In May 1933 students burnt the works of hundreds of authors on a square in Berlin (and throughout Germany). In 1994/95 a memorial called “Bibliothek” (library) conceived by Micha Ullman was built within what is today called Bebelplatz.
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Festival of Lights – In A Berlin Minute (Week 25)
It was a dark and stormy… and colorful night – and I went out on my Holland Fahrrad to capture these images for you from the Berlin…
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Museumsinsel – In A Berlin Minute (Week 23)
The Museumsinsel Berlin is an island on the Spree river, which hosts currently five museums and also the Berliner Dom. Because the latter does not show up…
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Graffiti Factory – In A Berlin Minute (Week 21)
Apparently Berlin has several abandoned factories covered in grafitti that also allow beautiful views of the city- when you sneak inside… The factory featured in…
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Street Art 2010 – In A Berlin Minute (Week 18)
I love the street art in Berlin – graffiti, murals, stencils, slogans, stickers, poster-sized prints and my favorites: prints that have been cut out to…
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Character Animator and Designer Andreas Rohde
As I’ve mentioned in my post about Porkfish, I’ve been meeting a lot of inspiring, creative and good hard-working people since relocating to Berlin –…
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Olafur Eliasson, Not Frida Kahlo – In A Berlin Minute (Week 15)
Olafur Eliasson, not Frida Kahlo! This week, Scott and I tried to get into the exhibit of the famous Mexican painter Frida Kahlo – on…
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Porkfish Animation & Alex Brüel Flagstad & Agnes Obel
As expected, since moving to Berlin I’ve met some really cool creative people. Also not very surprising, they come from all over the world –…
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Günter Westphal Photo Exhibit – In A Berlin Minute (Week 6)
This week I took another trip to the countryside north-west of Hamburg to visit my parents. The opening of my dad’s photography exhibit entitled “Wiesenkerbel…
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Wiesenkerbel und Wasserlilie*
This coming Sunday, May 9th, Günter Westphal (who just happens to be my dad) is having an art opening featuring large photographs of plant life.…
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Does time fly by even faster in Berlin or could it be because I’m still on New York time and therefore at least 6 hours…
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Fabulous Fall
It’s been almost a month since I’ve last blogged. Fortunately for me it’s been mostly good stuff that’s kept me from typing – good fun…
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