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based in Berlin
woensdag 8 juni 2011
Vibrant, relaxed Berlin is an artist's mecca - creatives of all stripes flock here to live their dream. The opening of the huge new Based in Berlin exhibition last night was a celebration of the city's young, international art scene. The exhibition features 80 up and coming artists who live in Berlin. Spanning the best galleries all over the city, the exhibition is a great chance to see what's happening in the not-so-established art scene.
Open air cinema
vrijdag 3 juni 2011
One of the many joys of Berlin summer nights is the open air movie cinemas that dot the city, called Freiluftkinos. Freiluftkino Kreuzberg is a favorite among expats due to their original-version programming and smart selection of box-office hits and art-house fare. Settle back into comfy lawn chairs with a beer and a snuggly blanket, in a lovely courtyard in the former hospital-turned-artist-colony Bethanien.
Torstraße
vrijdag 20 mei 2011
Torstrasse is loud, it's wide, it's dirty - and lately it's morphed into one of the most exciting streets in Berlin. In contrast to the sterile name-brand shopping to its south and the cutesy cobblestone cafe-filled streets to the north, Torstrasse is hopping with small galleries, junk shops, little designer shops, über-hip bars (Trust Bar).
Gestalten Space
dinsdag 3 mei 2011
Berlin-based Gestalten publishers have opened a huge, beautiful new space in Mitte devoted to their stellar vision of cutting-edge art, photography and design. It's gorgeous! The new, 350-square-meter shop and gallery is designed as a space for exhibitions and a 'platform for exchange'.
Gallery Weekend 2011
woensdag 27 april 2011
The sprawling Berlin Gallery Weekend is upon us again - the ante has been upped to 44 galleries, 44 openings, and of course parties all over the city. It's an easy stroll from the Miniloft apartments to the host of galleries on Linenstraße and Auguststraße and Brunnenstraße, or head south to Galerie Crone, Carlier | Gebauer and others east of Friedrichstraße.
Ticket B Architecture Tours
woensdag 20 april 2011
Ticket B Architecture tours are a boon for architecture buffs. Discover Berlin with the experts, on tours through the Parliamentary District, Potsdamer Platz, Embassies, Art Spaces in Berlin, and Sustainable Architecture in Mitte (and many more). Their newest tour, of Museum Island, shows you an insider's view of the restoration of the Museum Island according to David Chipperfield’s master plan, currently Berlin’s largest inner city project.
Landhaus Lemke
donderdag 31 maart 2011
Landhaus Lemke was Mies van der Rohe's last house built in Germany before he went into exile in 1938. This small, simple brick house certainly is a confirmation of van der Rohe's statement that "architecture begins if two bricks are carefully assembled.“
Kunstfabrik Schlot
maandag 28 maart 2011
Kunstfabrik Schlot has been the go-to jazz spot in East Berlin since right after the fall of the wall. Hidden in a back courtyard, it's the perfect night out from the Miniloft apartments, just around the corner. Monday and Thursday evenings there's even free entry!
Rollery Derby: Berlin Bombshells
donderdag 17 maart 2011
Roller Derby is back, in Berlin, and badder than ever. This quintessentially American sport, now with German flavor, involves two teams of ladies on skates, barreling around a track and attempting to pass each other by any means necessary.
Chipps
maandag 14 maart 2011
Een stevig ontbijt is moeilijk te vinden in Berlijn. Natuurlijk zijn de zondagse buffetbrunchen een instituut en een belegd broodje met kaas is in elke bakkerij te krijgen, maar hoe zit dat met pannekoeken en wafels? En Engels ontbijt? En eggs benedict? Als Amerikaan met heimwee naar een echt ontbijt, was het een grote opluchting toen Chipps (gerund door het team dat achter Cookies Cream staat) een tweede tentje in de buurt van de Miniloft appartementen opende.