This Ceramic ‘Conehead’ statuette was found by blog reader Oleg on the corner of Boxhagener Strasse & Wühlischstraße near Ostkreuz – it is in neighbourhood or Bezirk of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg.
‘Coneheads’ are an alien family, natives of the planet Remulak, who found themselves stranded on Earth and when questioned by Earthlings where they are from they inevitably reply that they are “from France”. Their [...] Continue Reading…
Wer kennt es nicht, das bunte Treiben im Mauerpark mit der weltberühmten Karaoke-Show des Iren Joe, dem quirligen Flohmarkt, den off-road Straßenmusikanten. Und wer wollte dies nicht erhalten, zumal an einem Ort, wo Geschichte (nicht nur mit Sprühdosen) geschrieben wurde? Der Mauerpark verbindet den ehemals westlichen Wedding mit dem einst östlichen Prenzlauer Berg und so in mehrer Hinsicht zwei unterschiedliche Welten, in [...] Continue Reading…
Da schlendere ich doch so beim Sonntagsspaziergang mit meiner Weggefährtin – Sonne satt, alles nett – von der Großen Hamburger in die recht romantische Sophienstraße, als mein Blick auf eines dieser dicken Geländefahrzeuge am Wegesrand fällt, der man hie und da in Mitte gewahr wird. Am Seitenstreifen, die Parkbucht sprengend, prangt ein glänzend schwarzer Range Rover Marke Extrabreit! Ein ungewöhnlich auffälliges Exemplar.
Folglich [...] Continue Reading…
Guggenheim go home: BMWs urbanes Großprojekt mit der Guggenheim Stiftung, das Future Lab, sollte als Zwischen -nutzer die letzte Brache an der Spree beziehen. Aber sie hatten die Rechnung ohne den autonomen Kreuzberger gemacht, der dem Autobauer einen Strich durch ebensolche zog. Das Curvy Grundstück an der Ecke zur Schlesischen sollte die neue Heimat der Auto- und Museumsmilliardäre werden. Eine Kohlefaserstruktur war [...] Continue Reading…
“You can do it when you B&Q it” used to run a popular slogan for the UK DIY chain. At the moment it seems that BMW can’t B&Q it. Finalise the setting up of a temporary Future Lab, that is. The car maker was due to open a carbon-firbe structure housing the lab, designed by a Japanese architectural firm, on May 24 [...] Continue Reading…
Ben-Hatira , with Tunisian parents, was born in Berlin in 1988 and started his football career playing for local youth clubs eventually ending up at Hertha BSC.
Otto Rehhagel presented a different team which lost to Bayern Munich last week in a painful 0-6 drubbing.
Brought into the team was Ben-Hatira, Lell moved from midfield to right back to replace and Kobiashvili was deposited [...] Continue Reading…
[Berlin - 25th March 2011 - EH]
Merkel & CDU wins in local German state of Saarland – but lose less important Municipal elections in Frankfurt to SPD
Angela Merkel and her CDU party won local elections today in the small but densely populated State of Saarland – but her Liberal/FDP allies lost big-time getting just 1.2 % of the votes – part of [...] Continue Reading…
Billboard size Grafitti in Berlin – OTA-Berlin
Berlin is that kind of a city – artistic people want to express themselves …and what better way than just painting or stenciling on some un-used brick wall!
Todays pictures a huge billboard sized face at the corner of Holzmarktstraße. and Michaelbrücke in Berlin Friedrichshain / Kreuzberg.
They were sent by a Dutch tourist who stayed at OTA-Berlin serviced apartments last [...] Continue Reading…
Next week there will be a Piano Recital with the American pianist David Kaplan, who comes to Berlin to, amoungst other things audition for Alfred Brendel.
David is the son of a great American violinist Mark Kaplan and his program consists of Beethoven’s Sonata op.27 No.1 and the late works of Brahms opus 116 and 118, so works of both contemplation and maturity [...] Continue Reading…
Woman on stilts in front of Berlin Reichstag – foto -http://owlfliesnorth.tumblr.com/
Kiwi Blog reader – New Zealander Ms Carmel Blanchard sent us this funny foto of ……….yes what can one say other than that we have a woman/man on stilts – infront of the Berliner Dome in Berlin Mitte. [Schloßplatz, Mitte 10178 Berlin,[
She sent this picture on our www.ota-berlin.de blog website in [...] Continue Reading…
For this entry expect some shameless name-dropping, plenty of movers and shakers and a cast of comedians. The background story goes as follows: years ago I worked with a Jewish film director in London, a BBC veteran specialised in Human Rights and Holocaust documentaries. He always joked “If you want a miserable night in just put one of my films on”.
Whenever in [...] Continue Reading…
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