Berlin in Berlin
Monday, June 11th, 2007
It's summer time and our favorite restaurant has once again opened......the Dicker Engel...literally translated: The Fat Angel.
The restaurant with bar has a laid back, cool environment. The main front room is inhabited by a fat angel......she's huge! The angel alone is reason enough to pop out of the U-bahn. But while you're gawking at the ...
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Friday, June 1st, 2007
The New National Gallery (Neue Nationalgalerie) in Berlin is presenting it's second installment of the Metropolitan Museum of Art showcase. The first installment broke visitation records all summer long.
Tickets: Oy-vey it gets complex:
10 Euro for weekdays, and 12 Euro on weekends; Children and teens up to 16 years of age have free entry. There is a new system in place regarding entry times (to ...
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Friday, May 25th, 2007

I found this salon by accident a few years ago: Coiffeur Sercan, and I've been going there ever since. It takes years and grueling amounts of labor to become a certified master ...
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Friday, May 25th, 2007



Berlin's Karnival der Kulturen takes place each year during the Pfingston holiday weekend. It is the culmination of the artistic and musical abilities of Berlin's immigrant culture. More than 70 nations are represented with nearly 1,000 performers.
The Karneval runs along Blücherplatz, Blücher Str., Zossener Str. and Waterlooufer. The area is best reached via ...
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Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Up until now it has been a smokers paradise in the Deutsche Bahn (German National Rail System) system. There are a few non-smoking cars and many smoking cars, and plenty of cars where it's split down the middle using a small piece of plexi glass to separate the two sections; which essentially creates yet another smoking car......Uuuugh!
Beginning September 2007 all German trains will be non-smoking. The Germans parliament is ...
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Friday, April 27th, 2007

Every year the German government chooses a city for the BUGA (Bundesgartenschau) gardening event. The chosen city receives large sums of money in order to spruce up an area and transform it into a flourishing garden/park for generations to come.
Berlin was chosen way back in 1985 for the BUGA. With the money the city created ...
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Friday, April 27th, 2007


Berlin is known for having these fantastic courtyards; little oases tucked away just waiting to be discovered.
Osteria No. 1 (address: Kreuzbergstr. 71) ...
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
So, this is one of those odd little tips that you won't find in your Rick Steves Guidebook, yet it is seriously one of the funniest things I've experienced in Berlin.....
At U-Bahnhof Berliner Strasse on Bundesallee 39-40A (map) there is a company called Ceragem. They are a South Korean firm that manufactures and sells programmable massage tables throughout the world. They ...
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Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

I was never a fan of Vietnamese food back home in the States, but Monsieur Vuong's Vietnamese/Indochina Cafe has set me straight. Over the last few years it has been consistently favored by locals, so if your looking for a cool, Mitte style restaurant check this place out.
The restaurant is located on Alte Schönhauser ...
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Monday, April 9th, 2007
Every other Saturday night you can check out the best in Balkan music and experience eastern/southeastern European club culture right in Berlin's Mitte.
"BalkanBeats" (DJ Rob Soko) & DJ Marko present BalkanBeats at Mitte's Mudd Cub (sister of the Manhattan Mudd Club) every other Saturday starting at 11:00pm. The club is located near S-bahnhof Hakesher Markt on Große Hamburgerstr. 17. ...
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