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Temples of Drama and Music

21/02/2020 3 Comments

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The Fantastic Futurium

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Berlin’s Green Heart

02/09/2019 No Comments

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Making a Grand Entrance

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Category: Cool Collections

An Enchanted Castle

07/11/2022 1 Comment Cool Collections The Outer Edges Architecture

Schloss Biesdorf, a fabulous Italianate-style villa with beautiful parkland, is my latest Berlin discovery. Rather like Sleeping Beauty’s fairytale castle, it has been restored to ...

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Cool Summer Culture

02/08/2022 1 Comment City Centre Sights Cool Collections History and Politics City Sights

When the temperature rises, it’s good to escape the crowds and get out of the city centre. In Berlin, there’s a host of cool culture ...

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Charlotte’s Amazing House of Treasures

10/03/2022 No Comments Cool Collections History and Politics The Outer Edges Art

The Gründerzeitmuseum, tucked away in Mahlsdorf on the eastern edge of Berlin, is home to a unique collection of furniture, antiques and curios. Its name ...

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The Art of Society

27/01/2022 3 Comments Cool Collections Architecture

Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie is back after almost six years of reconstruction. I can’t imagine a more fitting exhibition space for 20th Century visual arts. With ...

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Berlin Global

14/12/2021 No Comments Cool Collections City Sights

“Only Connect” “Only connect and both shall be exalted” is the essence of the Humboldt Forum. When E.M.Forster famously used these words he was linking ...

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The Humboldt Forum – a Palace for all Peoples

06/11/2021 1 Comment City Centre Sights Cool Collections Architecture

The Berlin Palace (Stadtschloss) is back in Berlin, a least in part. The opening ceremony took place on 20th July 2021 and the golden cross ...

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The Fantastic Futurium

21/10/2019 No Comments Cool Collections Entertainment Entertainment

And now for something completely different – a museum that looks forward to the future rather than back to the past. Called the ‘Futurium’ or ...

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Making a Grand Entrance

19/07/2019 1 Comment City Centre Sights Cool Collections Entertainment Art

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Bauhaus 100

27/02/2019 2 Comments Books about Berlin Cool Collections Art

The famous Bauhaus art school opened in Weimar in 1919 and during its short lifespan it moved to Dessau and then to Berlin. The demands ...

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The PalaisPopulaire

30/10/2018 1 Comment City Centre Sights Cool Collections Galleries

Deutsche Bank has opened a new exhibition and event space on Unter den Linden in a seriously prime location next to the Staatsoper and opposite ...

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