Karneval der Kulturen 2013
About The Author Paul Sullivan is a Berlin-based writer & travel photographer and the founder of Slow Travel Berlin. You can check out his Facebook page here and his photography galleries here. Or you can follow him on Twitter.
Café Aroma
Aarti Mehta-Kroll profiles one of Berlin's first (and best) Slow Food restaurants... Photo by Lara Merrington Tucked away in an area of Schöneberg known as Red Island, Café Aroma has been a neighborhood institution since 1987. Joining Germany's Slow Food organisation in the early 90s (one of the first to do so in the city), it has been quietly providing quality Italian food and service ever since - though its slightly hidden location, reasonable prices and lack of pretention has kept [...]
![Berlin’s Cherry Blossoms [Sakura]](http://www.slowtravelberlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Kirschbluete-480x360.jpg "Berlin’s Cherry Blossoms [Sakura]")
Berlin’s Cherry Blossoms [Sakura]
Joep de Visser traces the history of Berlin's cherry blossom trees back to a 1990 Japanese TV campaign... Sakura at Gärten der Welt © Grün Berlin Cherry blossoms are more associated with the Far East than Berlin – particularly with Japan, where the annual hanami (‘flower viewing’) is held to celebrate the beauty of these flowers. While hanami dates back to the 8th century in Japan, in later centuries the blossom from the Japanese cherry trees - Prunus serrulata - also known as [...]
Seasonal Recipes: May 2013
If you are new to Germany, you have probably already been somewhat taken aback by the passion with which the Germans celebrate asparagus. Every year in spring, the whole country goes mad for Spargelsaison. Spargelstände pop up on every street corner, blackboards proclaiming “frischer Spargel” litter the streets and many restaurants have a special “Spargelmenü”, dedicating to dishes showcasing the vegetable. Even the supermarkets get in on the act, with pyramids of Hollandaise [...]
Berlin’s Best Supper Clubs
Thyme Supperclub round up the city's best private dining experiences... Fisk & Gröönsaken Small supperclub in Prenzlauer Berg serving pescetarian cuisine (no meat) to up to 8 guests. The hosts are an exceptionally friendly German couple who go out of their way to make guests feel at home in their home. The food was beautifully presented and extremely tasty. With recommended donations usually not much more than 20,00€ per person, they also represent the best value supperclub in [...]
Gartenstadt Falkenberg
Elizabeth Childers profiles Bruno Taut's Gartenstadt Falkenberg housing estate... Image by Ryan Hursh Take the S-Bahn twenty kilometers southeast from the Middle of Berlin to the Grünau stop and you will end up at a small and intriguing housing estate called Gartenstadt Falkenberg (“Falkenberg Garden City”). Clustered around three streets — Akazienhof, Am Falkenberg, and Gartenstadtweg — are 128 dwellings. These simple but colourful buildings sit in what looks like an almost [...]
Renaissance in the Gemäldegalerie
In celebration of Slow Art Day, Kirsten Hall visits the Gemäldegalerie and focuses on three of her favourite Renaissance paintings... Renaissance wing of the Gemäldegalerie with the painting of St. Sebastian Berlin’s oft-overlooked Gemäldegalerie -- one of the assembly of museums, galleries and libraries that comprise Potsdamer Platz’s Kulturforum -- dates back to 1830 and hosts one of the world’s largest collections of European paintings from the 13th to the 18th [...]
Azzam to Zula: Hummus in Berlin
Anne Thomas explores the nuances of Berlin’s best hummus spots, and how they function as informal peacekeepers... Image by Lara Merrington Hummus is nothing more than chickpeas, sesame paste, lemon, soda and salt. Some argue garlic is also a vital ingredient; others swear on cumin; heretics might even add coriander. The disagreements on the flavours and ingredients of "real hummus" are no different to those provoked by any popular dish, whether it’s borsch in Eastern Europe or [...]
Anika: Q&A
Natalye Childress talks to Annika Henderson (Anika) about her new album and Berlin as creative muse... Photo by Jeff Meltz It's not entirely a stretch for artists to move around within the space of the creative realm, crossing over from one medium to another, but it is somewhat rare when someone with a stable profession suddenly makes a horizontal move into the art world. Yet that is exactly what political journalist Annika Henderson did some three or four years ago, and she hasn't [...]
Photo Gallery: Good Wedding
Good Wedding is a typographic collection of positivity, joy, humour and optimism in Wedding, Berlin. This series offers a visual counterpoint to the suburb's somewhat dubious and largely undeserved reputation. Good Wedding is an expression of the unconditional fondness and fascination that Australian photographer Kate Seabrook holds for her new adopted neighbourhood. Rose-coloured glasses or not, there is plenty to love about this district, as can be seen from the images [...]
