Category Archives: News

Berlin alcohol laws – “Your country has been blacklisted”

When I was browsing through Berlin related news this morning, a report about Berlin’s alcohol law caught my eye. The headline “Berlin will allow 2 am last call” already suggested that the Berlin the article related to probably wasn’t the same Berlin I live in. And the teaser text went on “authorizing restaurants and bars […]

Happy New Year! Happy New Berlin!

You might have recognized it already: this blog has just once again made a dramatic domain move: from ticket2berlin.com –> back to nuBerlin.com – and I like it. Why? Well – to start from the beginning: first I thought “nuBerlin” was a too freaky domain to be recognized – too unprofessional – and ticket2berlin would […]

storm passing through Berlin region

For today and tomorrow an official weather warning for Berlin (and other regions) has been released: a heavy storm named ‘Xaver’ is passing through. The speed of wind is expected to go up 100 or even 150 km/h – that’s around 60 – 100 miles per hour. It might rain and/or snow during the evening […]

Berlin Christmas Markets

It’s this time of the year, that not only christmas markets are popping up here and there and everyhwere, but also aticles and blog posts about christmas markets. Why? Because it’s this time of the year…:) In case you’re not aware of the german tradition of christmas markets, here’s a short intoduction: about a month […]

RIP Kadir Nurman – inventor of the Döner Kebab

There are things, that you probably think of that they would always have been. The Disco Ball is such a thing – and also Curry Wurst and Döner Kebab. And actually surprisingly quite many things were invented in Berlin – at least all the three things mentioned before are a.f.a.I.k. Berlin inventions. Sometimes it’s not […]

S-Bahn disrupt between Nordbahnhof and Anhalter Bahnhof

There’s just another big gap in the north-south connection: after work was completed and U6 is back in operation, now the S-Bahn is disrupted between Nordbahnhof and Anhalter Bahnhof. The construction work on the north-south connection will be split in two mayor phases: first from November 22nd until December 9th – and then again in […]

Video of the exhibition “Vienna Berlin – The Art of Two Cities”

The the exhibition “Vienna Berlin – The Art of Two Cities” is on display from 24.10.2013–27.01.2014 at Berlinische Galerie in Alte Jakobstraße 124-128 – a cooperation of Berlinische Galerie and the austrian Österreichische Galerie Belvedere. see also: www.berlinischegalerie.de/en/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/vienna-berlin/ By loading the video, you agree to Vimeo’s privacy policy.Learn more Load video Always unblock Vimeo Wien […]

Cable theft costs Berlin S-Bahn Millions of Euros

If I got that right, media reports say that the Berlin S-Bahn – or actually its mother Deutsche Bahn AG lost over 17 Million Euro by cable theft – last year alone. 17 Million Euro of loss – through stolen cables? Wait a minute –  let’s try to understand what that actually could mean: 17 […]