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Author: Penny Croucher

Temples of Drama and Music

21/02/2020 3 Comments Entertainment Music Drama

The very word opera conjures up high drama – and no city does it better than Berlin. Over the past century it has experienced lawlessness ...

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The Fantastic Futurium

21/10/2019 No Comments Cool Collections Entertainment Entertainment

And now for something completely different – a museum that looks forward to the future rather than back to the past. Called the ‘Futurium’ or ...

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Berlin’s Green Heart

02/09/2019 No Comments City Centre Sights Cafés

The Tiergarten is a splendid park. Spread before the Brandenburg Gate, for Berliners it has long been synonymous with both pleasure and leisure...

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Making a Grand Entrance

19/07/2019 1 Comment City Centre Sights Cool Collections Entertainment Art

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Berlin Blast

23/05/2019 1 Comment Café Society City Centre Sights Entertainment Dinner

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Saturday NoonSong

29/03/2019 No Comments Café Society Entertainment Music Architecture

Berlin loves Saturday lunchtime – there’s a sense that the weekend starts here. It wasn’t so long ago that the German school week didn’t finish ...

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Bauhaus 100

27/02/2019 2 Comments Books about Berlin Cool Collections Art

The famous Bauhaus art school opened in Weimar in 1919 and during its short lifespan it moved to Dessau and then to Berlin. The demands ...

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Variety Show Time

30/01/2019 No Comments Café Society Entertainment Entertainment

Everyone wants to capture the spirit of ‘Cabaret’ in Berlin. The so-called ‘Roaring Twenties’ only lasted for a few short years in the German capital, ...

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Café Hopping

28/12/2018 2 Comments Café Society Cafés

Meeting up with friends and hanging out in a genial café is what Berlin is all about. Here are four suggestions for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea ...

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Berlin Zoo

20/11/2018 No Comments Café Society City Centre Sights History and Politics City Sights

Berlin Zoo is the oldest zoo in Germany, with a unique history. It is also the most species-rich in the world and the most-visited zoo in Europe. The ...

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