tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32591734117225781822024-03-05T21:19:34.488+01:00Berlin SketchesHauptstadt Impressions – Berlin for tourists and locals
(click on pictures to enlarge!)Eva Flughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17447153717836078035noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259173411722578182.post-37408712298562826702012-01-24T19:16:00.007+01:002012-01-24T19:31:09.870+01:00Martin-Gropius-Bau<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T-amUR6TboA/Tx7uVG8frnI/AAAAAAAABxA/hJkGhO2dWWc/s1600/Martin-Gropius-Bau+opening+hours.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T-amUR6TboA/Tx7uVG8frnI/AAAAAAAABxA/hJkGhO2dWWc/s320/Martin-Gropius-Bau+opening+hours.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sunday was cold, windy and rainy, <b>The Fearsome Three</b>, and it would have been such a perfect day to stay inside, cuddle up on the sofa and watch old movies. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But, hey, life is not all guns'n'roses, huh? </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">So I went outside to get an inside scoop on the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin Kreuzberg. <br />
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Until 1989 the Martin-Gropius-Bau, one of the world's leading exhibition halls, was located at the Berlin Wall. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"> Formerly housing the Museum of Decorative Arts, the building was errected in Renaissance style by the architects Martin Gropius – a great uncle of the famous BAUHAUS architect – and Heino Schmieden. Allegoric mosaics from different eras as well as coats of Arms of German Länder (federal states) adorn the outer walls.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Lu0elFqacOA/Tx7sOE8DnjI/AAAAAAAABwM/AWt1LoKqEB8/s1600/Martin-Gropius-Bau+detail+frontage+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="120" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Lu0elFqacOA/Tx7sOE8DnjI/AAAAAAAABwM/AWt1LoKqEB8/s320/Martin-Gropius-Bau+detail+frontage+7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Seeking shelter under the canopy of the opposite House of Representatives where I could get a good view and overall picture of the Martin-Gropius-Bau, I immediately drew the suspicion of the eye of the law on duty who took a few hesitating steps into my direction, but then surrendered to my most winning smile and twinkling eye.<br />
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As soon as I entered the Martin-Gropius-Bau a very charming lady custodian approached me and asked, if I knew who Martin Gropius were, as many people confuse him with his great-nephew Walter and subsequently wonder about the non-BAUHAUSish architecture of the building.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-huUvcqmf6aM/Tx7ybH41IeI/AAAAAAAAByU/AJo7lOr_f5s/s1600/Martin-Gropius-Bau+foyer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-huUvcqmf6aM/Tx7ybH41IeI/AAAAAAAAByU/AJo7lOr_f5s/s320/Martin-Gropius-Bau+foyer.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The building's massive square footprint (70 x 70 m) is split by an atrium to draw natural light to every floor during daytime. Sadly the atrium was closed during my visit, but you can get an impression <a href="http://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/aktuell/festivals/11_gropiusbau/mgb_bildergalerie/mgb_bildergalerie.php" target="_blank">on this website</a>.<br />
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Inaugurated in 1881 and housing the Museum of Pre- and Early History and the East Asian Art Collection after World War I, the building was severely damaged during the final weeks of World War II.<br />
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Only as recently as 1966 the building was included under a preservation order. Restoration work began in 1978 under the direction of Winnetou Kampmann and Ute Westström. It was then named after Martin Gropius who had vigorously supported the reconstruction (Schmieden had died aged 78 in 1913).<br />
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Today, the building is globally known as a venue for temporary exhibitions of international standing.<br />
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</div>Eva Flughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17447153717836078035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259173411722578182.post-31442457550133810122012-01-22T12:59:00.004+01:002012-01-22T13:11:14.251+01:00Vintage Double-decker Bus to WannseeIf you are into vintage cars, there is a good chance you also have a soft spot for vintage busses.<br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Good news: In Berlin you can have a bumpy ride to Wannsee on a regular vintage city bus. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The number 218 bus runs every other hour starting out at Theodor-Heuss-Platz (for exact schedule follow<a href="http://www.traditionsbus.de/linie_218.htm" target="_blank"> this link</a>). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My starting point: Theodor-Heuss-Platz</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">It even takes you right through Grunewald forest on a road forbidden to other vehicles (watch video below).