Archive - Kreuzberged: Berlin Companion

You Are Here: 138 years and 65 metres away from Checkpoint Charlie

Unlike many other large urban centres, Berlin is not a difficult city to navigate.

Jan 12 • BerlinCompanion: Kreuzberged

GERMAN WORD OF THE DAY: GROSCHENGRAB

German word of the day: “Groschengrab” (Penny Grave), or how Berliners referred to a coin-operated gas metre.

Jan 9 • BerlinCompanion: Kreuzberged

THE SOUND OF THE PAST

Travelling in Time

Jan 8 • BerlinCompanion: Kreuzberged

ALL WORLD'S A STAGE: THE VOLKSBÜHNE THEATRE IN SCHEUNENVIERTEL

Last week in Berlin: 30 December, 1914

Jan 4 • BerlinCompanion: Kreuzberged

December 2025

FAREWELL TO THE YEAR WITH ENIGMA'S BIG SISTER

The last day of the year - whose leaving is greeted with glee at this end of the street - calls for a special farewell.

Dec 31, 2025 • BerlinCompanion: Kreuzberged

THIS WEEK IN BERLIN: HILDEGARD KNEF - THE STAR IS BORN

28 December 1925

Dec 29, 2025 • BerlinCompanion: Kreuzberged

THE CHRISTMAS TREE CONUNDRUM: A SHORT STORY OF BERLIN'S EXCITING RELATIONSHIP WITH YULETIDE TRADITIONS

Dec 27, 2025 • BerlinCompanion: Kreuzberged

OF MIRACLES AND CHRISTMAS

With a little addition of a Berlin no Companion Podcast Christmas episode

Dec 25, 2025 • BerlinCompanion: Kreuzberged

A GOOD MAN IS GONE

On December 6, 2025 my beloved Dad passed away.

Dec 10, 2025 • BerlinCompanion: Kreuzberged

METERED OUT: BERLIN'S REICHSTAG BUILDING OPENS

Today in Berlin: 5 December 1894

Dec 5, 2025 • BerlinCompanion: Kreuzberged

ON THE SURFACE OF IT: THE DEATH OF ERNST VON PFUEL

Today in Berlin: 3 December, 1866

Dec 3, 2025 • BerlinCompanion: Kreuzberged

November 2025

PARTY WITH S.M. - THE OPENING OF THE "GRAND HOTEL ESPLANADE"

Today in Berlin: 30 November, 1908

Nov 30, 2025 • BerlinCompanion: Kreuzberged

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