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 […]
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. […]
Since 1999 the so called Ku’damm-Karree at Kurfürstendamm / Uhlandstrasse is hosting the exhibition The Story of Berlin. The exhibition is partly located in a former nuclear bomb shelter and is a popular destination and both Berlin visitors and Berliners. Around 250.000 visitors come and see the exhibition per year – recently the 3.5 million […]
Last weekend was a bad weekend for Berlin’s bubbling nightlife and clubbing area known as the RAW area near Warschauer Brücke / Revaler Strasse in Berlin Friedrichshain. Two violent attacks made it to the headlines of Berlin’s news. What had happened? First two dutch tourists were attacked and robbed – and only shortly after another […]
Today 54 years ago people of Berlin woke up in a divided city. In the early morning hours East German border police had secured the border line between the East and West Berlin sector and workers had begun zu build the actual wall. I took the opportunity to update the Berlin Wall page of nuBerlin […]
Berlin’s public transport provider BVG is currently testing free internet access in Wedding’s subway station Osloer Strasse (U8 / U9). Until the end of October everybody on that station can simply login into BVG’s hotspot “BVG Wi-Fi” and use their internet connection free of charge. BVG is hoping to gather information about the practicability of […]
The International Congress Centrum Berlin (ICC) is probably one of the most important post-war buildings of West-Berlin. The building is a gem of architecture of the seventies, a design icon of international importance. Currently the ICC is closed for renovation. But luckily enough the Berlin parliament decided for its renovation not for its demolition. In […]
I recently stumbled across an article published already last summer, featuring the catchy headline “10 things you can do in Berlin, but not in the US“. The article listed ten things, the author wants to make you believe ‘you can do in Berlin’. At parts the article, or rather the author, appears to be so […]