Berlin Weather in September was kind of nice, but not too nice. The official statistics point out, that in all of Germany the weather conditions were a bit ‘below’ normal weather conditions: a bit colder and a bit less rain compare to previous year. Statistically Berlin had in fact a ‘record’ September – at least […]
Berlin has a new tourist attraction: the Marzahn Skywalk, an observation deck on top of a high rise apartment building in Berlin Marzahn provides an unfamiliar view on Berlin. From a height of approximately 70 meters the platform offers a view over the east Berlin borough Marzahn Hellersdorf – but basically with good weather conditions […]
Today Berlin officials will unveil a memorial plaque in honor of Berlin’s original milkman Carl Bolle (1832-1910). The memorial plaque will be situated in Moabit, Alt Moabit 98, near the grounds where Bolle’s dairy empire was operating some 130 years ago (opened in 1879). Around 1880 Carl Bolle was basically the first, who bought milk […]
Every year on the last weekend of September the Berlin Marathon is held – and it can become a bit difficult, to get from A to B. The actual Marathon is held on Sunday – but since the actual Marathon is not the only Marathon this weekend, there are probably more streets closed than on […]
The Berlin office for statistics Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg have recently released numbers about traffic accidents in Berlin. The good news is: the overall trend seems to be that numbers are declining. While in 1995 over 140 people died in traffic accidents in Berlin, about 20 years later that number is down to ‘only’ 52 […]
When I today first read the article “A German fashion startup called off an event because Berlin wants to use the venue to house refugees” over at uk.businessinsider.com I though that this was a bit weird situation: Zalando basically ‘bought’ the fashion fair Bread & Butter just recently and now they cancelled it almost two […]
One of Berlin’s most important water roads, the Landwehrkanal just turned 165. A good reason to compile a few historical photos of the canal. See also: Color Footage from Pre War Berlin (1936) Berlin City Palace – historical and current photos Read on: “Landwehr Canal” at en.wikipedia.org
Berlins public transport provider BVG has just opened the first electric Bus line. Four electrical buses are now commuting between the two West-Berlin stations Zoo (Zoologischer Garten / Hertzallee) in Charlottenburg and Südkreuz on bus line 204. On each end the buses can be recharged for a few minutes by parking above an induction loop. […]