<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The trip also takes you past a pitoresque landmark of the region, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunewald_Tower" target="_blank">Grunewald Tower</a> and ends at the terminus Pfaueninsel.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Click on pic below to enlarge. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Eva Flughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17447153717836078035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259173411722578182.post-65025164101817925362011-10-08T19:20:00.022+02:002011-10-08T20:10:18.805+02:00Prussian Paradise – The Peacock Island<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gqp8S3pmUJY/TpB-wC0Ag7I/AAAAAAAABrU/NEhzMEK38_M/s1600/peacock+island.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gqp8S3pmUJY/TpB-wC0Ag7I/AAAAAAAABrU/NEhzMEK38_M/s400/peacock+island.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Last Tuesday I took advantage of what I assumed to probably be one of late summer's last warm days to venture forth to Berlin's famous Lake Wannsee, and, in particular, the “Pfaueninsel” or “Peacock Island”, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">To get to the island by bus you might want to start at U Theodor-Heuss-Platz and take number 218 (goes every hour) right to the terminus. From there you take the small ferry boat departing every 15 minutes. Every other hour you can have a bumpy ride on the vintage bus with its overstuffed benches, just as comfortable as grandma's sofa. I strongly suggest you try this.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">After a chequered history in which figure a wendish village in the island's northeast, rabbit breeding and an alchemistic glass foundry, King Frederick William II (Friedrich Wilhelm II.), King of Prussia, Prince-Elector of Brandenburg and sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchâtel, nephew and successor of famous “Old Fritz”, aka “Frederick the Great” took over the island that had lied fallow for over 100 years.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PwyA-9QWRuY/TpCJNFnUhkI/AAAAAAAABr8/99TXqDDTW-c/s1600/Wannsee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PwyA-9QWRuY/TpCJNFnUhkI/AAAAAAAABr8/99TXqDDTW-c/s320/Wannsee.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Already as a young prince Frederick William had spent many precious and romantic hours with his beloved mistress “Wilhelmine Encke”, daughter of a chamber musician at Frederick the Great's court.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_VoxjQvb-fQ/TpCJlsaIG2I/AAAAAAAABsA/BUWCSMJBxEE/s1600/enchanted+tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_VoxjQvb-fQ/TpCJlsaIG2I/AAAAAAAABsA/BUWCSMJBxEE/s320/enchanted+tree.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Now he installed a dairy farm in the island's east and built the white palace serving as love nest in the west. The interior of this palace survived two world wars and has been almost completely preserved until today.<br />
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They seem to be very fond of the palace which to me – quite frankly – looks like the imitation of a bouncy castle without the fun the latter might provide. For kids it might look like a real fairy-tale castle, though.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Anyhow, I went there to take some pics for you, gentle nature loving reader, and so I spent two rather boring hours walking around in this natural preserve, shooting photos and never being able to get anywhere close to the Lake Wannsee. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is strictly forbidden to leave the official paths and they make sure visitors do not infringe those provisions by securing the bank slopes with electrified fencing. Ouch!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0KH6oNt9xAM/TpCFUkl6uQI/AAAAAAAABrw/JfxHazuxS38/s1600/electric+fence.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0KH6oNt9xAM/TpCFUkl6uQI/AAAAAAAABrw/JfxHazuxS38/s200/electric+fence.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">As the island is a natural preserve, visitors are not allowed to bring animals or bikes onto the island, neither is it permitted to lie down anywhere else than on the one lawn referred to as “Liegewiese”.</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Smoking is forbidden as well and passing gas might be somewhere down the list, too – if you care to take a closer look.</div> <br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Now, as I mentioned my boredom with this idyllic island, it is only fair to state that I'm not exactly a fan of virgin landscapes or wildlife, but rather of tutored lawns (like the Liegewiese, I admit), well-groomed hedges and insect free environments. I know ... I know …</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">They have that really extensive lawn for sunbathing.<br />
What I didn't understand was why the hell they don't have a playground for children there, too.<br />
Altogether I think it's a beautiful little island.<br />
