‘Familie’ Archives
(English) A Celebration Of Creativity, Culture & Cuisine in Berlin: Photo Gallery
"] " " About The Author Paul Sullivan is a Berlin-based writer & travel photographer and the founder of Slow Travel Berlin. You can check out his personal website here and some of his photography galleries here. "] "] "]
(English) Markthalle IX Event Program
OUTSIDE Architecture Tour 4pm-6pm Starts: Markthalle IX Ends: Markthalle IX Contact: Jim Hudson Status: FULL Christopher Isherwood Tour 11am-12pm Starts: Nollendorfplatz, Schöneberg Ends: Nollendorfplatz, Schöneberg Contact: Brendan Nash Status: FULL Context Cold Wall Tour x 2 9am-12pm Starts: Various Ends: Various Contact: Paul Bennett Status: FULL Hidden Path “Street Art” Tour 10am-12pm Starts: Goerlitzer Bahnhof (in front of the Kiosk, when you leave the [...]
(English) Easter in Berlin 2012
Tam Eastley rounds up some Easter activities in Berlin... It's Easter! And in Berlin that means a couple of things. First: it's essential that you go grocery shopping right away. Grocery stores are closed on Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and Easter Monday. So stock up, or be prepared to live off chocolate bunnies and eggs all weekend long. Second: there's a wealth of exciting traditional activities taking place in and around Berlin. There's something for everyone whether you just [...]
(English) Dickes Bee
Tam Eastley goes behind the scenes at Berlin food co-operative Dickes Bee... You can tell when someone's passionate about what they do when it takes over their life and their home. Last month, when the Dickes Bee Food Cooperative had to leave their secret cafe cellar space due to conflicts of interest, it was temporarily moved into the hallway the group's founder, Kathryn Werntz, or “Kap.” Laid out on the floor of her beautiful Altbau apartment in Wedding were crates of [...]
(English) In search of Rixdorf
Paul Scraton explores trendy Neukölln's old heart... It is a grey day in Berlin, which makes the Sonnenallee feel all the more gloomy. I am meeting my friend and Neukölln resident Julia at her apartment so she can show me the way to Rixdorf, an old village that still, just about, exists within the confines of the S-Bahn ring and despite its being swallowed by the city over a hundred years ago. As we walk south, away from Hermannplatz, there is not much in our surroundings that [...]
(English) Natur-Park Schöneberger Südgelände
The snappily-titled Natur-Park Schöneberger Südgelände is a not-so-well-known 18-hectare urban park at the southern end of Schöneberg. The park has blossomed from the ruins of an old railway hub that was built in the 1890s, and which for 70 years operated as one of the city's busiest (including during WWII). The area was closed and abandoned following the division of the city and nature slowly began to work its magic, reclaiming the old crumbling administrative buildings and rotting [...]
(English) Berlin’s Best Christmas Markets
Ruth Michaelson profiles the best Christmas Markets in Berlin for 2011... The temperature has gone sub-zero and anything you plan on consuming had better taste of cinnamon or come mit Schuss. With Berlin playing host to over sixty Christmas markets annually, there’s no shortage of places for you to get your fix of Lebkuchen and gifts in the frosty open air… Best Of The Big Hitters Gendarmenmarkt The sparkliest of them all, lit with all the double-Dom grandeur you’d expect [...]
