I have been living there since 2019 and this city fascinates me. You can see the contemporary history in the open, the mix of genres, architectural modernity and decay …
Let it surprise you, these sites are not all at the top of the tourist guide list:
Of glass and steel: Berlin Botanical Garden
The present Berlin Botanical Garden, located in the south of the city, was established at the end of the 19th century to collect and study plants…
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Haus des Rundfunks, Berlin Radio House
This post is about the radio house located in the Messe district to which I dedicated a post a few months ago. In the meantime I…
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If you like the Berlin Philharmonic, visit the library designed by Hans Scharoun
Hans Scharoun was the architect of the Berlin Philharmonic, a building that is very characteristic in its form and colours. The Kulturforum district, which at the…
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Berlin breweries in Prenzlauer Berg
I have already had the opportunity to deal with Berlin’s industrial past and its cultural heritage from the end of the 19th and beginning of the…
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A Unesco site in Berlin: Wohnstadt Carl Legien
Six sites, grouped under the theme of architectural modernity in Berlin, are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. I have already covered five of them and…
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Why visiting the former Stasi jail in Berlin?
The East German regime not only locked its citizens inside a wall, the remains of which can still be seen in Berlin, it also set up…
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Discovering the Messe area in Berlin
Fans of the 1970s and fans of the 1920s and 1930s will find plenty to do in this slightly out-of-the-way district in the west of Berlin.…
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Berlin philharmonie, Hans Sharoun (update)
To start the year smoothly, here is an enriched version of a post about the Philharmonie published some time ago. Enriched by photos of the interior,…
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A Dutch district in Berlin ? Weissensee
Brick is very present in Berlin but most of the time, apart from the 19th century industrial sites, it is not visible on the facade. If…
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