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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
the official party at Brandenburg Gate Also this year Berlin will host one of the world’s largest New Year’s Eve parties. The event will take place downtown Berlin on an area over two kilometers long, between two renowned landmarks: the Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor) and the Victory Column (Siegessäule). With over a million visitors, dozends […]
Slowly but surely first rumors/reports about the coalition talks between Conservatives and Social Democrats are leaking, According to the media recent talks between SPD and CDU were focusing on plans to build a new public art gallery – the Berlin Kunsthalle – and a new public library – the “Metropolen Bibliothek” – the latter to […]
In the last four days over 15 Firebombs were found near in seven different locations in and around Berlin. Only some went off, damaging technical equipment, disrupting rail traffic – but nobody got harmed. On the other hand tens of thousands of commuters are late on a daily basis – anger and frustration are on […]
First it seemed as if both sides had found a compromise regarding the expansion of the city autobahn A100 – a compromise that would have kept the Social Democrats and the Greens from loosing their face. But now this compromise appears to be a foul compromise – and both parties have a different interpretation of […]
Today the 38th Berlin-Marathon is taking place – or actually it took place. For some runners the Marathon is already over, some others still have to rund a couple of kilometers before they can relax.. Patrick Makau from Kenia was first – again – and with just about two hours (2:03:38) he broke the world […]