetart: “She is gone”, signed “El Bocho”, as seen somewhere in a quiet side street in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg (Kollwitzstrasse near Danziger Strasse, to be precise). You can also find this photo over here on instagram.

Berlin Mattress says Make Love Great Again!

Berlin Love Mattress: Make Love Great Again

Make Love Great Again - Photo: T.Bortels/nuBerlin.com

Walking around Berlin you will often find TV sets, chairs, fridges, sofas etc. on the sidewalks. Some people seem to have no clue what they should do with these objects that they obviously don’t want any more. Sometimes these objects have a note “for free” attached to the object that will soon turn into trash, […]

Zionskirche against Blue Sky in March

Berlin Public Holidays - Zionskirche in Berlin MItte

Bell Tower of Zionskirche - Photo:T.Bortels/nuBerlin.com

Another photo of the church Zionskirche in Berlin Mitte near Prenzlauer Berg / Kastanienallee. In March the weather is finally a bit more friendly again – blue skies can be enjoyed over a period of a couple of days and the temperatures are currently between 2°C (~35°F) by night and 10°C (~50°F) by day. Spring […]