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…
Ghost Bikes – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 85)
Ghost Bikes can be found all over Brooklyn, New York City and most of the world. They are memorials to bicyclists who have been killed on the street. A bike, painted white, gets…
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…
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…
Berlin Rooftops – In A Berlin Minute (Week 346)
Gazing down at Berlin rooftops from the Neukölln Arcaden parking garage is a must-see experience – especially during sunset. This Berlin pastime has become even more popular and convenient since the unique-looking rooftop…
World Travel Map – In Another Minute (Week 344)
The Moving Postcard World Travel Map is not just any kind of map, it’s a world scratch-off map… that my dear friend Judith Hecktor gave me earlier this year. I had been waiting…