Racing across the water in Grünau, Berlin
Reblogged from Under a Grey Sky: We took the S-Bahn south to the edge of the city, not far from Schönefeld and the mythological new airport that we hope our … Continue reading
SPOTTED IN PASSING: SAIL
Spotted in Kreuzbergstrasse Hinterhof (backyard).
MUSIC SOOTHES THE SOUL: Midnight In Kreuzberg by NotMs Parker on SoundCloud
http://soundcloud.com/notms-parker/midnight-in-kreuzberg
MAY THE DAY COME!
Here is an article and a great series of photos from Berlin-Kreuzberg (with one exception of Neukölln´s Karl-Marx-Strasse) taken on May 1st, 2011 and published in “Der Spiegel” magazine. Hopefully, … Continue reading
SPOTTED IN PASSING: DINGHY-FEELING
Spotted last Friday in Urbanhafen in Kreuzberg.
PACK YOUR BADEHOSE NOW OR IT´S PRINZENBAD SEASON AGAIN
189,977 people cannot be wrong. And if all of them chose to go swimming in Prinzenbad in 2012, then the most popular open-air swimming pool in Berlin must be worth … Continue reading
SPOTTED IN PASSING: GONE SWIMMING
Spotted at Landwehrkanal in Planufer in Kreuzberg 61.
DAYS AT THE TECHNIKMUSEUM: THEY SAW IT ON TV
Among what feels like thousands and thousands of fantastic objects on display at the Telecommunications Exhibition in Technikmuseum (Trebbiner Strasse 9, Berlin-Kreuzberg) there is also a TV set from 1937. … Continue reading
WALKING THROUGH BERLIN IN 1929
Another diamond dug up on You Tube a while ago will be perfect viewing now that we are on the brink of summer ourselves. Filmed in Berlin in the summer … Continue reading
SPOTTED IN PASSING: LAZY DAYS AHEAD
Soon, very soon you will be able to blow up your inflatables and go play the Pirates of the Caribbean on Landwehrkanal in Urbanhafen again. The future is bright:)
SPRING SATURDAY MORNING IN KREUZBERG
This morning in our street the whole world was busy cleaning, sweeping and scrubbing. We simply joined the trend. Spring has definitely come – nothing else could otherwise prevent me … Continue reading
SAW IT ON TV: RBB DOCMENTARY “DAS NEUE BERLIN”
A great Berlin documentary on RBB (Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg) about the new Berlin – full of incomers, foreigners, people with talent and ambition (often all of the above at once:-) … Continue reading
YOU ARE HERE: PRINZEN- CORNER GITSCHINER STRASSE
Prinzenstrasse station of Stammstrecke (U1 today) and the Imperial Continental Gas Association in Gitschiner Strasse in the summer of 1902 There are people who say that vintage postcards are messages … Continue reading
TRAINS GO – A SHORT FILM ABOUT STAMMSTRECKE
Here is a wonderful albeit very very short film found on the page of “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” presenting the original images of the so called Stammstrecke – the first, overground … Continue reading
SPOTTED IN PASSING: THE CHILD IN YOU
Spotted in Prenzlauerberg and therefore outside the usual comfort zone known as Kreuzberg during the Sunday Improve Your Photography Course organised by Slow Travel Berlin through Gidsy.
TODAY IN KREUZBERG: APRIL 11th – WHICH WAY TO RUDI-DUTSCHKE-STRASSE?
On April 11th, 1968 in West Berlin Rudi Dutschke, one of the leaders of the revolutionary German student movement of the 1960s, was shot in the head by an anti-communist … Continue reading
SPOTTED IN PASSING: IT´S IN THE TREES, IT´S COMING
Still hoping for that spring to come. Spotted in Kleine Parkstrasse in Kreuzberg 61 (more about the street in the following post).
IN BLÜCHERSTRASSE FILM ATELIER IN 1908
What a lovely find! Here is a photo of Oskar Messter´s director Carl Froehlich filming Regimentstochter in Blücherstrasse film atelier in 1908. Oskar Messter is the second gentleman from the … Continue reading
“KÜNSTLERBLUT” – FROM OSKAR MESSTER´S FILM STUDIOS IN KREUZBERG
As a little follow-up to the post about Kreuzberg film studios of Oskar Messter, here is a song from his 1909 film Künstlerblut: Gassenbubenlied filmed in Blücherstrasse 31/32 and produced … Continue reading
SPOTTED IN PASSING: FISH & HOOK
Spotted in Skalitzer Strasse in SO 36.
TODAY IN KREUZBERG: APRIL 7th – THE 12 STREETS OF KREUZBERG
Despite the multiple prior announcements about the end of our “Today in Kreuzberg” series, it keeps growing and expanding as if enjoying a life of it own. Just like with … Continue reading
MUSIC SOOTHES THE SOUL: DEPECHE MODE
I walked into a clothes shop in Hamburg two days ago only to discover that their clothes were, pardon my French, shite but the music in the shop was pure … Continue reading
SPOTTED IN PASSING: BROKEN LINES
Spotted in Prinzessinnenstrasse in Kreuzberg 61.