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You might be interested in watching <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFvRWds8uGY" target="_blank"> this little film</a> by Stefan Wirth on Youtube.<br />
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</div>Eva Flughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17447153717836078035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259173411722578182.post-46728477420653773172011-04-25T14:22:00.000+02:002011-04-25T14:22:33.485+02:00Misheard Lyrics – German/TurkishI just love this, so I have to share. Only people who know German will understand, though:<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/iGvYeK7tsYE" target="_blank">Funny video where Turkish lyrics are interpreted as German</a>Eva Flughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17447153717836078035noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259173411722578182.post-25029978642872790992011-04-22T14:41:00.001+02:002011-04-24T11:48:08.300+02:00Soviet War Memorial (Ehrenmal) – Воин-освободитель<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DACXUyiKrgM/TbFgLvPS3LI/AAAAAAAABoo/Kqod3Y_LG2s/s1600/SDC10096.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DACXUyiKrgM/TbFgLvPS3LI/AAAAAAAABoo/Kqod3Y_LG2s/s400/SDC10096.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This impressive (12 m high) statue of a Soviet soldier holding a child (artist: Yevgeny Vuchetich/<span lang="ru">Евгений Викторович Вучетич) crushing the Hakenkreuz under his feet overlooks the burial site of 5,000 soldiers of the Red Army (among the 20,000) who fell in the Battle of Berlin in April/May 1945.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="ru"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="ru">Built in Social Realist style in the Treptower Park, the vast memorial consist of a central area in front of the</span> monument, lined on both sides by 16 stone block with decorated with military scenes and quotation from Joseph Stalin, both in Russian and German.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4-DgYL7vrs" target="_blank">Really artsy film about the site on Youtube by KrokyMovie</a><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Why the hell has nobody ever told me about the Treptower Park? I don't get it. Do people wanna keep it to themselves, or what?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I only discovered this gorgeous beauty last weekend, in the course of a short film project, when we were supposed to shoot somewhere in Treptow-Köpenick.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Part of the super-sized park is a beautiful promenade alongside the river Spree. Feels like a holiday at one of the North Sea ports. For real! I like this part of the park most.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you continue to follow the river, you come right to the "Insel der Jugend" (Isle of Youth), a tiny romantic, almost kitschy place. Wonderful. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you prefer a stroll in the woods, the part between "Puschkinallee" and "Am Treptower Park" is more suitable for you. There you also find the gigantic Soviet <a href="http://berlinsketch.blogspot.com/2011/04/soviet-war-memorial-ehrenmal.html" target="_blank">War Memorial</a> which is embedded in an artificial landscape.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-k9tcLpN0gew/Tax5_8RKSXI/AAAAAAAABnQ/neLD9XnmkBs/s1600/SDC10083.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-k9tcLpN0gew/Tax5_8RKSXI/AAAAAAAABnQ/neLD9XnmkBs/s200/SDC10083.JPG" width="150" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Mbet0pFvhOE/Tax6CUFMA2I/AAAAAAAABnU/jGxlRgcAxm8/s1600/SDC10085.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Mbet0pFvhOE/Tax6CUFMA2I/AAAAAAAABnU/jGxlRgcAxm8/s200/SDC10085.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bridge crossing over to the Insel der Jugend (Isle of Youth)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View to the bridge from the Insel der Jugend (Isle of Youth)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Footprints of famous polar bear Knut (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_%28polar_bear%29">Eisbär Knut</a>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Landscape between <i>Puschkinallee</i> and <i>Am Treptower Park</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Palais am Festungsgraben (former Palais Donner)</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">The above Palais was originally built in baroque style by Johann Gottfried Donner, the Valet de Chambre of Prussian King Frederick II (Friedrich der Große) in 1753 and redesigned, one century later, with the – then very hip – classicistic "livery" it wears nowadays. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Palais is situated right behind the chestnut grove of the New Guard House and is the only buiilding in this neighborhood that survived World War II relatively unscathed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It disposes of several very representative halls and is used for festive receptions or exclusive events (can be <a href="http://www.palais-am-festungsgraben.de/files/u3/Infomappe_PAF_2010_screen.pdf" target="_blank">chartered by <i>you</i></a> too!). It even won an award for being "one of the best event locations in Germany".<br />
