One of Berlin’s most important water roads, the Landwehrkanal just turned 165. A good reason to compile a few historical photos of the canal. See also: Color Footage from Pre War Berlin (1936) Berlin City Palace – historical and current photos Read on: “Landwehr Canal” at en.wikipedia.org
This year’s Carneval of Cultures Street Parade just kicked off. Wheather conditions are fine, and the parade currently makes her way through the streets of Berlin-Kreuzberg. Not in town but still want to see, what the parade looks like? Lucky you: local public radio station Radio1 and local public TV station RBB are both covering […]
In Berlin almost every flat object can be a billboard – and almost every round object can be a poster pillar. And ‘everybody‘ thinks, “it’s just me – hanging a single poster on that pillar” then lamp poles and traffic signal poles can easiely become huge round objects that may look like ‘real poster pillars’, […]
One of Berlin’s night life highlights turns 36 – and since the number 36 plays an important role in the club’s history, there will be a great party week celebrating this 36 year anniversary. Named after the back then wild wild East part of Kreuzberg (postal code Südost 36 (South East) or short SO36) it […]
exhibition at Bethanien, Berlin Kreuzberg – only until Tuesday: “Titel 172 – Prahlerei ist die beste Ausrede auf dem Acker” Works by Julia Ossko, Eugen Schulz, Danny Gretscher 25.7. – 29.7.2014 15:oo – 20:oo Uhr Kunstquartier Bethanien Mariannenplatz 2 10997 Berlin Kreuzberg see also: http://www.kunstquartier-bethanien.de/bethanien_projektraum.html
It’s this time of the year: temperatures are rising, Carnival of Cultures Parade is marching, Streetfest is bubbeling – Kreuzberg is celebrating the Carnival of Cultures 2014. This year I am again not actively taking part in Carnival of Cultures and the related open air / street party – but of course one somehow can not […]
The mayor of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Monika Herrmann is currently loudly thinking and talking about installing Coffee Shops to undermine the local *soft drug business*. Finally!! And skyscrapers are back: US-American investor Hines is planning to build a high rise building at Alexanderplatz. The tower would reach 150m in height, that’s about 50m beneath the visitor platform […]
Oh no! The venue Festsaal Kreuzberg is no more. Last night the venue burnt down to the ground, despite great efforts of the Berlin fire fighters that tried their best For over nine years the venue hosted a great number of concerts, parties, marriages, readings, performances of all kind. The Festsaal’s calender lists upcoming events […]