The only way is up!

Why not rent a bicycle and cycle down to the Upcycle Fashion Store in Berlin Mitte?! The outlet in Linienstraße 77 is the first of its kind in the capital. Upcycling being the ‘big brother’, no, better ‘big sista’ of recycling. http://upcycling-fashion.com/about/

“Upcycling is the process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of [...] Continue Reading…

Everyone knows about the Reinheitsgebot or the laws governing the making of Beer in Germany – the “German Beer Purity Law” or the “Bavarian Purity Law.

It stated that the only ingredients that could be used in the making of beer was water, barley and hops. The law originated in the city of Ingolstadt in the duchy of Bavaria on 23 April [...] Continue Reading…

Having moved to Berlin from Belfast, I must admit that I have quite fallen in love with this magnificent city. The exciting hustle and bustle of big city life is as apparent here as it is in all major cities, but in Berlin it comes without the stress and aggravation that accompany it all too often in [...] Continue Reading…

Its not overall that often that what can literally be described as an “On Street” Chicken house, or chicken takeaway, is inundated with customers from almost the bare second it opens its flaps and begins to serve. But Huehner Haus on Skalitzer Strasse on the corner of Görlitzer Str… Or “Cocaine Chicken” as we prefer to refer to it as, happens to [...] Continue Reading…

So I was wondering though Tiergarten with a friend of mine who had come to visit me from the States, and I was literally living in the city only three days or so, and so therefore had little or no bearings whatsoever. We had decided to check out the west of the Berlin and then made our [...] Continue Reading…

For some reason, German people, in general, do not particularly like spicy food, something I have discussed in previous articles. However, I recently discovered a great Thai restaurant on Oderberger Strasse (near Mauer Park) called The Royal Elephant.

Here you can order your meal and choose the level of spiciness you want from a choice of ‘mild’, ‘scharf’ [...] Continue Reading…

We have all done the delirious walk around a new city, passing and second looking cafes and restaurants; unsure but yet eager to get inside. Well this is where I will help. Eating out in Berlin’s many great cafes and restaurants is something I just can not get enough of doing, especially when I have a hoard [...] Continue Reading…

A few weeks ago I had some small-talk with a guy from Ethiopia. We were exchanging some polite questions as one usually does with people one knows next to nothing about. Finally I got to the point, where I asked him what he did like most about Berlin. His face brightened: “Ah, you can buy food around [...] Continue Reading…

Tempelhof Airport in 1984 – foto Wikipedia by TSGT Jose Lopez Jr., US Air Force

Organic sunflowers, hot peppers, chestnut trees, paprika, millet, kale and chestnut trees is what one smells now between the former runways of the airport Tempelhof instead of aviation fuel.

Where expensive business jets landed and were parked side by side as late as the 2008 World Cup held in [...] Continue Reading…

An Italian restaurant in Kreuzberg with plenty of free tables? Quite hard to imagine in this densely populated, hip inner-city district. When we visited the “Azul” on a Saturday night, only a few tables were taken, even though the location between the underground stations Görlitzer Bahnhof and Schlesisches Tor is fairly convenient and the area is [...] Continue Reading…