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The statue of the young <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Heine" target="_blank">Heinrich Heine</a> (one of Germany's most significant poets), is, however, not as unique as you would think: The original statue was cast on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Heine's death (in 1956) and designed to be mounted behind the New Guard House and in front of the Gorki Theater, but the GDR regime didn't care much for the "unheroic-ish" Bronze and its boyish charms and banned it to the Weinbergspark, somewhere in Wedding (one of Berlin's districts).<br />
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Just in time for the 200th <i>birthday</i> anniversary in 1997 (the GDR was dead then ...), discussions flared up, as to install the memorial where it was meant to be in the first place. Now, the Wedding people didn't like the idea and dug their claws deep into the statue to keep it in place.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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Today was one of the rare days in life that just seemed perfect. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Chinese say you should never praise the day until evening has come, and that is one of the hard and fast rules in life I stick to.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
Okay, now, the evening has arrived and the past day held so many marvelous moments. <br />
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Starting out with a late night/early morning in a Kreuzberg bar with two delightful people and inspiring conversation, followed by a sweet and lazy sleep in, followed by a delicious breakfast, a stroll through Wedding's Brunnenstraße with a stop-by at the <i>Trendmafia fashion market</i> (taking place every first weekend in month and offering Berlin designed stuff), delicious ice cream from Bahnhof Friedrichstraße taken to the lively outdoor steps of the Grimm Center, and then ... the discovery of a wonderful, wonderful neighborhood: The surroundings of, and, the <a href="http://www.palais-am-festungsgraben.de/en" target="_blank">Palais am Festungsgraben</a>.<br />
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This is a great place to hang out on a late Sunday afternoon. <br />
Surrounded by this beautiful and yet so quiescent scenery. There are many gorgeous places in Berlin, but this one is really quiet!</div>Eva Flughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17447153717836078035noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259173411722578182.post-85635737547836754042011-04-02T12:12:00.003+02:002011-04-02T12:17:41.990+02:00Berlin Wall Memorial<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">From August 13, 1961 to November 9, 1989, a nasty line cut through Berlin's entire city center: The notorious Berlin Wall, built to prevent citizens of the GDR from fleeing to the West. West Berlin was an island located in the middle of the GDR.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">As the wall alone couldn't stop people from trying to escape from the GDR regime, it was additionally fortified by a death strip all along the border, as well as a "shoot-to-kill" order.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The area along the restricted zone was patrolled, watchtowers were set up, signal fences giving silent alarms were installed and the land around the border was declared no-man's-land and was lit up bright as day during the night.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Observation platforms in the West allowed tourists and West Berliners to sneak a peek "over the fence" into an other world.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the peaceful revolution of 1989, the guards of Bornholmer Straße border opened the gates on November 9th without formal order and masses of people flocked to the West.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you are up to some research, check out the specialized bookstore on the history of the Berlin Wall in the Visitor Center.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">A really intriguing and actually quite spooky part of the Berlin Wall history is on display in the Nordbahnhof S-Bahn station: The <b>"Ghost Station Exhibition"</b>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">What is this?</div><div style="text-align: justify;">As a result of all the wall building and the busy cutting the city in two halves, public transport network had to be divided too. Three lines that passed through the city center and a short stretch of East Berlin territory stayed open to West Berliners while East Berlin stations were closed down.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">When I got off the M29 at Köbisstraße to visit the Bauhaus Archive, I spotted a beautiful, beautiful classicist mansion right across the street. I only took two quick shots and googled the place later on, as I was curious about the mansion's history. </div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Not particularly well-versed in German history, I was, up to the present day, totally unaware of the Nazi plan to transform Berlin into a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welthauptstadt_Germania" target="blank">Welthauptstadt Germania</a> (World Capital Germania). