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Category: History and Politics

Memento mori

21/03/2016 3 Comments City Centre Sights History and Politics

A walk through a cemetery during Easter week is the perfect combination of place and time. In Berlin there are over 230 graveyards, all with ...

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The Konzerthaus – Unwrapped

04/03/2016 1 Comment City Centre Sights Entertainment History and Politics

The Gendarmenmarkt is the most beautiful square in Berlin and its glorious central building, the Konzerthaus, is an architectural gem and the musical soul of ...

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MGB: A Memorable Grand Building

10/02/2016 4 Comments City Centre Sights Cool Collections History and Politics City Sights

Among all the wonderful Berlin museums and galleries, the Martin-Gropius-Bau (aka MGB) has a special place in my heart. Originally built in 1881 and designed ...

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Simply Snug

08/02/2016 1 Comment Café Society History and Politics

The 2016 Berlin Film Festival (‘Berlinale’) opens this week and the capital will be full of film tourists. Last March I posted a blog ‘Berlinale ...

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Refugee City – present and past

30/01/2016 7 Comments Cool Collections History and Politics

80,000 refugees have arrived in Berlin this year and the numbers continue to rise. Temporary accommodation includes army barracks, sports halls and airport hangars, as ...

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Where we are now: Berlin 2016

17/01/2016 1 Comment Entertainment History and Politics

This is the first post of 2016 so I wish all readers, ‘einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr’. In English this translates as, ‘Slide well into the ...

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Olympian Ghosts

22/11/2015 No Comments City Centre Sights History and Politics

Berlin is vibrant and contemporary, but it is also a city of ghosts. History hides in every corner and in some places it parades in ...

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The History Garden

04/09/2015 No Comments City Centre Sights History and Politics

A secret garden, only a stone’s throw from the main railway station – what could be more typically Berlin. Berlin Hauptbahnhof (main station) is impossible to ...

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Summer Jewels

11/08/2015 1 Comment Café Society City Centre Sights Entertainment

There’s a heatwave in Berlin this week, with temperatures well over 30 degrees every day. But even in the city centre, there are some cool ...

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Underground Chambers of Art and Curiosities

28/07/2015 No Comments Cool Collections History and Politics

The back courtyards of Berlin are full of surprises. A couple of weeks ago I discovered a ‘museum’ of a very different kind – a ...

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