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I saw this graffiti next to my local cashpoint and was curious. It (roughly) translates to What is a picklock compared to a share? What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank? I think this anti-capitalist view is typical of certain Berlin attitudes, and made me think as I [...]

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No, this is not the latest in Berlin streetwear style, or a 70′s folk revivalist duo – meet the ‘Gesellen’ or Journeymen in English. These guys are normally found hitchhiking across the country, or asking for loose change…they are craftsmen who have finished their apprenticeships and are on a passage of rites to discover their [...]

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Well it had to happen I guess, and serves me right for my blog post Crime in Berlin (part 1)…I was burgled recently at home in Prenzlauer Berg. It happened at 2.00pm on a week day – they broke through our door (which we now have had strongly reinforced I add). They took some cameras, [...]

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It always surprises me to see the sometimes overtly anti-US sentiment here in Berlin and this striking banner caught my eye hanging on the Volksbühne to promote an adaptation for stage of Eduard Limonov’s novel “Fuck off, America”. Coming from the UK where people actually aspire to the US it’s novel to see and hear [...]

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The bars in Berlin are world famous, and rightly so. There is a vast array to choose from ranging from traditional beer cellar type things with kitsch frilly bits to minimalist cool places, where electro music pumps away while people suck their cheeks in and try to look wasted. They come in all shapes and [...]

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