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the Nazi perception, Berlin's architecture was much too provincial – as compared to Paris' splendor, for example – to become the desired World Capital after a no-doubt-soon-to-be-gloriously-won World War II.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">So, a word and a blow: Along the lines of Haussmann's redesign of Paris, Albert Speer, the designated architect, wanted to demolish no less than 52,000 homes in order to make room for the ginormous project. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The surviving "Villa von der Heydt" looks back on a, so it seems, quite turbulent history. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nowadays the seat of the <i>Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz</i> (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation), it was built in neo-renaissance style in 1862, by architect Hermann Ende, for Baron August von der Heydt.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">After the Baron's sad demise in 1874, his heir rented the mansion out to a Chinese ambassador who – as word has it – used the location to run some kind of rather rambunctious tavern.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Oh, how I wish, I could travel back in time to take some wildly vicious shots of the sappy scenery ...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Afterwards the building was regained by one of the erector's grandnephews who transformed the site into one of Berlin's most brilliant salons.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">After World War I the family sold the house to the "General German Sports Association" who, truth be told, didn't care much for work outs, but secretly established an illegal gambling den for its members.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In 1938 the house was bought by the Nazi regime and used as official residence for one of their ministers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
World War II put the beautiful house into ruins, leaving behind only the outer walls and the basement, where candy and chocolate was produced for a while, until the mansion was officially declared a landmark in the late 1960s, which finally led to its reconstruction in 1979.</div>Eva Flughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17447153717836078035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259173411722578182.post-17897521598588002112011-03-31T14:04:00.010+02:002011-03-31T22:06:37.220+02:00Bauhaus Archive – Museum of Design<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Roaming the exhibition halls, merely escorted by the soft English audio guide voices, I was pondering about life and learning and life long learning – and of course, if only briefly, about architecture and design.<br />
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The essential piece of wisdom I took with me was that wherever you go and whatever you do, it is good to look at things in a new, in a fresh, in a pure-minded way. Untainted, so to speak, as if human beings were able to ever look at <i>anything</i> in an "untainted" way ... ah, but let's leave this for now and just pretend we could.<br />
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For me, the essential of Bauhaus philosophy is to try and look at things in a different way. I will take that with me and hope I'll never forget to apply it to my daily life.</div><br />
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As for the museum: If you go there you absolutely <i>will want to</i> take an audio guide (it's included in the entrance fee). I thought it was great to be informed about so many details while looking at the pictures and design objects. By the way, it is strictly forbidden to take photographs inside the building!<br />
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<a href="http://www.bauhaus.de/bauhausarchiv/" target="_blank">The Bauhaus Archive Museum of Design</a> houses an extensive collection documenting the history and impact of the Bauhaus movement. <br />
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The movement started out on April 1, 1919 in Weimar, then relocated to Dessau in 1925 and finally to Berlin in 1932 where it was pressured to close in April 1933 by the National Socialists.<br />
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The Nazis denounced the Bauhaus for its – what they called – "degenerate art" (the nazi term for modern art) and frowned upon its modernist style as un-German, probably influenced by Jews and on top of that a front for communists and social liberals.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus" target="_blank">Bauhaus</a><br />
<a href="http://www.klassik-stiftung.de/index.php?id=356" target="_blank">Bauhaus Museum Weimar</a><br />
