Alexanderplatz Time-Lapse – In A Berlin Minute (Week 153)
Alexanderplatz is the bustling center of Mitte, the central neighborhood of Berlin (and formerly part of East Berlin). During week 7 of the web series In A Berlin Minute I already focused on…
Olympic Village Berlin (Olympisches Dorf) – In A Berlin Minute (Week 119)
The Olympic Village Berlin in Elstal was the first brick-on-brick Olympic village and is therefore the oldest Olympic village still in existence. It was built for the 1936 Olympics. In the beginning, it was…
Südgelände Park – In A Berlin Minute (Week 128)
Excited to share with you a new discovery that has immediately become my favorite park: Natur-Park Südgelände (south area) in the neighborhood Schöneberg. This park was once a train yard (more specifically a classification yard or marshalling yard),…
Urban Birds – In A Berlin Minute (Week 40)
Birds, birds, birds. Berlin is full of urban birds. They’re eating, fighting, mating, sleeping – like all Berliners. They just don’t have to go to work, nor do they have to go clubbing…
Reichstag – In A Berlin Minute (Week 170)
The Berlin building referred to as the Reichstag (officially: Reichtagsgebäude) today houses the Bundestag, which is the name for the German parliament. It was originally opened in 1894 when Germany was still the…
Viktoriapark, Kreuzberg – In A Berlin Minute (Week 125)
Viktoriapark is an urban park, which opened in the Kreuzberg neighborhood in 1894. Its significant sights are the monument (designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel) on top of the hill commemorating the liberation war during…
Berlin Ringbahn (Circular Railway) – In A Berlin Minute (Week 154)
The Berlin Ringbahn (circular railway) is a 37.5 km (23.3 mi) long city train (S-Bahn) line around the center of Berlin. There are two trains: S41 goes clockwise, the S42 goes counter-clockwise. For…
Prinzessinnengarten – In A Berlin Minute (Week 60)
Prinzessinnengarten (Princesses Garden) is an urban garden right at the Moritzplatz roundabout in Kreuzberg. It was started in 2009 by the non-profit Nomadisch Grün (Nomadic Green). The idea behind Nomadisch Grün is to create…
