Finally weekend again
It’s been a busy few weeks. I’ve moved and it feels like the last few weeks were filled with online shopping, planning, moving stuff, painting, moving more stuff and painting again. Slowly my new place is coming together and slowly I’ve got more time to do other things. As it…
The pink of summer at Kirschenblütenallee
It’s been a looooong winter. And it doesn’t seem to end. I look outside the window and see dark clouds looming in the sky. Summer is absolutely fantastic in Berlin, but somehow Mother Nature decided to make us wait. As if the ongoing lockdown isn’t enough… But occasionally she surprises…
Overview of the 66 Seen Weg
About a year ago I decided to go on an adventure in my own backyard. Ok, it’s a relatively new backyard, but I feel like we often forget about what’s close to us, regardless of how long we’ve been in a place. The grass always seems greener somewhere else. If…
A loop from Bad Freienwalde
Bad Freienwalde is a spa town in Brandenburg, North East of Berlin, not far from the Polish border. It’s a small town with a cute square and some shops. As you leave the center of town, you will find villas that were clearly built in a different time. In the…
A quick introduction to the Tegeler Fließ
A winter walk on a sunny day only leaves you craving more. When covid started I bought myself a fitness tracker and said I’d do at least 10.000 steps every day. Since then I’ve only had 4 days where I didn’t achieve my goal. During summer it was easy. The…
Berlin history at the Stasi museum
Berlin has so many different faces. Friedrichshain has a lot of old buildings and even the new flats are build to resemble the old style. Nothing is really bigger than about 6 floors and the neighborhood feels like a town within a city. A 30-minute walk from my house it’s…
Into the Märkische Schweiz
I get the feeling that whenever there is a hilly area in Germany, they compare it to Switzerland by calling it “something Schweiz”. About 60 km east of Berlin you can find one of these hilly areas, called the Märkische Schweiz. I joined a meetup group for a hike through…
Berlin in a different light
Visiting the festival of lights 2020 Despite the corona virus Berlin held the 16th edition of the Festival of Lights. Throughout the city you can find light installations, some static and some with moving images and music. Since most of them are located around Mitte I decided to go for…
Nature with a pinch of art
The international art walk on the hoher Fläming. September in Berlin is a month of contrasts and surprises. We’ve just had some really cold days. I took my winter shoes out, wrapped myself in a blanket and made sure to always carry an umbrella. Luckily summer wasn’t quite done yet…
A quick trip around the world of gardens in Berlin
Berlin has its very own gondola that flies over the Marzahn neighborhood. This area has lots of similar flats that look like a giant kid spilled his Duplo. I don’t find it particularly attractive, but amid all of this lies an oasis of green. The Gärten der Welt, or gardens…