The Private Residential Rent – or Apartment Rent Index for Berlin has just been released. Any surprises? Not so much: slowly but surely Berlin’s apartment rents are rising. But how much? And are Berlin apartments still affordable? That is actually not so easy to answer. Ok – let’s face it: to rent an apartment in […]
Today it’s a public holiday day – but that’s (of course) not because of Father’s Day, but ‘Himmelfahrt (Feast of the Ascension). But since in Germay both ‘celebrations’ are on the same day, Father’s Day is kind of a public holiday day as well.
The good news first: since today the North-South S-Bahn tunnel is back in operation. The bad news: this week Berlin’s S-Bahn drivers are on strike again. This means that only about 30% of all S-Bahn trains will be operating between Tuesday, May 5th and Sunday, May 10th. During that time period, the ring is closed […]
Again Deutsche Bahn will go on trike this week – and, again Berlin’s public transport provider S-Bahn, owned by Deutsche Bahn, will be affected. Here’s how and when the strike will strike tomorrow (Wednesday, 22nd of April) and the day after (Thursday, 23rd of April). About 30% of regular S-Bahn traffic will run. That means most […]
Back in the days of techno, there were some rather strong connections between the two cities Detroit and Berlin*. Bands from both cities influenced each other, and every now and then techno DJs from Detroit visited Berlin to perfom in one Berlin’s techno clubs – and Berlin DJs visited Detorit to spin some vinyl in […]
S-Bahn Ersatzverkehr Bus-Haltestelle "North" at Brunnenstrasse / near Bernauer Strasse
Currently the north-south S-Bahn tunnel between Gesundbrunnen and both Yorckstrasse stations (S1, S2, S25) is closed – and will stay closed until 1:30am on 4 May 2015 (Monday). One of Berlin’s S-Bahn official recommendations is to use ‘Ringbahn’ instead – which might be a good idea if you really want to travel from Gesundbrunnen to […]
The regional public transport authority VBB (Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg) recently released a ‘live view’ map of Berlin and Brandenburg region. The interactive online tool is basically showing all the live positions of all the different public transport vehicles: buses, trams, S-Bahn- and U-Bahn-Trains and even ferry boats – live – in real time. While this map may […]
Berlin – the town I was born, the place I live, the city I love – is only one of over 100 cities, villages and places world wide called ‘Berlin’. Throughout history people have again and again called places ‘Berlin’ for various reasons – be it german missioners or colonists calling a spot ‘Berlin’ where […]