Tempelhof Airport – In A Berlin Minute (Week 16)
A few years after planes stopped taking off from the historic (and at times controversial) Berlin Tempelhof Airport (Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof), this summer, the centrally located city airport opened as a public park. So we…
Museum für Naturkunde – In A Berlin Minute (Week 13)
Das Museum für Naturkunde Berlin… how is your German coming along? That’s right, it’s the natural history museum of Berlin. On Sunday, Scott, Judith and I decided to do something different for a change…
German NYE Tradition: Bleigiessen (Fortune Telling through Molybdomancy) – In A Berlin Minute (Week 139)
Bleigiessen (Molybdomancy) is a North European New Year’s Eve (Silvester) tradition that goes back all the way to Ancient Greece. After you melt a piece of lead or tin on a spoon over…
David Hasselhoff tries to save the Berlin Wall – In A Berlin Minute (Week 151)
On Sunday March 17th David Hasselhoff came to Berlin and joined an estimated 7000 people to protest the East Side Gallery being chopped up to make way for luxury condos and a bridge….
Cool Outdoor Sports – In A Berlin Minute (Week 57)
It’s the season for outdoor sports! And here in Berlin there are so many to choose from… they certainly didn’t all fit into this one minute video. Which one is your favorite? Kite…
Airport Berlin Tegel “Otto Lilienthal” (TXL) – In A Berlin Minute (Week 134)
Tegel aka Otto Lilienthal Airport (TXL) is currently the main airport in Berlin, but it will soon be shut down in favor of the new Berlin-Brandenburg airport that is being built (with much delay)…
Dancing in Berlin – In A Berlin Minute (Week 8)
Dancing in Berlin: in clubs, in stores, on tables and on the street… There has been a good amount of it since I’ve been here – although there can never be enough! So…
Strasse des 17. Juni – In A Berlin Minute (Week 133)
Strasse des 17. Juni (17th of June Street) is a large avenue through the heart of Berlin. It starts in the East at the Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate), runs through Tiergarten (animal park), passing…