<a href="http://www.scrapbookpages.com/easterngermany/weimar/bauhaus.html" target="_blank">Bauhaus Movement Weimar</a> <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is an independent international second hand bookshop in the very heart of East Berlin. Not really <i>my</i> kinda place, but maybe interesting to <a href="http://www.east-of-eden.de/html/englisch.html" target="_blank">check out for some of you</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">They seem to have regular events like readings, exhibitions and live music.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">When I was there – late afternoon on a weekday – it was deserted. They have all sorts of books in European languages and provide seats to hang out.<br />
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It was a little cold, though, and annoying slips of paper spoiled almost each of the beautiful doors, announcing that some filming will take place there next week and blabla. <br />
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So my hands got quite stiff from all the paper slip removal and shutter release button pushing work. "Bleib treu" means "stay loyal" in English and "reste fidèle" in French. The name stems from the German - I believe not so famous - painter of battle scenes "Georg Bleibtreu" and a lot of the shops incorporated his name into their business names.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">This graffito found in Friedrichshain reads:<br />
"Everything fine again!! BP buys a new ocean".</div>Eva Flughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17447153717836078035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259173411722578182.post-87360986194054423562011-03-21T11:52:00.003+01:002011-03-31T14:20:10.754+02:00GDR Architecture – Frankfurter Tor Towers<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Two impressive, conspicuous copper-topped towers, reminiscent of the German and French dome cupolas at <a href="http://berlinsketch.blogspot.com/2010/11/gendarmenmarkt-festival-of-lights-2010.html" target="_blank">Gendarmenmarkt</a>, mark the inception of Frankfurter Allee at Frankfurter Tor square.<br />
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They are today listed historic monuments of the Stalin era and heritage of GDR times.<br />
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The structures alongside the former "Stalinallee" (name given to the avenue in 1949 for Stalin's 70th birthday) are designed in the Soviet "wedding-cake" style and were built under the direction of architect Hermann Henselmann between 1951 and 1960 to create a comfortable living environment for East German workers.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">So, this afternoon I ventured to the East of Berlin and squeezed into the tram from Warschauer Straße to Frankfurter Tor (FYI: you can only find the tram in the eastern parts of the city as rails in the western parts were removed during Berlin's division in favor of other means of transport). </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Crowds of people were eager to get to the same place as me, it seemed. I wondered if they might hand out free beer somewhere on the way, but a lot of people already brought their own, a common habit in this part of the city. People travel around in public transport sucking on bottle-necks ...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-XmTXKt6ucyk/TYY2rgITpgI/AAAAAAAABg0/0W-4wqVENrU/s1600/SDC10204.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-XmTXKt6ucyk/TYY2rgITpgI/AAAAAAAABg0/0W-4wqVENrU/s200/SDC10204.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5cqA3dcUOyqv28qbC1SwrcE6-eUrnDI2wVgITZWSlIGQb83qF1dcIyVLO36XbsfDcMy9W6bgvniRbbthGgsfXz3KGKgb-s-hT6GLXWjMp26OfqG6JuwAyUhO53xl6whfGCsMWhnJ_KE_A/s1600/SDC10208.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5cqA3dcUOyqv28qbC1SwrcE6-eUrnDI2wVgITZWSlIGQb83qF1dcIyVLO36XbsfDcMy9W6bgvniRbbthGgsfXz3KGKgb-s-hT6GLXWjMp26OfqG6JuwAyUhO53xl6whfGCsMWhnJ_KE_A/s200/SDC10208.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">When I got out at Frankfurter Tor, a street clown pointed his finger and cheered at me: "Oh, oh, you are an Elf! From Lord of the Rings!"</div><div style="text-align: justify;">That was amusing and made me smile for a while.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>Eva Flughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17447153717836078035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259173411722578182.post-19031220332220942011-03-20T13:05:00.006+01:002011-03-31T14:21:19.462+02:00BAUHAUS Architecture – One of many Examples<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Yesterday I stumbled across that gem in the former <a href="http://www.mediengalerie.org/haus/geschichte.html" target="_blank">"Haus der Deutschen Buchdrucker"</a> – and contrary to my settled conviction that I strongly dislike Bauhaus architecture, I see now how beautiful it really is.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Of course this house is only one of the many buildings, building projects and housing estates in Berlin, constructed during the BAUHAUS period.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Bauhaus school was founded in 1919 by famous architect Walter Gropius in Weimar, and endeavored to bring all arts – including architecture – together, to finally create a synthesis of the arts (Gesamtkunstwerk).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The aim was to bring modernist design in everyday life, to form a consortium where the gap between artist and craftsman was abolished.<br />
