‘Gesundheit & Fitness’ Archives
(English) P-Berg to Prenzlau: A Cycling Trip
Paul Sullivan finds a curious mix of derelict buildings and pretty lakes and forests on a 100km bike ride through the former East Germany... 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. Paul Sullivan finds a curious mix of derelict buildings and pretty [...]
(English) Cycling The Berlin Wall
Jenna Makowski cycles along the remains of the Berlin wall... I imagined the Wall long before I arrived in Berlin to cycle part of the trail. Barely old enough to remember (much less grasp) the events of 1989, my perceptions of the Berlin Wall had come from pictures in American-authored history books and post-Cold War History Channel specials. I’d collected a few of those impressions in my mind: a clip broadcasting Reagan’s keynote speech, the pulsating crowds storming the wall [...]
(English) La Mano Verde
Ruth Michaelson and Itay Lotem visit Berlin's premier vegan restaurant and find that the grass isn't always greener... Editorial note: there are no images to illustrate this article because the owner of the restaurant did not like the review and therefore refused to give us any. The Vegan’s View: Ruth Having lived in Berlin for almost two years before managing to pay hallowed vegan fine dining joint La Mano Verde a visit, it had taken on a golden glow in my mind, becoming something of a [...]
(English) Roller Derby in Berlin
Tam Eastley profiles her Roller Derby team the Berlin Bombshells, and explains how the game is more than just an amazing sport... Sitting in Quad Roller Skate Shop in Kreuzberg, co-owned and operated by Molly Stenzel (aka Master Blaster) it strikes me just how big roller derby's become. The walls are covered with various kinds of roller skates, referee jerseys, multi-coloured shoelaces, jewellery made of wheel bearings, helmets, knee, elbow and wrist pads, and toe stoppers. Finally, the [...]
(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) Bamboo Bicycle Club
Jack Orlik discovers there are no disadvantages with bamboo... The workshop stands in a triangle of land carved up by industrial bars of steel: frontiers formed by the S-Bahn and national railway tracks that bring trains thundering past every few minutes. "It's a shame you didn't get to see it in the sun. It can be really quite beautiful", says Dan Vogel-Essex, gesturing over the scrubland that was once a trainyard. The sky has clouded over, and the thick metallic smell of rain begins [...]
