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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!
Spreepark – A tale of former glory and a long, long fall from grace.
On the Banks of the river Spree in Berlin sits a giant, overgrown, rusting amusement park. It began back in the DDR times and was sold after the Wende (literally […]
Coming Home to a Cold Christmas
Christmas in Berlin So, finally back from a mammoth 6 week trip to Australia – 4 cities in 6 weeks staying in 7 houses. Wow. Many dear old friends, some […]
My favourite winter memory of Berlin!
The last month it has finally begun to get cold here in Berlin. After the longest and hottest summer on record it somehow felt like winter would never come. But […]
What is this thing called German identity?
So. The national holiday of re-unified Germany is October 3rd. A little shy of a year after the Berlin Wall ‘fell’, the country voted to ‘re-unify’. This year will mark […]
Modernising or ruining a counter culture city?
As defined by the Oxford Dictionary: Gentrification: verb (gentrifies, gentrifying, gentrified) [with object] renovate and improve (a house or district) so that it conforms to middle-class taste. (usually as adjective […]
Berlin by Water
Fun tour guide fact: Berlin has more bridges than Venice. It’s true. Berlin has a huge network of canals dating back to the pre-train era when the easiest way to […]
Mauerpark on a lazy Sunday afternoon
A rare Sunday. A day off in summer, and all to myself without family or other obligations. The day stretched out ahead of me like an invitation. It was a […]
Climbing up a former DDR Guard Tower
One of the things I love about Berlin is that this city can still surprise me. Even after years of working as a private guide I still discover new things […]
Hoppegarten – the best Berlin day out you never knew about!
There’s a kids nursery rhyme in German which says “ Hoppe hoppe Reiter, wenn er fällt den schreit er, Fällt er in dem Graben, Fressen ihm den Raben, Fällt er […]
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
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 […]