From the monthly archives:

November 2009

Berlin’s Funkturm at Night

November 30, 2009

The Funkturm or Radio Tower is a transmitting tower in the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district in Berlin. The 150 m high Tower which was built between 1924 and 1926 is part of the Berlin trade fair ground and a protected monument.

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Berlin Pumpkin Art

November 28, 2009

There are many things you can do with pumpkins, you can carve them, decorate your home or your garden and of course you can eat them. A farmer in Klaistow, about 40km outside of Berlin, thought to do something special with his 100.000 pumpkins, but see for yourself:

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Berlin Pumpkin Sale

November 25, 2009

Halloween is over, but Thanksgiving (Erntedankfest) is near, time to sell the remains of the big Pumpkin Harvest. Never seen so much different Pumpkins together. Thanksgiving in German Europe has a long tradition, but one that is different in many ways from that in North America.

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Berlin Street Art #01

November 23, 2009

Graffiti is a part of Berlin. During my time in this city, I see many interesting and well painted artworks. Today we have DC Comic’s Flash painted on a wall near Berlin’s Ostbahnhof right beside the East Side Gallery.

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Postdamer Platz, Berlin Wall Memorial

November 16, 2009

Postdamer Platz and Leipziger Patz, both near the U- and S-Bahnhof Potsdamer Platz, are the most blatant expression of how the Wall put a stop to Berlin’s urban development. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, new densely-populated quarters rose phoenix-like from the ashes of the old border wasteland.

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The Berlin Domino Wall – Thousand Pieces of Art

November 10, 2009

As I mentioned yesterday, today was Berlin’s 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Many World leaders and dignitaries were invited. Chancellor Merkel said some Words in front of the Brandenburg Gate, she herself grew up in East Germany

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East Side Gallery, walking alongside the Berlin Wall

November 9, 2009

Tomorrow is a big day, the City of Berlin will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. For that reason, the big East Side Gallery was repaired and repainted. The Berlin Wall East Side Gallery is a 1.3km-long section of the wall near the center of Berlin.

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Twix is now called Raider, again

November 5, 2009

Duo to their 30th anniversary, Mars Inc has created a special Edition of your beloved chocolate bars. Twix was called Raider back in 1967 in many countries of Europe until the name was changed to Twix (1991)

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Model Railway Exhibition at Berlin’s Ostbahnhof

November 3, 2009

The Modellbahnverband in Deutschland e.V. ( German Model Railway Society ) staged an exhibition, to celebrate his 15th anniversary. It was fascinating to see those little trains driving through a really beautiful created world

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