Posts Tagged ‘Tiergarten’
Peeps At Great Cities: Berlin in 1911
As the gentrification debate continues to rage around Berlin, Paul Sullivan hand-picks some extracts from Edith Siepen's 1911 Berlin guidebook to see what's changed - and what hasn't - in the last 100 years... "No city in the world has so rapidly developed as Berlin. Twenty years ago it was of comparative unimportance, and not particularly interesting in any way." "One of the first things that strikes the visitor in Berlin - if it does not happen to be winter - is the wealth of green [...]
Berlinica – books about Berlin
Carlijn Potma chats to Eva Schweitzer, a native Berliner who has set up a publishing company dedicated solely to publishing books about Berlin... What inspired you to start a publishing company focused on books from and about Berlin? I covered Berlin as a journalist for a long time, even before the Wall fell; when I came to New York, I noticed quickly that Berlin was a major topic. Also, I was always delivering information from America to Germany, and I felt it was about time to do it the [...]
Hauptbahnhof: the non-kiez
Berlin resident Giulia Pines reflects on the strangeness of living in a neighbourhood that's not quite a neighbourhood... How does one write about a neighborhood that is not a neighbourhood? A neighbourhood still so much under construction one cannot even use that well-worn phrase “not so much a neighbourhood as a state of mind” (“not of an age but for all time”?) to describe it? A neighbourhood whose future identity is still so much in question, we are awoken day and night by [...]
Volkspark Friedrichshain
Everyone loves a good park. Volkspark Friedrichshain is one of Berlin’s finest… Even by Berlin’s high standards, the Volkspark Friedrichshain stands out as one of the city’s special green spaces. Established a century and a half ago to commemorate the centennial of Frederick the Great's accession to the throne, it gives good history, swathes of Liegewiese (sunbathing areas), an abundance of leisure opportunities and more than its fair share of interesting landmarks. Casually [...]
Strandbad Wannsee
Berlin's oldest and most famous lido still packs in the punters... You're in Berlin. The sun has got his hat (and rave shades) on and you suddenly find yourself longing to escape the city - to flee the concrete, traffic and shadows for some sand, sea and fresh air. The East (Baltic) sea is at least three hours away: too far for a day trip, especially since you're not an early riser. But wait. What's that large mass of water south-west of the city, en route to Potsdam? Of course -- it's [...]
Bauhaus Archive & Museum
Berlin’s Bauhaus museum offers a comprehensive overview of Germany’s most famous design movement... Though short lived, Germany's Bauhaus design school went on to become one of the 20th century’s most influential and pervasive movements. Almost every major European and American city features some example of the Bauhaus style, whether one of the school's linear, flat-topped buildings or one of the many lamps, tables and chairs produced through the years. As Annemarie Jaeggi, [...]
Walking The Landwehr Kanal
Kevin Braddock ponders the infographic and the psychogeographic during a stroll along the Landwehr Kanal at –15˚C... A Berlin mate of mine happens to be a very successful illustrator known for composing colourful infographics and tiny, pixelated portraits of popstars. We often spend evenings in the bars around Kottbusser Tor pontificating on life, on the whole agreeing with each other. One day though we happened upon a quite intractable difference in our views. It crystallised around [...]
