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I was introduced to this delicious cocktail on a week-long trip to Berlin. My friends and I were at a bar, and although I was really enjoying the German beer in general, I wanted to try something different. “Different” and “beer” aren’t usually found in the same sentence in Germany due to the long, proud [...]

As an organization, Berlinale seems sweet – loving, even. Its web site is pink, its mascot is a bear, and it has an option to donate to the Haiti relief fund on its homepage – right under a tip to bring sturdy shoes along on your trip to wintry Berlin. While other film festivals may [...]

Berlin has a proud history of artful hedonism.  In the Weimar Republic of the 1920’s, the freedom and chaos of the post-war era was expressed with wild abandon.  In the ‘80s, the city’s underground scene made a name for itself on a global scale.  In 2010, Berlin’s creative energy and frantic nightlife play off each [...]

If you thought drive-ins were an all-American pastime (and a dead one at that), think again. Auto-Kino! – a temporary exhibition at the Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin – puts visitors in an indoor, makeshift drive-in, proving that vehicular voyeurism can still be quite a treat.
The exhibition begins Friday, February 5 and includes a selection of over 100 [...]

Are you a struggling student or budgeting traveler searching for the cheapest way to discover the beauty and history of the European city you’re visiting? Look no further than Sandeman’s New Europe, a company offering free walking tours of many European cities, at the extremely low price of, well, free!
These aren’t just your run of [...]

Mikhail’s Wassmer’s photos don’t feature a city’s monuments or emblemize its landmarks. They offer, instead, a first-hand perspective of its hidden corners, its odd enticements.
Picturesque postcards are for sending back home, while the intrigue of a place consists half of its beauty and half of its grit. In once-divided Berlin, such a notion is particularly [...]

If you’re like me and you think nothing could be better than an espresso-oatmeal stout with hints of cayenne pepper, Germany’s Purity Law may baffle you. Yes, at one point is was actually illegal in Germany to make beer using any ingredients other than water, barley, and hops. A later revision allowed wheat and cane [...]

Sometimes you just see something a little amusing.  Here is shot of one such occasion I had in Berlin, the capital of Germany.  Here we can plainly see what could be called nothing more than a toddler’s bike left out in the street, in the middle of the night, attached to a street sign with [...]

Berlin might not be as in-your-face about its stylishness as places like Paris and New York (and that’s probably a good thing), but it’s definitely well-dressed in its own scruffy, independent way.  It’s also no secret that Berlin is rising rapidly as a European fashion mecca. And in a city defined by the dynamic reconstitution [...]