“Hertha needs to start filling its stadium – the Olympic Stadium of Berlin” is what I wrote some months ago, however the picture you see above of a wonderful stadium is empty and will remain so at least to now 2nd division German team Hertha Berlin.
Fortuna Düsseldorf secured their place in the First Bundesliga and thereby consigned Hertha Berlin to the 2nd [...] Continue Reading…
Until recently it was an unsightly spot, a squat for the down-trodden. One could see its potential as well as guess the work that it would need for a shiny recovery. But a few days ago the old Stettin train station just behind the Nordbahnhof on Julie-Wolfthorn-Strasse 1 did indeed open its gates again to the public. Two huge buddhas – due [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin play Bayer Leverkusen today away and it will be another match then MUST win to avoid relegation. We will report about Hertha later in the week on this blog however ‘the talk of the town’ including Berlin is how all football fans and the Bundesliga are obsessed with the Bayern München vs. Borussia Dortmund rivalry.
Did Bayern just lose the game – [...] Continue Reading…
Hertha needs to start filling its stadium – the Olympic Stadium of Berlin however it seems to doing everything possible to hinder that happening. It is one of the largest football stadiums in Germany where the World Cup final was held in 2006 and can seat up to 75,000 football fans.
Yes they are back to their old ways – Hertha losing ways . [...] Continue Reading…
Hertha needs to start filling its stadium – the Olympic Stadium of Berlin. It is one of the largest football stadiums in Germany where the World Cup final was held in 2006 and can seat up to 75,000 football fans.
Yes they are back to their old ways – losing ways.
Hertha Berlin failed to repeat their great 3-1 away wins at Mainz last [...] 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…
Bayern München ‘cleaned the clock’ of sinking-quickly Hertha Berlin in the German capital yesterday evening, out-playing the Berliners in all aspects of the game winning 0-6.
This after earlier in the last week having won 7-1 against Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga last weekend and then winning 7-0 against Swiss Basel FC in the Champions league in the middle of the week.
Hertha Berlin, seemingly [...] Continue Reading…
Tunisia’s Prime Minister Jebali visited Berlin on Wednesday and met with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Tunisia is historically a valuable partner for Germany in North Africa and since it routed the corrupt and hated former President – who was exiled and now resides in comfort in Saudi Arabia – the country has set a positive example for other Arabic countries dealing with old autocratic and [...] Continue Reading…
Does a trade fair care about fair trade I wonderd today at the ITB Berlin – The World’s Leading Travel Trade Show – as I wandered through the country halls? Does it care about sustainability and responsibilty or does it have no care in the world?
On its flipside – and turned on its head – the printed program for the fair [...] Continue Reading…
Hertha Berlin was able to celebrate just a little yesterday after their home win, and actually obtain some highly needed points – the first with newly appointed coach Otto Rehhagel.
The 3 points are the first from this year and hopefully will be the first of many such wins – or even ties will do – in order to avoid relegation again next [...] Continue Reading…
I very recently returned from the Don 2 The King is Back Team Premiere. It took place at the beautiful old-school cinema Delphi Filmpalast (on Kantstraße near Bahnhof Zoo) and featured Bollywood’s biggest star Shah Ruck Khan as Don the King, a drug baron of absurd proportions. An Indian friend of mine worked on the movie [...] Continue Reading…
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