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Papierfabrik Wolfswinkel: Exploring An Abandoned Paper Mill

Papierfabrik Wolfswinkel is a disused paper mill about an hour from Berlin by train and bus (including waiting for connections) and an urbex enthusiast’s wet dream. Last week I met up with a couple of fellow Berliners eager to explore Berlin’s past through its abandoned buildings – Digital Cosmonaut and Irish Berliner of Abandoned Berlin. You can see Digital Cosmonaut’s […]

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Stolpersteine 132 – 136

I have updated my Stolpersteine Gallery with photos of the Stolpersteine I saw in Berlin in the past week. The Stolpersteine were laid in memory of: Maria Leo, Jacques Borchardt, Franziska Borchardt, Helmut Michael Borchardt and Lilli Flora Borchardt (Pallasstrasse 12); Rosa Michaelis, Ludwig Kahn, Meta Kahn (Corner of Linienstrasse & Alte Schönhauser Strasse); Pauline Blumenthal (Veteranenstrasse […]

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Bixels – Finest Baked Potatoes

For one week only, Bixels is serving Baked Potatoes in Berlin Mitte again.  Daniel Bixel has elevated the humble Baked (or Jacket) Potato to an artform and the small eatery, Bixels, on Mulackstrasse always seemed busy whenever I walked past. That’s why I was so surprised when the restaurant closed a few months into my time in […]

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Ronald Reagan Memorials in Berlin

A new memorial to former US President Ronald Reagan was unveiled on 19 September 2012 at the corner of Strasse des 17 Juni in Berlin. Revealed 25 years after the original event, the plaque commemorates Reagan’s speech made in front of the Brandenburg Gate in which he implored Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall”. […]

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Stolpersteine 130 – 131

I have added the photos of the Stolpersteine I have seen over the past week to the photo gallery here. This week’s Stolpersteine were memorials to: Sally Casper and Lene Casper (Chodowieckistrasse 8); Hans Samuel, Else Samuel and Gunter Samuel (Near corner of Utrechter Strasse). My first post about Stolpersteine gives more background about these memorials to the […]

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The asisi Panorama: Die Mauer (The Wall)

A new panorama by Yadegar Asisi opened in Berlin on Sunday 23 September and having recently seen his panorama at the Pergamon Museum with friends I was determined to go as soon as possible. The new Asisi Panorama, Die Mauer (The Wall) on Zimmerstrasse near Checkpoint Charlie, depicts a fictitious autumn day as seen from […]

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