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Calling Fräulein Nulpe or The Story of Berlin’s First Speaking Clock
Some of you might be old enough to remember the drill: you picked up the relatively heavy Bakelite receiver, inserted your finger in one of the holes in…
Sep 29
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BERLIN - PAINTING OF THE DAY
German word of the day: Sauseschritt (very fast indeed), beautifully illustrated by the 1978 painting "Le Bus de Berlin" by Canadian artist, Alex…
Sep 25
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TODAY IN BERLIN: THE TSAR AND THE KREUZBERG
On September 19, 1818 (exactly 206 years ago) Russian Tsar Alexander I - friend, military ally and “son-in-law-by-proxy” (Alexander's younger brother…
Sep 19
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: KURT TUCHOLSKY
It’s not yet chilly; it is not windy; in fact, nothing has changed – and yet everything has.
Sep 10
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TODAY IN BERLIN: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HERMANNPLATZ!
Here’s a big cheer to one of Berlin’s least attractive yet, for many, one of best-loved and best-known plazas - Hermannplatz!
Sep 9
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THE BERLIN WALL OF 1842: VANISHED CITY GATES
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NO BOATS IN LUISENSTADT: BERLIN'S VANISHED CANAL
May 15
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TODAY IN BERLIN: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HERMANNPLATZ!
Sep 9
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BERLIN TRANSIT: THE FORGOTTEN SECRET OF BAHNHOF "PRINZENSTRAßE" IN KREUZBERG
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BERLIN RADIO AND TV EXHIBITION OF 1930: DIVINE CURIOSITY PREVAILS
On August 22, 1930, shortly after 10AM, a pale-faced, long-haired and moustachioed university professor gingerly climbed several steps leading to a…
Aug 23
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PRIMA WETTER MIT HERRN KÄSTNER
Death anniversary of Erich Kästner
Jul 29
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BERLIN COMPANION PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT 1923
Another gentle reminder that should you currently be time-travelling through the 1920s Berlin, you might want to use the Elektrische (street trams) now…
Jul 16
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THE BERLIN WALL OF 1842: VANISHED CITY GATES
“Back then the city was still surrounded by a wall and right outside almost all of the city gates lay meadows and fields.
Jul 7
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Potsdam, Piccadilly and Vaterland: Who and why "rebranded" Berlin's legendary building?
Berlin’s tourist magnet Haus Vaterland at Potsdamer Platz was in fact a revamped version of an older building.
Jun 30
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PACK DIE BADEHOSE EIN (PACK YOUR SWIMMING TRUNKS) - OFF TO WANNSEE IN 1930
Taken on a hot summer day in 1930, when Berlin was already being shaken by more and more palpable tremors of the 1929 world financial crisis as well as…
Jun 24
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PACK DIE BADEHOSE EIN (PACK YOUR SWIMMING TRUNKS) - OFF TO WANNSEE IN 1930
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NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON'T: OR WHY BERLIN'S FIRST U-BAHN LINE VANISHES BETWEEN SCHÖNEBERG AND CHARLOTTENBURG
It is unclear who took this stunning photo of Bülowstraße in 1903 - back when Schöneberg was not part of Berlin yet - but he or she definitely knew the…
Jun 14
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NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON'T: OR WHY BERLIN'S FIRST U-BAHN LINE VANISHES BETWEEN SCHÖNEBERG AND CHARLOTTENBURG
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COOL TO THE BONE: THE STORY OF THE RABID BARON
Ehrenfried Günther Baron von Hünefeld, scion of old German nobility and a daredevil per excellence, was the most unlikely aviation hero ever.
May 17
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NO BOATS IN LUISENSTADT: BERLIN'S VANISHED CANAL
Today Berlin has seven canals used as official waterways.
May 15
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