TODAY IN KREUZBERG: APRIL 6th – HAYDN IN JERUSALEMKIRCHE
1802 At Jerusalemkirche in Lindenstrasse in Kreuzberg the noble crowds are gathering to listen to a maginificent work of orchestral music: Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze (The … Continue reading
RE-PLAY: THE AMAZING STORY OF JOHANN FRIEDRICH DANNENBERG FROM KÖPENICKER STRASSE
This is a re-posted text from last year and part of the series Today in Kreuzberg. Because it is April again and because the story is very much worth knowing … Continue reading
THE HELPING HAND
THE HELPING HAND, a photo by Notmsparker on Flickr.
KREUZBERG GOES OSTSEE
The first sunny day this spring and a long way from Kreuzberg. Easter Greetings, Dear Reader! via PicsArt Photo Studio
DAYS AT THE MUSEUM: THE ENIGMA OF THE ENIGMA
Enigma, German coding machine used during the WW2 by the Nazi land army but especially by their war fleet, Kriegsmarine, on display at the Technikmuseum in Berlin. One of the … Continue reading
STUMBLED IN KREUZBERG – STOLPERSTEIN FOR THE LITTLE BERL EISENSTÄDT
I wish to say thank you to all those who came to witness today´s ceremony – the only funeral that the Jewish family from Hofmanndamm 9 in Kreuzberg: Kurt, Käte … Continue reading
YOU ARE HERE: LONG-GONE ENTRANCE TO THE U-BAHNHOF HALLESCHES TOR
U-Bahnhof station Hallesches Tor on the overground (in Kreuzberg) U1 Line is one of the oldest U-Bahn stations in Berlin. Opened on February 18th, 1902 it was designed by two … Continue reading
SPOTTED IN PASSING: THE PRESENT PAST IN SOLMSSTRASSE
THE PRESENT PAST, a photo by Notmsparker on Flickr.
SPOTTED IN PASSING: MAGIC´S IN THE AIR
Lest we forget that there is life beyond Cold and Frosty Landscapes:)
WHAT ZOE SEES
What Ali Wears is a great Tumblr blog I discovered thanks to a friend. Ali is a Turkish gentleman living in Berlin since the 1970s who walks past Zoe´s Neukölln … Continue reading
SPOTTED IN PASSING: BLACK-LETTER-DAY
Spotted outside the BERLINISCHE GALERIE (Museum of Modern Art) in Alte Jakobstrasse 124-125 in Berlin-Kreuzberg. As part of the currently celebrated Berlin theme year Diversity Destroyed aimed at presenting and … Continue reading
YELLOW IN THE MIDDLE
YELLOW IN THE MIDDLE, a photo by Notmsparker on Flickr.
SPOTTED IN PASSING: WINTER ON EARTH
Spotted in Tempelhofer Ufer in the morning. Third day of spring. Temperature outside -11 degrees Celsius…
DAYS AT THE MUSEUM: WINDCHILL
If you should come to Technikmuseum today and climb to the 3rd floor in the “Beamtenhaus” where the film technology is exhibited, here is what you will hear above your … Continue reading
DAYS AT THE MUSEUM: CARVED IN WOOD
Today at Technikmuseum during my shift in the so called Neubau (the New House) I took some 30 photos of different objects and their descriptions. It was only hours later, … Continue reading
SPOTTED IN PASSING: SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO
Spotted at Landwehrkanal between Alexandrinenstrasse and Prinzenstrasse last summer…
THE LADY FROM HOTEL ANGLETERRE
Here are several images of the highly ornamental façade at Hotel Angleterre in Friedrichstrasse 31 in Berlin-Kreuzberg. The building, which was constructed between 1891 and 1893, was not designed as … Continue reading
SPOTTED IN PASSING: I ❤ SUMMER
Spotted in Berlin-Kreuzberg in Schönleinstrasse.
YOU ARE HERE: GITSCHINER STRASSE
Here are four images of the same section of the U1 viaduct in Gitschiner Strasse: all taken under the overhead U-Bahn line between the stations of Prinzenstrasse and Hallesches Tor. … Continue reading
UNDER THE VIADUCT: GITSCHINER STRASSE
Under the U1 viaduct in Gitschiner Strasse – the section of the line is currently being renovated. The 8.8km long U1 line runs between Warschauer Strasse in Berlin-Friedrichshain through Kreuzberg, … Continue reading
OLD-TIMER IN BRACHVOGELSTRASSE, BERLIN-KREUZBERG
OLD-TIMER IN BRACHVOGELSTRASSE, BERLIN-KREUZBERG, a photo by Notmsparker on Flickr.
THE FLYING HEROS OF BERLIN AIRLIFT
No-one can pass the buildings of Technikmuseum in Trebbiner Strasse 9 in Kreuzberg without noticing it – the giant hanging up above the heads of the pedestrians and the visitors … Continue reading
SÜTTERLIN YOURSELF
One of the things you absolutely must learn in order to do historical research in German is reading Sütterlin (already mentioned once here). This old form of German handwriting developed … Continue reading
THE STREETS OF BERLIN – THEN AND NOW
Another documentary about Berlin found online does what this blog is trying to do for Kreuzberg: showing the past of the city against its present. From Wedding to Charlottenburg, through … Continue reading
