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Berlin Victory Column under construction

August 6, 2010

Due to restoration work, Berlin’s Victor Column (or Siegessäule) is completely scaffolded at the moment and will remain like this until Spring 2011. Only the golden statue of Victoria or Goldelse, like a Berliner would say, is visible. The Victory Column stands at 61.5m high and provides excellent views of Berlin from the center of [...]

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Streetpiano – Piano Music meets StreetArt

August 3, 2010

Piano Music meets StreetArt. Last weekend, I took a walk through Berlin’s Mauerpark, a public park in Berlin’s Prenzlauer Berg district near some remains of the Berlin Wall and I discovered a couple of fancy painted pianos standing around with street artists working on them. After I gathered some information, I now know that the [...]

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Classic Days 2010 – Part 01

July 20, 2010

Schönhagen, an airport about 30km from the border of Berlin, place of event of this years Classic Days 2010 with over 100 classic autos from the past 60 years. I have to admit, I’m not a car-lover and I have no idea which car is the best car of all time but, it was quite [...]

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A relaxing boat trip

July 8, 2010

The Summer has finally arrived in Berlin with temperatures around 32°C and people enjoying the sun on a relaxing boat trip on Berlin’s famous river, the Spree.

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Sandsation 2010

June 16, 2010

For the 8th time, Sandsation is back in Berlin with over 20 sand artists (called carvers) from all over the world (You may remember last year’s event). This year I had the chance to see the artists live in action. But, what kind of sand do they use? Well, the sand has been compressed into [...]

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Cherry Blossom Festival Berlin

May 12, 2010

I’m a big fan of the Japanese Sakura Trees and their Cherry Blossom Festival but sadly I don’t have the time to travel 12 hours just to watch them bloom. So I visited the Japanese Garden of Berlin’s Gardens of the World and it seems that I wasn’t the only one who had that idea.

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TURMKUNST 2010 – Going Underground

April 26, 2010

While the work above ground is still in progress, we are going underground, because the subway station below the big red monument was painted as well. A handful of artists were invited to prettify the bleak walls around the stairs and escalators at Berlin’s Schloßstraße.

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Berlin’s Tropical Greenhouse Reopened!

September 30, 2009

The Main Tropical Greenhouse in Berlin’s Botanical Garden was reconstructed from 2006 until 2009 and is now again open to the public. After over 100 years, the technical equipment was obsolete and the framework was heavily damaged from rust, so the Greenhouse had to be refurbished.

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