An Oasis in the City
In Berlin if you brave using the excellent subway system during your visit – you may very well see teeny tiny houses and gardens
A unique glimpse behind the scenes
BERLIN STORIES
Berlin is a city which is forever changing, evolving and reinventing itself. This blog is where we’re able to share some more intimate moments of how it is to be in Berlin, our emotional connection to the stories you’ll find here, and to give you a glimpse of ‘behind the scenes’ in this remarkable city. We love writing these snippets, so we hope you love reading them!
The Trabant Turns Sixty!
If you’d visited Berlin whilst the Wall was still up, say in the 1980’s and you’d applied for a day visa to visit the East and crossed at the Friedrichstrasse […]
Festival of Lights
Every October, Berliners start to sigh and moan about the summer being well and truly over. The days get noticeably shorter and we all dread the turning back of the […]
Urban Nation – The Newest Gallery in Berlin
So in September, a new space opened in Berlin, called Urban Nation. They call themselves a Museum of Urban Contemporary Art and have had a long and labyrinthian journey to […]
The Grand old Dame of Mühlenbeck
It’s the time of year again when the air turns crisp, the leaves begin to yellow and I begin to especially treasure every day of sun and blue skies. Especially […]
Berlin summer in 2017 – Wet and Wild!
I’ve spent the last 12 summers in Berlin. My first one I thought was fairly dodgy, fairly bleak and grey and rainy, but then I’d just moved from sunny Australia […]
Adventures in Brandenburg – Going off road
It was a gorgeous sunny day. One of those rare days at the beginning of the season where you can just feel summer is on it’s way.
Open Bärlauch Season
Spring is sprung once more and along with the flowers and buds and copious quantities of mud, there comes something else which I had never seen before moving to Germany.
Berlin through a camera – television tour tales with James Wilkinson
What to do when you’re asked to provide a private tour of Berlin for one of the most experienced travel journalists in Australia?
Breathing New Life into a Berlin Icon
The Oderberger Stadtbad Imagine Berlin at the turn of the 20th Century. It was big, dirty, teeming metropolis. The population tripled in 30 years.
Cocktail Bars in Berlin
If you enjoy a cocktail now and again, this post is a must-read in your pre-trip planning for Berlin. Life is too short for bad cocktails!
Berlin in Mourning
Usually this time of year I write about Glühwein and Christmas markets and fur boots and pocket warmers. This year is completely different.