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Temples of Drama and Music

21/02/2020 3 Comments

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The Fantastic Futurium

21/10/2019 No Comments

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Berlin’s Green Heart

02/09/2019 No Comments

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Making a Grand Entrance

19/07/2019 1 Comment

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Café Society

Berlin Blast

23/05/2019 1 Comment

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Saturday NoonSong

29/03/2019 No Comments

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Tag: Art

An Enchanted Castle

07/11/2022 2 Comments Cool Collections The Outer Edges Architecture

Schloss Biesdorf, a fabulous Italianate-style villa with beautiful parkland, is my latest Berlin discovery. Rather like Sleeping Beauty’s fairytale castle, it has been restored to ...

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Charlotte’s Amazing House of Treasures

10/03/2022 No Comments Cool Collections History and Politics The Outer Edges Art

The Gründerzeitmuseum, tucked away in Mahlsdorf on the eastern edge of Berlin, is home to a unique collection of furniture, antiques and curios. Its name ...

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The Art of Society

27/01/2022 3 Comments Cool Collections Architecture

Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie is back after almost six years of reconstruction. I can’t imagine a more fitting exhibition space for 20th Century visual arts. With ...

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Making a Grand Entrance

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

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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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Romantic Art and Wanderlust

18/07/2018 1 Comment City Centre Sights Cool Collections Art

Berlin’s Alte Nationalgalerie is an exquitiste three-storey showcase of 19th Century European art. It is also one of the German capital’s iconic buildings and part of ...

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The Beauty of Berlin

07/04/2018 3 Comments Cool Collections Art

Berlin is not among the prettiest cities in Europe, at least not on the surface. But it is undeniably one of the most fascinating. Much of its beauty lies entangled in ...

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The Real Thing

07/02/2018 No Comments City Centre Sights Cool Collections History and Politics Art

Berlin has an incredible 175 museums to choose from.‘20 Berlin Museums That Will Blow Your Mind’, a list recently compiled by the website Hostelworld, is a ...

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A Tip-top Night Out

31/12/2016 No Comments Entertainment Art

For the final blog of 2016 here is something joyful – a recommendation for a tip-top night out to a Berlin comic operetta; something to ...

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An Object Lesson

13/11/2016 No Comments Cool Collections Art

Das Museum der Dinge is a fascinating treasure-trove. Its name translates into English as ‘The Museum of Things’ and its nearest equivalent in London is ...

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