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Category: History and Politics

Fontane’s Berlin

02/01/2018 3 Comments Books about Berlin City Centre Sights History and Politics Books

The emergence of Prussia as the dominant power in the new nation of Germany had a profound effect on 20th Century Europe. This first blog of ...

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Checkpoint Charlie Then and Now

28/11/2017 No Comments City Centre Sights History and Politics City Sights

What’s in a name? In the case of Checkpoint Charlie, with its personification of a notorious border crossing at the Berlin Wall, it immediately conjures ...

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The Berlin Wall Revisited

09/11/2017 No Comments City Centre Sights History and Politics City Sights

The Berlin Wall Revisited – Today, 9th November 2017, is the 28th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Berlin has now been reunited ...

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New Eastside Berlin Wall Museum

30/10/2017 No Comments Cool Collections History and Politics History

The New Eastside Berlin Wall Museum – The Berlin Wall divided the city for 28 years from 1961 until 1989. In 2017, 28 years since its ...

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Russian Berlin

04/10/2017 No Comments Café Society History and Politics Cafés

Russian Berlin – Berlin’s relationship with Russia is unique. There are now an estimated 300,000 Russians living in the German capital, many of them Russian-Germans ...

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Angel’s Pool – a city oasis

01/09/2017 No Comments Café Society History and Politics Small Worlds Cafés

Kreuzberg has always been a district on the edge – literally and metaphorically. When the city was divided, this West Berlin neighbourhood was enclosed ...

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Back in the GDR

16/08/2017 No Comments Cool Collections History and Politics History

The Stasi – Berlin is a city with a fearful past. But it doesn’t keep its skeletons in the cupboard; it bares its soul and ...

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A Multiverse of Courtyards

29/07/2017 No Comments Buy, Buy Berlin Café Society History and Politics Cafés

To explore the German capital, it is not enough to walk the length and breadth of its streets. If you want to catch the Berlin ...

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Pulse of Europe in Berlin

10/05/2017 No Comments History and Politics History

Last Sunday, I joined some Berlin friends at the Pulse of Europe demonstration on Bebelplatz, on Unter den Linden. This square, which was called ‘Opernplatz’ before the war, has ...

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Historic Crossing Point

03/04/2017 1 Comment City Centre Sights History and Politics City Sights

Berlin is best known for its 20th Century history and any mention of the word ‘crossing point’ summons up visions of Checkpoint Charlie, the Glienicke ...

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