Yearly Archives: 2015

Berlin architecture exhibition at Stilwerk

This friday (20th March) the Berlin chamber of architects (Architektenkammer) will open an exhibition of Berlin architecture at Stilwerk in Berlin-Charlottenburg. On display are 65 architecture projects from Berlin – and by Berlin architects. You can have a preview of all 65 exhibited projects at the homepage of Architektenkammer Berlin: http://www.ak-berlin.de/publicity/ak/internet.nsf/tindex/de_da_2015_projekte.htm da! Architektur in und […]

S-Bahn replacement shuttle buses

S-Bahn Ersatzverkehr Bus-Haltestelle "North" at Brunnenstrasse / near Bernauer Strasse

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Currently the north-south S-Bahn tunnel between Gesundbrunnen and both Yorckstrasse stations (S1, S2, S25) is closed – and will stay closed until 1:30am on 4 May 2015 (Monday). One of Berlin’s S-Bahn official recommendations is to use ‘Ringbahn’ instead – which might be a good idea if you really want to travel from Gesundbrunnen to […]

Berlin public transport map – live view

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The regional public transport authority VBB (Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg) recently released a ‘live view’ map of Berlin and Brandenburg region. The interactive online tool is basically showing all the live positions of all the different public transport vehicles: buses, trams, S-Bahn- and U-Bahn-Trains and even ferry boats – live – in real time. While this map may […]

Berlin International Film Festival Berlinale 2015

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The Berlin International Film Festival Berlinale 2015 took off already last wednesday. Maybe you already went – and saw the one or the other movie? Maybe you still don’t know if you want to go – and maybe you even think you won’t have a chance to get tickets anyways. While it is true that […]

Berlin world wide – a documentary report on Berlin world wide

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Berlin – the town I was born, the place I live, the city I love – is only one of over 100 cities, villages and places world wide called ‘Berlin’. Throughout history people have again and again called places ‘Berlin’ for various reasons – be it german missioners or colonists calling a spot ‘Berlin’ where […]

Berlin Weather: There’s snow – so it must be winter

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It’s cold, it’s wet, and thesky is gey – back to the ‘Berlin cloud’. Sometimes something wet comes falling from above.. but is it rain? ..or is it snow? Nobody knows. But there are some traces of last night here and there: and it looks like “snow”. So it must be winter. Temperatures are currently […]

Berlin Weather: Spring Time in January

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After some weeks of Berlin’s typical mostly grey-grey-cloudy winter weather today the day began with a surprise: Good Morning Sunshine! Blue skies, a few fluffy clouds, mostly sunny. The temperatures are between 5°C and 10°C – in the sun it feels a bit warmer. Feels like perfect weather conditions for a coffee or a drink […]

Happy New Year – a Berlin street view perspective

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Hope you had a nice New Year’s Eve? IF you were wondering, what Berlin’s New Year’s Eve looked like from the literal street level, you may have a look at this twenty minute car ride across Berlin’s streets – partly packed with people – and fireworks: By loading the video, you agree to YouTube’s privacy […]