BERLIN SIDEWALK » Odd

The Swimming Ice Rink

Carsten — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:39:17 +0000

It’s winter and ice skating is pretty common at this season, so I took my skates and went to the Jannowitzbrücke in Berlin-Mitte. One of the national broadcasters, the rbb, created there a wonderful ice rink… on a ship, swimming on the spree.

Open Pool Boat

Berlin’s Trash(y) Christmas Tree

Carsten — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:41:59 +0000

As Berlin is a city of art, it is quite easy to find strange things, like this 12-metre-tall, fire spitting, metal Tannenbaum (Christmas Tree) in front of the Europa Center at Breitscheidplatz. The Tannenbaum, which blast flames into the sky every 30 minutes, is named “Traffic Tree” and is Berlin’s newest attraction when it comes to Christmas trees.

nhow Hotel Berlin

Carsten — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:08:19 +0000

A Hotel designed for musicians located directly on the banks of the river Spree right beside Universal Music and the MTV Headquarters. The nhow Hotel Berlin is really a special kind of architecture.

nhow stands for a new generation of hotels: offbeat, lively, dynamic and with a local flair that simultaneously has worldwide appeal. nhow centers on music and design and is the only hotel in Europe offering two professional music studios.

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Darth Vader spotted at Brandenburg Gate

Carsten — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:06:16 +0000

Darth Vader is in town and he roams around the Brandenburg Gate, but beware, if you threaten him he will challenge you to a lightsaber duel, but if you ask him friendly for a direction, he will kindly help you out.

Open Pool Boat

Carsten — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:46:27 +0000

Swimming in the Spree is refreshing but also dangerous, so if you don’t want to miss out on that experience, you must be inventive.

A relaxing boat trip

Danbo is here!

Carsten — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:45:00 +0000

I bought a Danbo from amazon.co.jp the Japanese version of Amazon. I wanted to test how long it would take to send a package from Japan to Berlin and I was pretty surprised after it arrived in less than 2 weeks, considering that I have to wait up to 5 days to get something from amazon.de.

Danbo is the anime figure Miura Hayasaka in a cardboard box suit from the Japanese manga series Yotsuba&!. The plastic figure, from the Revoltech line by the company Kaiyodo, has movable joints, light up eyes and stands around 8cm tall.

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Kitty Car

Carsten — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:56:14 +0000

If you are a true fan of something, you want to show it, even if it means to paint your car with stars… and cats.

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Also Heroes Have Bad Days…

Carsten — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:17:00 +0000

A Superman I’ve never seen before, his face rammed into the ground, blood drops all over the place… the text behind him on the wall reads “also Heroes have bad Days…“.

The sculpture by the German artist Marcus Wittmers in front of the Jewish Museum Berlin is part of the current exhibition “Heroes, Freaks and Superrabbis: The Jewish Dimension of the Comic.

The Pitfalls of Snow

Carsten — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:45:35 +0000

With all these snowstorms recently, it’s not a good idea to let your bike outside. A little bit more snow and it will be hard to find it again. This could be really annoying if you have an important appointment.

When there is snow outside

Winter in the City

Carsten — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:43:52 +0000

I heard something about Climate Change and Global Warming, but when I look outside my window, it’s an Ice Age out there. After 4 weeks, the snow is still there, the temperature has raised up to -5°C (23°F) so it’s not so cold anymore.

Happy New Year and Welcome to 2010