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Welcome to 2012

Carsten — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 03:59:42 +0000

Welcome to 2012, I spent the holidays with my family outside Berlin and I really enjoyed the time off. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and of course a good start into the new year.

The Year 2012 will be legen… wait for it… dary, with more events, more festivals and more of everything. The new Berlin International Airport (BER) will open its doors on June 3rd 2012 to connect Berlin even more with the rest of the World and you will now have the chance to fly directly from your homeland to Berlin without a time-consuming stop in Frankfurt.

But this isn’t all, The International Green Week, the 62nd Berlinale, the Berlin Air Show and of course the Festival of Lights will be back in 2012.

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Festival of Lights 2010

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.

Coca Cola Christmas Truck Tour Berlin 2010

Carsten — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:36:15 +0000

From the Potsdamer Platz through the Friedrichstraße to the Brandenburg Gate, the Coca Cola Christmas Trucks were on a tour through Berlin once again. Like last year, it was the coldest day of the year (-13°C), only the heavy snowfall was missing.

Berlin Christmas Bike Tour – Santa Claus on Road

Carsten — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:38:20 +0000

The Christmas Bike Tour this year was a bit small, probably because the weather was just awful, but heavy rain can’t harm a real biker.

The Christmas Bike Tour is an annual event where hundreds of bikers, dressed in Christmas costumes, are driving through the city giving gifts, they have collected during the year, to poor children and social institutions.

Here are some picture from this years event.

Merry Christmas Everyone

Carsten — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:36:02 +0000

Merry Christmas Everyone

It’s Christmas Eve in Berlin, people celebrating this day with their families and relatives, singing Christmas songs and giving presents (yep today, not tomorrow). Therefore and for the last time of this year I will show you some fancy Christmas decorations.

Coca Cola Christmas Truck Tour 2009

Carsten — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:22:21 +0000

Like every year, the Coca Cola Christmas Trucks were on a tour through every major city in Germany and the final parade was held in Berlin yesterday. Ten trucks with four stages and a snack bar to buy Bratwurst and Glühwein against the cold.

With -16°C (3.2°F) and heavy snowfall, it was the coldest day of the year. But that was not a real problem and thousands of people were following the parade on its way from the Kurfürstendamm, via the Potsdamer Platz and the Brandenburger Tor to its final goal, the Rote Rathaus Berlin.

Shop Window Plush Parade

Carsten — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:48:43 +0000

The Story of the Fall of the Wall, the Berlinale and the Friedrichstadtpalast, told by little animals.

That’s what you can see if you visit the Galeria Kaufhof near Berlin’s Alexanderplatz. Four shop windows were decorated with a really plushy Christmas decoration. Ten month were necessary to create, place and animate every single puppet, the senior decorator himself had the idea.

Brandenburg Gate Christmas Tree Berlin

Brandenburg Gate Christmas Tree Berlin

Carsten — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:09:10 +0000

So, after I’ve showed you Sony’s sparkling tree-formed decoration, it’s time for a real Christmas tree. I can’t say how many trees I’ve seen on my way through the City, but this one is definitely the prettiest, standing in front of the Brandenburg Gate.

Sony Center’s Blue Garden

Carsten — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:55:15 +0000

Christmas is near and what is Christmas without decorations. The City of Berlin has some really spectacular decorations this year and I want to start with Sony’s vision of a modern Christmas tree. The Sony Center, located at Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz, thought that, it needs something special to pull the attention of nearby visitors.

What did they say two years ago, “like.no.other” ? Well, I thinks these are the right words to describe this years scenery.

Merry Christmas Everyone