Posts Tagged ‘Mitte’
To Rococo Rot
Paul Sullivan chats to Berlin-based electronica mavericks Robert and Ronald Lippok, aka To Rococo Rot... “This was where the main bohemian scene used to be,” states Ronald Lippok, gesturing out of a large café window in the general direction of Kastanienallee. “When we were younger, playing in punk-rock bands, all the rehearsal spaces were around Schoenhauser Allee and here in Zionskirchplatz. This was the centre of the art scene in the 80s. Places like the Wiener café and the [...]
Slow Art Day, 17th April 2010
A new international event that encourages us to Slow down and take more time to enjoy art. Most of us have been guilty of blurring around at least one museum or gallery in our lives, ignoring the majority of the art therein, or focusing more on what's for dinner later than what's in front of us. Indeed, research shows that people spend as little as eight seconds looking at an individual work. Which is why New Yorker Phil Terry, founder of non-profit Reading Odyssey, created the Slow Art [...]
Chén Chè
A charming and authentic Vietnamese tea room in the heart of Mitte... Despite being tucked away down a courtyard in Mitte, it’s not particularly difficult to find Chén Chè: the pair of tall bamboo plants that stand incongruously on Rosenthaler Strasse and the large blackboard featuring exotic Vietnamese dishes kind of give it away. Photo: Binh Truong Duck into the courtyard and Berlin’s newest Vietnamese tea room lies directly ahead. The capacious main room, all dark wooden [...]
Cycling in Berlin
British journalist and cycling enthusiast Kevin Braddock changes gear for an inaugural Berlin bike ride... Everyone cycles in Berlin, and in Berlin everyone cycles in the same way: slowly. I recognised this one day not so long ago as I was riding north along Warschauer Strasse, from Kreuzberg to Friedrichshain. It was a hot sunny afternoon, and in common with very few other streets in Berlin, there’s a mild incline to the stretch running parallel to the S-Bahn just north of the [...]
C/O Berlin
A contemporary photography space and slice of Old Berlin all in one… C/O Berlin There’s no lack of photography exhibition venues in Berlin. The city’s profusion of empty, run-down buildings and smart, upmarket galleries cater competently for its burgeoning photography community, reinforced by the plethora of cafes and restaurants eager to give their businesses a creative twist. Since opening in 2000, the privately financed, internationally-minded venue C/O Berlin has emerged as [...]
