Reliving Hanoi on a Vietnam Food Tour in Berlin
“Cảm ơn anh,” Anna says to me at the end of our brief conversation in Vietnamese, most of which has been translated by my Vietnam food tour guide Paul Tran…
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“Cảm ơn anh,” Anna says to me at the end of our brief conversation in Vietnamese, most of which has been translated by my Vietnam food tour guide Paul Tran…
If you are looking for a funky hotel in Berlin then NHOW Berlin is the one for you. How many hotels do you come across with their own recording studios…
Happa is so understated and unassuming you could easily walk past the low waste, plant-based restaurant without realising it. There is no large sign declaring the restaurant’s healthy and virtuous…
“From here you can see the whole history of Berlin,” Sönke Schneidewind tells me from the terrace at the top of the Stiftung Humboldt Forum. To my left I can…
“….and this is the Glienicke Bridge” says our Croisi river cruise guide Arnold, in his booming voice, “… perhaps better known as the Bridge of Spies”. We are in Berlin…
Mercure has launched a new curated list of authentic experiences for its guests to discover in Europe’s top cities in collaboration with Alpaca Maps. Travellers can access the easy to…
Are you a running enthusiast who’s always on the lookout for the next great marathon to conquer? Look no further, as we’ve compiled a list of the best marathons in…
Mark Bibby Jackson stays at the Wilde Aparthotels By Staycity Berlin, Checkpoint Charlie, and enjoys a sense of familiarity with both city and accommodation. When you are staying in a…
Maria Boyle enjoys a first-time long weekend in Berlin to learn about its rich history and discovers it really is Europe’s coolest city. “It’s one of THE best cities I…
Mark Bibby Jackson checks into the Vienna House Andel’s Berlin and checks out its sustanability credentials. Walking up from the S-Bahn station along Landsberger Allee, there is one building that…
As befits such a dynamic and cosmopolitan city Berlin has not one but 70 Christmas markets, many of which have adopted a sustainable…
The immediate future the leading global tourism trade show has been cast in doubt with reports that ITB Berlin will be cancelled later today, predicts news outlet eTurboNews…
The escalating coronavirus pandemic has led many travel professionals to ask the same question – is ITB Berlin going to be cancelled? ITB Berlin is the largest gathering of travel…
The Berlin International Film Festival, also known as the Berlinale, takes place every year and is one of the most important and most visited film festivals on the planet with films screened from all…
One of the most remarkable events in the last 50 years has to be the Fall of the Berlin Wall. On 9 November 1989, the physical barrier that separated East…
9 November marks 30 years since the fall of the wall in 1989 – an event which profoundly changed Germany and Europe. The city is commemorating it with a series of cultural events…
Coinciding with the hundredth anniversary of the highly influential movement, Mark Bibby Jackson sets off in pursuit of Berlin Bauhaus away from the norm. Bauhaus was possibly the most influential…
With attractions ranging from open-air cinema and an all-night film festival to events celebrating the spirit of the German novelist Theodor Fontane and Berlin’s urban partnership…
Luxembourg came top for accessible travel out of 38 of Europe’s capital cities, according to new research carried out by comparethemarket.com. The travel comparison site evaluated …
Tired of the conventional trappings of tourism Mark Bibby Jackson decides to wander the streets of Kreuzberg to discover another side of Berlin. Kreuzberg has the feel of Queens or the Bronx – not that I’ve ever…
Mark Bibby Jackson travels to the German capital to discover a city thriving as it approaches the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Discover things to do…
Berlin is a melting pot of creativity with music at its very core. From techno beats in the capital’s uber-trendy clubs to the sound of smooth jazz reverberating from its…
Berlin, the capital of Germany, is one of the largest cities in Europe with almost four million inhabitants. It is also one of the most vibrant cities anywhere, with underground parties carrying on into the early hours.
The city is full of interesting places to go and things to see from the Brandenburg Gate and nearby Reichstag, the seat of Parliament, to the Berlin Wall and Alexanderplatz. Museum island is a Unesco World Heritage Site with many cultural sites, and there is the Jewish Museum, Altes Museum, Pergamon Museum and Hamburger Bahnhof, to name just a few of the many museums in the city. Indeed, it would probably take you days just wandering from one museum to another. If you want to get away from the crowds then head to the expansive Tiergarten where you could even climb up the Victory Column.
Perhaps the most famous part of the city, and most visited, is the Berlin Wall, which divided East from West Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Fragments of the wall have been preserved, and there is an East Side Gallery, reputed to be the longest al fresco gallery in the world. You can simply wander along the wall admiring the current mosaics or graffiti art for free.
Indeed, the city abounds with graffiti, nowhere more so than in Kreuzberg Berlin district, which has a distinctly underground undercurrent to it. This is a great area to wander especially at night where bars stay open late and there are many clubs for those in the know.
There are so many diverse attractions to the city that we have written an article on things to do in Berlin : wine, art, food and beer. It makes for a good read, but they again we would say that, wouldn’t we?
The year 2019 marks both the thirtieth anniversary of the Fall of The Wall as well as the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Bauhaus movement. Although the latter was founded in Weimar, it moved to the capital later on, before falling foul of the Nazis. There are still plenty examples of Berlin Bauhaus architecture throughout the city.