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</tbody></table>Eva Flughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17447153717836078035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259173411722578182.post-52174109998961102702011-03-19T19:06:00.022+01:002011-03-31T14:22:44.736+02:00Şehitlik Mosque – Berlin Türk Şehitlik Camii<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">As the weather today was almost obtrusively serene and sunny, I decided this was the right time to take a few more pics of Berlin's fairytale-like, most fabulous mosque: The Turkish Şehitlik Mosque.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I published a little<span id="goog_1942265625"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1942265624"> </a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/" target="_blank">article about it<span id="goog_1942265626"></span></a> here on my blog in October 2009, but that day I had forgotten to charge my camera's battery, so I could only take a few precious photos. Now I took a whole load of pics and the weather was my friend.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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The premises consist of a cultural center and a mosque. The upper floor of the cultural center features a big terrace and a building element half the size of the ground floor. </div><br />
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The mosque itself is comprised of four stories: A multipurpose hall in the basement, a prayer room on the ground floor, the mosque on the third floor and a gallery where the women usually pray.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">A brazen plaque right beside the entrance gate explains the origin of the cemetery in Turkish and German. For a short explanation visit my October 2009 article.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Here is the Turkish text:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Berlin'de ikinci Türk Mezarliği olarak 1866 yilinda Sultan Abdulaziz zamaninda kurulmuştur. 1798 yilinda tesis olunan ilk Türk Kabristanindaki mevtalar buraya taşinmişlardir.<br />
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Mezarlari nakledilen, Prusya'da Osmanli Sefiri iken, 29 Ekim 1798 de vefat eden devlet adami, şair ve tasavvuf eri Giritli Ali Aziz Efendi ile diğer dört merhum adina 1867 yilinda kurulan abide, 1988 de Berlin Senatosu tarafindan Diyanet İşleri Türk-İslam Birliği'nin işbirliği ile tamir edilmiştir.<br />
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1920-1921 yillarinda şehitliğin ihyasinda Osmanli Büyük Elçiliği eski imami, Hafiz Şükrü Efendi 'nin büyük emeği geçmiştir. Caminin iki minareli bugünkü şekli Türk işçilerinin katkilariyla gerçekleştirilmiştir."<br />
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<a href="http://www.sehitlik-camii.de/pi16/index.html" target="_blank">Official Site of Şehitlik Mosque in German language</a>Eva Flughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17447153717836078035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259173411722578182.post-46676299120367157682011-03-17T17:26:00.005+01:002011-03-18T11:08:20.709+01:00Rita, Pannierstraße 12 – Coffee comes as an Objet d'Art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-574jMuH6iYg/TYI1izHgcJI/AAAAAAAABfQ/QUNjjmnYQ0I/s1600/cafe+rita+neuk%25C3%25B6lln.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-574jMuH6iYg/TYI1izHgcJI/AAAAAAAABfQ/QUNjjmnYQ0I/s320/cafe+rita+neuk%25C3%25B6lln.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Damn it! I didn't have my "real" camera with me, only my shitty xperia phone camera. Bummer!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This cup of coffee was so beautiful to look at, I hardly dared to take a sip.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">They have yummy home-made high-calorie cake here. Really tasty. Staff was friendly and discreet, music a little bit too loud for my taste, just so you have to raise your voice a tad to get through to your company.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The seats are unpadded, so I suggest you eat a lot of that fancy cake they sell to ensure you develop a bit of a pad yourself.</div>Eva Flughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17447153717836078035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259173411722578182.post-83479841974899594242011-03-14T11:37:00.003+01:002011-03-17T21:53:18.556+01:00Alt-Pichelsdorf – Boat Harbor and Lakeside Promenade<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Having spotted lots of water from the upper deck, I got curious, leaped to my feet, jumped down the stairs and out the bus. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">After a little walk I reached the deserted boat harbor which must be brimming with life and quite idyllic during spring and summer time.<br />
