Berlin through the eyes of someone who lived here for more than four years: the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag, the Berlin Wall, the Cathedral with its viewing terrace, Nikolaiviertel, the…
The Christmas markets in Berlin we visited in 2019–2022: Alexanderplatz, the Red Town Hall with a Ferris wheel and an ice rink, Gendarmenmarkt, Kulturbrauerei, RAW-Gelände and Charlottenburg – entry, opening…
Berlin’s most interesting museums from my perspective: the Ishtar Gate in the Pergamonmuseum, the Bode-Museum, the tallest dinosaur skeleton in the world, the Hamburger Bahnhof, the German Museum of Technology…
The Festival of Lights in Berlin: projections on the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin Cathedral, Potsdamer Platz and Charlottenburg Palace – our four editions (2019–2022), a video of the show on the…
The Madame Tussauds wax museum in Berlin: politicians linked to the history of the divided city, composers and scientists, film and TV stars, footballers and a Star Wars exhibition –…
The most important Berlin Wall memorial sites – the East Side Gallery with “The Fraternal Kiss”, the death strip on Bernauer Straße and Potsdamer Platz – plus the history of…
Berlin’s palaces and castles: Charlottenburg Palace, the Renaissance Spandau Citadel, Glienicke Palace on the Havel, Peacock Island with its little white castle and peacocks, Schönhausen Palace in Pankow and Köpenick…
Our first experience of a kayak trip – and on Masurian waters at that. We paddled both across open lakes and along narrow streams.
A birthday in the tropics near Berlin: Tropical Islands in a former airship hangar – an indoor tropical forest, a pool with a beach, water slides, the Amazonia area, themed…
Berlin through its events: Hertha BSC matches at the Olympic Stadium, Powerwolf and Architects concerts, the Carnival of Cultures, free Fête de la Musique concerts and New Year’s Eve in…
Every year over the May long weekend, Wrocław hosts the Guitar Guinness World Record together with the 3-majówka festival that goes with it. The article includes a video report from…
East Berlin and traces of the GDR: Alexanderplatz with the TV Tower and Haus der Statistik, the Red City Hall and the Marx and Engels monument, the socialist realist Karl-Marx-Allee…