Posts Tagged ‘Auguststrasse’
Do You Read Me?!
Carlijn Potma browses Berlin's most comprehensive magazine store... Auguststrasse - East Berlin’s so called ‘art mile’ - doesn't only host a widerange of art galleries. It’s also a great place to hunt for rare books and magazines thanks to No. 28, which houses Do You Read Me?!, a well-known store offering hundreds of interesting magazines and reading material. Graphic designer Mark Kiessling and professional bookseller Jessica Reitz founded the store two and a half years ago [...]
The Barn
A chic and health-conscious Slow Food hub in the heart of Berlin Mitte… The Barn isn’t a difficult place to find if you’re strolling along pretty Grosse Hamburger Strasse. Just look out for the bales of hay outside - a somewhat incongruous sight in this trendy downtown part of Berlin Mitte. The hay is symbolic as well as ornamental. As befits a place called The Barn located purposefully in the middle of a modern city, this small café – which opened just a few weeks ago - does a [...]
Kunst Werke Institute For Contemporary Arts
A jewel in Mitte's art scene crown... Berlin’s Auguststrasse isn’t short on galleries. This well known Mitte street is a main artery for contemporary art in the city, long ago earning the sobriquet “East Berlin's art mile” for its impressive wealth of independent galleries that line both sides of the street and show everything from sculpture and fine art to photography. Of all the street’s venues, the Kunst Werke Institute For Contemporary Arts at number 69 is perhaps the most [...]