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Pichelsdorf was first mentioned in 1375, in times of emporer Charles IV, the second king of Bohemia. In 1590 it still was a fairly insignificant fishermen's village, inhabited by only 14 families and their chairman. </div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">In 1780 a "Büdnerhaus" (seems to be some kind of tavern with garden) was built. It still exists under the name of <a href="http://www.travelchannel.com/Places_Trips/Destinations/Europe/Germany/Berlin/Nightlife_And_Arts/Historischer_Weinkeller" target="_blank">"Historischer Weinkeller"</a> and apparently you can get home made Feuerzangenbowle (flaming fire tongs punch) there. I guess I'll have to check that out some time soon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GfAwkkeouZY/TX3yNgyQlmI/AAAAAAAABe4/Xi3JQtIT6RI/s1600/SDC10083.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GfAwkkeouZY/TX3yNgyQlmI/AAAAAAAABe4/Xi3JQtIT6RI/s200/SDC10083.JPG" width="150" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eo9UTCTEeG4/TX3yNzmjQ7I/AAAAAAAABfA/Hm0ai3TG26E/s1600/SDC10084.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eo9UTCTEeG4/TX3yNzmjQ7I/AAAAAAAABfA/Hm0ai3TG26E/s200/SDC10084.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then go visit a jazz concert at Badenscher Hof. You'll be all abuzzed!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">To be honest, you can also go there if you are already deaf, because you can<i> feel</i> the music! If you are into piano music, however, don't go there. During the rare moments that you can hear the piano in the whole mash it sounds somewhat thin. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now the positive things: The staff is friendly and attentive, the place is suitable for having a drink or a snack, and as I said, if you like it loud you will probably love the music. Many people do, as tells us a quick search on <a href="http://www.qype.com/place/6121-Badenscher-Hof-Berlin" target="_blank">qype</a>.<br />
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We left the place ten minutes after the concert had started. When we hit the subway my friend said "I'm so glad not to be yelled at anymore!"</div>Eva Flughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17447153717836078035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259173411722578182.post-24896774552190113632011-03-08T11:43:00.008+01:002011-03-09T10:48:42.397+01:00A-Trane – Jazz, great Atmo and Pretzels<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SN4mbVEMeX8/TXYA6HzYT7I/AAAAAAAABeA/Jhg03ncuQFk/s1600/a-trane.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SN4mbVEMeX8/TXYA6HzYT7I/AAAAAAAABeA/Jhg03ncuQFk/s200/a-trane.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Situated not far from Savignyplatz, <a href="http://www.a-trane.de/" target="_blank">A-Trane</a> offers the perfect setting for a relaxed and fun evening with classy live music.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">They have excellent staffing, friendly, quick and professional, and around 11 p.m. the "Pretzel Man" arrives with a basket full of the southern German speciality.<br />
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Around this time it also gets really crowded, so that it might become hard to squeeze in. The audience is international, locals and tourists, with an age range from 16 to 70+.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">On Mondays you can enjoy the inspirational, delightfully unconventional arrangements of <a href="http://www.schmidt-music.com/" target="_blank">Andreas Schmidt & Friends</a> who seem to have found the perfect conjuction of music and humor. It is fascinating to observe how the band manages to draw a smile on people's faces.</div>Eva Flughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17447153717836078035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259173411722578182.post-74402664281850331652011-03-02T10:33:00.002+01:002011-03-08T12:12:47.030+01:00Grimm Center Berlin – A very special Library<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NHJiWg_Fcq8/TW4Ipb6LIGI/AAAAAAAABd0/spuXzwThSDQ/s1600/DSC00167.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NHJiWg_Fcq8/TW4Ipb6LIGI/AAAAAAAABd0/spuXzwThSDQ/s320/DSC00167.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When the days are cold and rainy and your hunger for information cannot be satisfied by the Internet alone, go visit the the Humboldt University's library, the Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum in Berlin Mitte.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Situated near U + S Friedrichstraße train stations and Berlin's "Museum Island" one of Europe's most modern libraries offers – in addition to its exceptional architecture – unsurprisingly a multitude of literature including a extensive collection of scientific journals (over 2000!). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Center is open to the public until midnight on weekdays and until early evenings on weekends.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">For photos visit<a href="http://www.grimm-zentrum.hu-berlin.de/Fotogalerien" target="_blank"> this page</a>!<br />
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<a href="http://www.grimm-zentrum.hu-berlin.de/lage_und_anschrift" target="_blank">Address and position plan </a></div>Eva Flughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17447153717836078035noreply@blogger.com0