For today and tomorrow an official weather warning for Berlin (and other regions) has been released: a heavy storm named ‘Xaver’ is passing through. The speed of wind is expected to go up 100 or even 150 km/h – that’s around 60 – 100 miles per hour. It might rain and/or snow during the evening […]
It’s this time of the year, that not only christmas markets are popping up here and there and everyhwere, but also aticles and blog posts about christmas markets. Why? Because it’s this time of the year…:) In case you’re not aware of the german tradition of christmas markets, here’s a short intoduction: about a month […]
There are things, that you probably think of that they would always have been. The Disco Ball is such a thing – and also Curry Wurst and Döner Kebab. And actually surprisingly quite many things were invented in Berlin – at least all the three things mentioned before are a.f.a.I.k. Berlin inventions. Sometimes it’s not […]
There’s just another big gap in the north-south connection: after work was completed and U6 is back in operation, now the S-Bahn is disrupted between Nordbahnhof and Anhalter Bahnhof. The construction work on the north-south connection will be split in two mayor phases: first from November 22nd until December 9th – and then again in […]
The the exhibition “Vienna Berlin – The Art of Two Cities” is on display from 24.10.2013–27.01.2014 at Berlinische Galerie in Alte Jakobstraße 124-128 – a cooperation of Berlinische Galerie and the austrian Österreichische Galerie Belvedere. see also: www.berlinischegalerie.de/en/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/vienna-berlin/ By loading the video, you agree to Vimeo’s privacy policy.Learn more Load video Always unblock Vimeo Wien […]
If I got that right, media reports say that the Berlin S-Bahn – or actually its mother Deutsche Bahn AG lost over 17 Million Euro by cable theft – last year alone. 17 Million Euro of loss – through stolen cables? Wait a minute – let’s try to understand what that actually could mean: 17 […]
It’s quite a Berlin style story – in many ways: Berlin tourists are one part of that story, the financial situation of the city and the financial support for cultural institution (“the free art scene”) is the other detail of it, Berlins mayor Klaus Wowereit plays a major role – and (very typical for Berlin) […]
The probably most famous Berlin department store KaDeWe is about to change its owner – again. Together with Hamburgs department store Alsterhaus and Munichs Oberpollinger as well as the sports shops of the Karstadt group the department store is sold to an investor from Austria. The previous owner/ investor Berggruen is selling these houses to […]