Nothing is more symptomatic of the growing importance of Berlin’s creative class than the emergence of solutions tailored specifically to its needs.
For those not familiar with the lifestyle of freelance artists and other innovators, please understand that it is subject to financial oscillations only facilitated by initiatives such as the Fliegender Kaffee.
In Berlin, one already knows the [...] Continue Reading…
One of cultural Berlin’s best-known events is called ‘The Long Night of Museums’/ Lange Nacht der Museen, and it is just that and so successfull have they proven to be that they are onto to the 30th one now.
Nearly 100 museums and galleries will open their doors for extended hours, into special exhibitions, guided tours, music and [...] Continue Reading…
These 8 pictures were sent in by OTA-Blog contributor Nicolai Riesterer who lives in Kreuzberg and often takes fotos of interesting Grafitti in the various Berlin neighbourhoods./thanks !
OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog writes often about progressive….and also not so progressive……even offensive Grafitti in Berlin – previous articles can be read at;
http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/2010/07/08/progressive-berlin-grafitti-kreuzberg/
http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/2010/04/26/berlin-street-art-and-berlin-street-posters-are-not-graffiti-poster-art-in-berlin-mitte-prenzlauer-berg-part-1-ota-berlin-constituency-blog/
http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/2010/07/05/sheep-grazing-peacefully-in-middle-of-berlin-or-are-they-just-progressive-graffiti/
The article is produced by OTA-Berlin GmbH. OTA-Berlin ……the intelligent Apartment Alternative to Hotels in Berlin [...] Continue Reading…
Gustav Leonhardt -foto Wikipedia by Wikifalcon
Gustav Leonhardt , the highly renowned Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and Bach scholar has died at home at the age of 83. He was during his life most known for his performances of the Leipzig master JS Bach whom he revered above all other composers. In fact we agreed that he was the greatest [...] Continue Reading…
Two times a year Berlin turns itself into THE big international fashion capital location – and today is one of those times – the first for 2012. It is called simply enough ‘Berlin Fashion Week,’ where designers, textile manufacturers, fashion groupies, buyers & sellers, and other fashion-trade experts and media of all sorts interact.
It will also present a perfect opportunity for local [...] Continue Reading…
It’s been dubbed “The Ugliest Christmas tree” in the whole of Germany, and to be honest, I was more than a little taken aback when I spotted it by pure chance recently. More remnant of something from Mad Max Thunderdome than an actual Christmas decoration… And more in line with something out of a Freddie Kruger movie [...] Continue Reading…
Right -Berlin’s Book Tree – Free Book Exchange Kollwitz Strasse & Sredzkistraße in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg
By definition, an independent publisher is any publishing company that operates on a traditional business model – where the money flows to the author – but is not owned by another company. That is, an independent publisher is not an imprint, nor [...] Continue Reading…
Animated GIFs have turned into quite a movement on blogs and tumblrs all over the Internet this year. With our animated party photos we also had a lot of fun with this old and dusty image format that was developed in 1987 as the first digital file format for color images.
As a special Christmas gif(t) this year an [...] Continue Reading…
This week whether you knew it or not, happens to be Gallic week in the fair city of Berlin. One of the main things that I absolutely love about this city, is that there’s a festival or celebration almost every week that should you have enough time to enjoy, you can. There’s an over abundance of things [...] Continue Reading…
I collected a small guide of the 8 best places to visit in Berlin. You can research the locations on the Internet before your trip and become familiar with the environments before “dive” in the German climate. Bon voyage!
1. Potsdamer Platz
http://potsdamerplatz.de/en/
This is a modern space built between the ancient stones of Berlin.
There are a multitude of shops and there are the [...] Continue Reading…
Anyone who knows any 20th century history knows the plight of many European ethnic groups, and none is more documented than the plight of the Jews murdered during the WW2 holocaust. In order to remember this history, the ‘Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe’ was built between 2003 and 2005 in the center of Berlin, and [...] Continue Reading…
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