In Search of Lost Air
Up until now we have tried to explore how the air of Berlin smells when it is looking toward an…
Category: Fragments of Berlin
Mitte
Mitte means “center” and “center” is also the name of the central quarter of Berlin which once belonged to the…
Gentrified Kreuzberg, recalcitrant Kreuzberg, and the Kreuzberg that goes to work
Kreuzberg is more than a neighborhood. Whenever someone mentions Kreuzberg, they usually mean something else, and, quite often, they mean…
Lunch with the people and a smell of violets
When we get off the S-Bahn at Savigny Platz the air is no longer that of Grunewald, but we’re not…
Alter St. Matthäus Kirchhof (Old St. Matthews’ Churchyard)
A monumental stone gate with a cross split in the center and two urns to each side lead into the…
Once Upon a Time There Was a Line
Waiting in line to enter the Pergamon Museum wasn’t always a waste of time. You could get to know new…
Once Upon a Time There Was Time
To recount the history of humankind you’d need to know a few facts, at least a few principal ones, and…
Once Upon a Time There Was a Garden Where Now There Are Five Museums
This bit of earth so close to the river was set up for the first time in 1600 not only…
Modern Times
But what exactly are modern times and, if we are already in them, when did they begin? Perhaps you could…
Ancient Times
Ancient times are conceptually positioned at the opposite pole of modern times and this is why, according to our mode…
