Vietnamese food in Berlin
Heralding signs of a proud Australasian, it is a great relief to finally see Berlin catching up to the Vietnamese food craze many other parts of the world have been draw in by.… Continue reading
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Local Kreuzberg mainstays move north
In an unsurprising turn of events, Kreuzberg is so 2016 and Mitte is the new in-vogue borough for retail and restraunteurs this new year… well for the Berlin coffee scene at least. With… Continue reading
Happy Baristas
Open for a little over twelve months, hidden in the shadows of the construction site that is Ostkreuz Spahn in Treptower, Happy Baristas has been quietly growing into a guaranteed go-to café in… Continue reading
Stone Brewing moves into Berlin
Take the U6 to the end of the line Alt Mariendorf, and walk east for fifteen minutes and you’ll come across Marienpark. Hidden down the back of the desolate property – resembling a… Continue reading
Berlin’s most understated cafe: Father Carpenter.
Münzstraße, known for its stylish fashion, boutique stores and heavy tourist foot traffic, is developing, changing and growing more lavish with mainstream global brand names every week. Fortunately, tucked away in the courtyard… Continue reading
Abandoned Berlin: BLUB Neukölln.
Doomed from the very beginning. Built just thirty metres from the Teltow Canal at a time before the residential ausländer settled in – injecting thousands in foreign currency to Neukölln – the Berliner… Continue reading
Berlin’s best ice cream.
As the grey-upon-grey winter finally starts to break, Berliners hit the streets hunting for those tiny rays of sunshine as they crack between the clouds. Basking in the few moments of bliss, away… Continue reading
Mitte’s Maedchenschule
Berlin’s first Jewish girls’ school or Maedchenschule was built in Mitte during 1835. Renovated by prominent Jewish architect Alexander Beer in 1930, the school developed its new home on Auguststraße with a dominant… Continue reading
Abandoned Berlin: Königin Elisabeth Kinderkrankenhaus
Travelling for miles on the outskirts of town to trudge through muddy ditches and climb over two-metre high wire-fences results in ripped, pulled and scratched clothing as well as a nice escort off… Continue reading
Chipperfield Kantine: Lunch and Architecture.
Impeccably designed, effortlessly curated and minimalist in every sense, David Chipperfield Architect offices bring a fresh breath of creativity and affordable fine dining to the the vacant block between Mitte’s Auguststraße and Linienstraße.
Cindy Sherman visits Berlin at the me collectors rooms
Inhabiting the gray area between what is plausible and the absurd, what is fact and what is fiction, American artist Cindy Sherman takes on the role of both actress and photographer, subject and… Continue reading
The first ‘real’ snow of winter.
As the first signs of winter finally rest on Berlin doorsteps, with lightly dusted window sills, blanketed footpaths and of course, yellow snow, it is clear to me I have much to learn having… Continue reading
Mauerpark on Sunday
Once the death strip separating the north-east district of Prenzlauer Berg from north-west Gesundbrunnen, now a public park space with patches of green and brown grass atop muddy, dusty and warn paths of… Continue reading
Cold War cuisine in Berlin Part 1.
Searching for coffee refill diners, greasy spoon breakfasts and 1950’s rock n’ roll? How about some borshsch, dumplings or pirozhki to wash down a bottle of vodka? Never fear, if you’re looking for… Continue reading
Perfect winter snacks in Berlin.
Finding somewhere to eat over a European winter can be difficult. With the streets getting colder, wetter, darker and quieter cafes, restaurants and bars become bursting and full to the brim. Whether you’re seeking refuge… Continue reading
Autumn Days.
The crunch of the crisp, orange leaves under my feet. The thick, frosted air that wisps my face, attacking the tip of my nose. The warmth of sweet pumpkin soup filling the kitchen.… Continue reading
Coffee in Berlin.
There is no shortage of quality, third-wave coffee creeping into the otherwise push button machine coffee industry in Berlin.
Le Corbusier in Berlin
Born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, Corbusier (6 Oct. 1887 – 27 Aug. 1965) renamed himself in the early 1920s as his design ideas around urban housing and standards of living began to trend. Not an… Continue reading
Tempelhofer Feld
Standing at 1.2 kilometres long, the terminal at Tempelhofer Feld in Berlin’s west was the beginnings of Hitler’s Welthauptstadt Germania in the 1930s, becoming the largest building in continental Europe and still one… Continue reading
Berlin Art Week 2015: ABC Contemporary
As part of Berlin Art Week 2015, the ABC Contemporary show at Station Berlin in the heart of the industrial parkland at Gleisdreieck UBahn in Kreuzberg’s far west is on again. This annual… Continue reading