Mauerpark – In A Berlin Minute (Week 276)
The Mauerpark (Wall Park) in Berlin, Germany, is the place to be on a Sunday – if you like people watching, flea market shopping, outdoor drinking, street musicians, street art, karaoke and hanging…
Miniature Berlin LOXX – In A Berlin Minute (Week 138)
Based on the idea and design of Stefan Göddeke, Berlin LOXX is the 3rd largest model train set in the world (760 square meters) and first opened in 2004 in Charlottenburg and then moved…
Soviet War Memorial (Treptower Park) – In A Berlin Minute (Week 47)
The Soviet World War Two Memorial in Treptower Park in Berlin is quite monumental – large in scale and meaning. The “Sowjetisches Ehrenmal in Treptow” was conceived by a collective of Russian artists and…
Meet Zoë Noble (photographer) + James Glazebrook (writer) – In A Minute Portrait (352)
If you were an expat in Berlin during the early 2010s, you probably know British expats Zoë Noble and James Glazebrook through their popular überlin blog or maybe because of their co-working space…
Natur-Park Südgelände, Berlin (Germany) – Happier Place
Out of all the beautiful, cool and popular Berlin parks, Natur-Park Südgelände is the most unusual and fascinating. Get away from the crowds and be awed!
Portrait of Zoë Noble and James Glazebrook (4-min version!)
Photographer Zoë Noble and writer James Glazebrook are a couple of talented, hard-working, adventurous, caring, funny, interesting and interested (!) friends living in Berlin. Recently, I featured the charming expat couple in my…
Meet Cheryl Howard (Travel Blogger) – In A Minute Portrait (Week 348)
Canadian Cheryl Howard is an expat and travel blogger, a Berlin Meet-Up organizer and my friend. Cheryl Howard has been living in Berlin for about 5 years – with a Toronto stint in-between….
Hamburg Christmas Market – In Another Minute (347)
There’s nothing quite like a German Christmas Market (Weihnachtsmarkt). And the Hamburg Christmas Market is probably my favorite. It’s the Weihnachtsmarkt of my childhood and probably the only one that serves Fischbrötchen (fish…
