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Berlin Sketches: November 2009
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Hauptstadt Impressions – Berlin for tourists and locals (click on pictures to enlarge! Berlin's Underworld - Relics of World War II. Berlin, that's for sure, has many different and highly fascinating faces! One-man bunker in front of station. Berliner Unterwelten e. V. Links to this post. In 1929 Karstadt opened a huge department store on Hermannplatz. At the time it was Europe's most modern department store with an Art Deco architecture reminiscent of New York's skyscrapers. The impressive building towe...
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Berlin Sketches: December 2010
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Hauptstadt Impressions – Berlin for tourists and locals (click on pictures to enlarge! Winter Wonder World for Children and Children at Heart. If you visit the Europa Center. In Berlin's Mitte close to the Gedächtniskirche, you will find yourself in a wonderful winter scenery – surrounded by happy mice and tasy looking chunks of cheese. This is a must for everyone with small kids, for children at heart and for really giant cats with a healthy appetite for oversized rodents! Links to this post.
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Berlin Sketches: October 2011
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Hauptstadt Impressions – Berlin for tourists and locals (click on pictures to enlarge! Prussian Paradise – The Peacock Island. 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. Peacock Island – view from ferry boat. Already as a young prince Frederick William had spent many precious and romantic hours with his beloved m...
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Berlin Sketches: Prussian Paradise – The Peacock Island
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Hauptstadt Impressions – Berlin for tourists and locals (click on pictures to enlarge! Prussian Paradise – The Peacock Island. 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. Peacock Island – view from ferry boat. Already as a young prince Frederick William had spent many precious and romantic hours with his beloved m...
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Berlin Sketches: April 2010
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Hauptstadt Impressions – Berlin for tourists and locals (click on pictures to enlarge! Indian Fountain in Kreuzberg. The foundations of this extraordinary 2.20 m high "Indian Fountain" situated in the rosarium of Luisenstädtischer Kanal, Kreuzberg, were discovered during excavations at the site in 1993. As the statue remained missing, it was reconstructed by the sculptor Gerald Matzner following the style and material of its historic model. Links to this post. Those were the days . Links to this post.
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Berlin Sketches: Vintage Cars on Berlin's Ku'damm – Shots
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Hauptstadt Impressions – Berlin for tourists and locals (click on pictures to enlarge! Vintage Cars on Berlin's Ku'damm – Shots. I'll do better when I have more time to bring the pics online! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Vintage Cars on Berlins Kudamm – Shots. Eva Flug's "The Azores". RASFF Portal (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed). There was an error in this gadget.
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Berlin Sketches: May 2010
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Hauptstadt Impressions – Berlin for tourists and locals (click on pictures to enlarge! Graffiti Art in Kreuzberg. One house, so many stories. Links to this post. Meilenwerk Berlin: Showing off Vintage Cars at their best. Meet up with this sexy lady and her mean machine right in front of Meilenwerk before visiting their classic car show. Don't hesitate to bring your kids: Once inside the place, you will find an absolutely G-rated environment. Links to this post. Links to this post. View my complete profile.
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Berlin Sketches: Vintage Double-decker Bus to Wannsee
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Hauptstadt Impressions – Berlin for tourists and locals (click on pictures to enlarge! Vintage Double-decker Bus to Wannsee. If you are into vintage cars, there is a good chance you also have a soft spot for vintage busses. Good news: In Berlin you can have a bumpy ride to Wannsee on a regular vintage city bus. The number 218 bus runs every other hour starting out at Theodor-Heuss-Platz (for exact schedule follow this link. My starting point: Theodor-Heuss-Platz. And ends at the terminus Pfaueninsel.
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Berlin Sketches: Martin-Gropius-Bau
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Hauptstadt Impressions – Berlin for tourists and locals (click on pictures to enlarge! Sunday was cold, windy and rainy, The Fearsome Three. And it would have been such a perfect day to stay inside, cuddle up on the sofa and watch old movies. But, hey, life is not all guns'n'roses, huh? So I went outside to get an inside scoop on the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin Kreuzberg. Until 1989 the Martin-Gropius-Bau, one of the world's leading exhibition halls, was located at the Berlin Wall. As soon as I entered ...
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Berlin Sketches: March 2011
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Hauptstadt Impressions – Berlin for tourists and locals (click on pictures to enlarge! Bauhaus Archive – Museum of Design. What essential piece of wisdom did I take away from my visit to the Bauhaus-Archiv yesterday? 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. As for the museum: If you go there you absolutely will want to. The movement s...
