Berlin photos: graffiti, street art and posters, May 2018
I was back in Berlin last weekend to play another show with The Monochrome Set, and took time out to grab photos of some of the interesting street art, graffiti …
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Berlin photos – station, stickers, squats, Roter Salon and bloody gentrification
I enjoyed a week in Berlin back in 2014, and it was great to get the chance to revisit the city recently. Sadly, it was something of a flying visit, as …
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Photo of the day: By the Berlin fountain
Here’s a scene from my visit to Berlin earlier this year, showing a couple sat in front of an extravagant fountain in the centre of the city. The photo was …
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Berlin graffiti, signs and street scenes – photo feature
I really enjoyed my short trip to Berlin a few months back, and am slowly working my way through the hundreds of photos I took on my travels around the …
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A walk through Treptower Park and the Island of Youth, Berlin
Located to the south-east of the city centre, is Treptower Park, a large 88.2 hectare public space created between 1876 and 1888. Home to the striking Soviet War Memorial, the park …
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Photos of graffiti and artwork on the Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany
Built in 1961, the 28 mile Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic that cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. …
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Neukölln Flomarkt photos – a wonderfully offbeat Berlin fleamarket
Located in the rapidly hipsterfying district of Neukölln in south-east Berlin is the Flomarkt, a fantastic flea market with a rich mix of secondhand clothes, old electronics, new art, handmade item, bric-a-brac …
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Photos of Treptower Park, the Soviet War Memorial in Berlin, Germany
Situated in Berlin’s Treptower Park, the Soviet War Memorial is a massive war memorial and military cemetery commemorating 5,000 of the 80,000 Soviet soldiers who fell in the Battle of Berlin during April–May 1945.
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Photo feature – Turkish Market, Maybachufer in Berlin Neukölln, Germany
Taking place every Tuesday and Friday in Berlin is the Turkish Market in Maybachufer, Neukölln. Open from 11am to 6.30pm, it’s a great place to buy some great food and rake in the …
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My favourite Berlin bar – Bar Mama, Hobrechtstraße 61 12047 Berlin
Berlin’s got some absolutely amazing bars, and although we were only there long enough to sample a mere handful, we felt right at home at Bar Mama in the Neukölln district as soon as …
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Berlin Tempelhof Airport – an abandoned international airport in the centre of Berlin
Once the third-busiest airport in Europe, the former Berlin Tempelhof Airport lay abandoned for several years after its closure in 2008 before being turned into a fabulous public park.
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The wonderful gas lamps of Berlin – the world’s largest gas lighting network
Taking an evening stroll around Berlin on the weekend, I was pleasantly surprised to see the city’s streets bathed in the warm glow of gas lighting.
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