Berlin’s Currywurst sausage go Global
15 03 2008Berliners are known for their affection towards sausages. Especially for the Currywurst, the #1 fast food in the city. You must try this one at least once, and now you can even do that without traveling to Germany.
Daniels Counter writes about Berlin Snack, a place in London where you can grab Currywursts, Bratwurst, Knackwurst and other traditional German snacks.
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Categories : Berlin City Symbols, Berlin food & beverages, Israel - Germany
Berlin Graffiti Project III
9 02 2008This is the third part of this project, and the last for the time being. But if you took nice shots of other graffiti and street art, and want to share them with us – please do.
Although we did choose the best, finest looking, most intriguing and/or most interesting artworks from our point of view, what you saw here was really no more than a tiny fragment of the real thing. Check out the previous parts as well.
Berlin Graffiti Project
Berlin Graffiti Project II
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Categories : Berlin Art & Culture, Berlin City Symbols, Berlin Tourist Attractions
Berlin Graffiti Project II
24 01 2008When the communist era was over and the Berlin Wall came down, the graffiti street art was already strongly embeded into Berlin’s culture. Though considered by some as pure vandalism, it continued to flourish and win the youngsters’ penchant.
The monumental East Side Gallery was a way to preserve this special cultural entity, but it didn’t stop people from creating new graffiti, sometimes on the expense of the works made by some of the world’s finest artists, most of which were partly defaced.
Many people come to see the official Gallery; most, don’t even suspect that on the back side of this Berlin Wall remain, there are some stunning works of art. We decided to include a few of them in this project, as well as some photos of “the hand”, and anarchist symbol which can be found all over Berlin, in many strange places. Read the rest of this entry »
Categories : Berlin Art & Culture, Berlin City Symbols
Berlin Graffiti Project
19 01 2008Part 1 of a 3-part project: the best pictures of graffiti and street art in Berlin.
There must be tens of thousands of graffiti and graffiti-like works, scattered all over the city of Berlin. You can find them on walls, buildings, pavements, and ever cars. Some where made by famous artists, like the wonderful East Side Gallery artworks. Other by anonymous artists and anarchists. Read the rest of this entry »
Categories : Berlin Art & Culture, Berlin City Symbols, Berlin Tourist Attractions
Christmas and New Year's Eve in Berlin
21 12 2007I have been to
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Categories : Berlin Art & Culture, Berlin religion, Berlin Weather & Atmosphere
Jewish life in Berlin today
19 12 2007According to official German websites, the Jewish population in Germany has tripled in the past decade, especially thanks to a large wave of immigration from past Soviet countries, but is still only one fifth of what it used to be before the Second World War. The Jewish community (at least the registered one) in Berlin is the largest in Germany, more than 12,000 people.
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Categories : Berlin Art & Culture, Berlin Jewish Sites, Berlin religion
Neue Synagogue in Oranienburger Strasse
17 12 2007The synagogue on Oranienburger Strasse 28-30 was opened in 1866, then the largest synagogue in Germany, with 3,200 seats. Otto von Bismarck was present at its inauguration. It is located in what was back then a large Jewish district, and now is a very popular spot, crowded with pubs, cafes and restaurants.
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Categories : Berlin History, Berlin Jewish Sites, Berlin religion
Jewish Museum Berlin
15 12 2007The Jewish Museum in Berlin is a very impressive museum. The building itself, designed by the famous American architect Daniel Libeskind, is something worth seeing. The permanent exhibition is interesting, some parts of it very impressive, even overwhelming. And as if that’s not enough, they also present excellent special (changing) exhibitions.
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Categories : Berlin Art & Culture, Berlin Jewish Sites, Berlin Tourist Attractions, Israel - Germany
Some more Holocaust related memorials
5 12 2007The Missing House: A work by Christian Boltanski, from 1990, located on Grosse Hamburger Strasse, across the street from the Jewish School, not very far from the New Synagogue on Oranienburger Strasse. The missing building was destroyed in WW2. Some of its former residents were Jews. Boltanski constructed there “a memorial space dedicated to absence”. The signs on the walls indicate the names, dates of birth and death and profession of the former residents.
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Categories : Berlin History, Berlin Jewish Sites, Berlin Memorials
"Places of Remembrance" in the Bavarian Quarter
3 12 2007The memorial “Places of Remembrance”, created by the artist Renata Stih and the art historian Frieder Schnock, consists of 80 street signs, presenting anti-Jewish laws and regulations under Nazi rule. One side of each such sign shows a picture, the other a piece of anti-Jewish legislation.
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Categories : Berlin Art & Culture, Berlin History, Berlin Jewish Sites, Berlin Memorials
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