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Berlin, Germany

Population 3.4 million

Dialing Code Country: 49 Area Code: 30

Ethnic Mix 86% German, 14% from foreign countries. The non-German population includes 3.43% Turks, 1.26 Polish and 1.53% from the former Yugoslavia.

Orientation Berlin is dually the largest city and the capital of Germany, located in the heart of the country. Germany itself is located east of Belgium and the Netherlands, west of Poland and north of Austria

Did You Know? Berlin always makes history. It was the site of the 1936 Olympics, the last one held until after World War II. At this Olympics, U.S. runner Jesse Owens won a gold medal, infuriating Adolf Hitler because he could not accept that an African-American man bested the Nazi/Aryan athletes.

Local Expert: Jacinta Lodge

I'm an Aussie expat who's been living in Germany for eight years. I've a German husband, a mongrel dog and a thirty year old VW bus. Berlin is now my hometown. It rocks....

 
July 03, 2008
Food

Eis, Eis, Baby

Address:
Aldemir Eis
Falckensteinstraße 7
+49 (0)30 611 83 68 website

If you've followed my last post and toured the pools of Berlin but are still sweltering in the almost tropical heat of the last few days, then it might be time to hit that other German favourite: the ice cream dealer.

Ice cream is called Eis (pronounced ice)  in German, while frozen water is...

July 02, 2008
Item

Getting wet: Swimming pools in the city

On a day like today, sunny, blue and pushing 32°C, you really don't want to be spending your time hanging out in cafes or trekking the tourist routes through the city. No, on a day like today you want to pulling on those Speedos and getting wet.

There are a large number of options for that in...

June 28, 2008
Attraction

Babylon was not Babel

Address:
Pergamon-Museum
Am Kupfergraben, Berlin, Berlin, 10178, Germany
website

There is a fantastic exhibition on Babylon: Myth and Legend running in the Pergamon Museum from now until October 5th. A joint work between the Pergamon, Louvre and British museums, the exhibition covers the historical fact of Babylon as well as the role it's legend plays in our society as a symbol...

June 27, 2008
Local News

Christopher Street Day 2008

This Saturday is the 30th Christopher Street Day celebration in Berlin. The gay pride festival started last weekend with the Motzstrassenfest at Nollendorfplatz and ends this weekend with a parade through the city.

The parade starts at 12.30  on Unter den Linden and will snake it's way through...

June 25, 2008
Dining Review

The weirdest bedroom you'll ever have

This is one hotel you cannot miss. Designed by a local artist Lars Stroschen, the hotel is a singular wonderland of imagination.

Each room is individually created in different themes. You can stay in beautiful empty rooms all in orange, or in a giant children's castle. Padded cells, jail cells,...

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