(Tasty) signs of friends from London visiting us in #Berlin this weekend

CDU/CSU-SPD govt will put its pension reform to a trial vote today. According to Rheinische Post, “If there is no majority for the law in the Bundestag in December, Merz could already face a vote of confidence after only a good six months in office.” #Berlin #Germany www.iamexpat.de/expat-info/g...

the neverending housing chaos in #Berlin continues…

Indeed, top 5 is a tough one. Los geht’s: 1. Prince - Sziget Festival, Budapest 2. Smashing Pumpkins - KOKO, London 3. Queens of the Stone Age - Rock En Seine Festival, Paris 4. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Sziget Festival, Budapest 5. Pulp, Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona

Hopefully some inspiration for #Germany as well 🤞 www.bbc.com/news/article...

Today I’ve treated myself with the yummiest portokalopita ever (since the Thessaloniki workation back in 2023) paired with a lovely Greek coffee. Both warmed me up, both metaphorically and literally, especially since we had -5 Celsius today in #Berlin

#Berlin by night • the Xmas lights game is very much on, as of tonight.

PSA for the literature fans/nerds: writer Margaret Atwood is in #Berlin today according to her IG

Yup, totally worth it. Wolf Alice played amazingly yesterday in #Berlin

Me encouraging myself to leave home and go outside into the freezing #Berlin night, only because it happens that I still love live concerts. I know, the concert isn’t outside but still…those 20 min till the venue 🥶

“If #Berlin were to elect a new House of Reps on Sunday, CDU & SPD coalition would no longer have a majority. This is what the latest #BerlinTrend survey conducted by Infratest.According to it, CDU would lose 3% & SPD 1%. The biggest gain would be AfD.” Let that sink in, #Berlin.

“Speaking at a trade conference in #Berlin following his return, Merz suggested neither he nor any of his delegation wanted to remain in the Brazilian Amazon city, singling out accompanying journalists.” 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ www.euronews.com/2025/11/19/s...

Sadly, I’ve missed trying out Hello Kitty Shinkansen when I was in Japan. Now I’ve missed it forever 😭🤯

there’s a video game called “The #Berlin Apartment” released this week by an indie studio based in #Berlin 😄(store.steampowered.com/app/2280430/...) & “it’s a first-person exploration and narrative video game where players uncover the history of a single Berlin apartment over 120 yrs”.🤷‍♀️😄

Honest question: would you apply for a #job at a company in #Berlin that lists “Paid Uber Eats & Uber home when working late” as a benefit? Or would you consider it a red flag for very long working hours? Or would you ignore it because they offer “exciting and challenging work with real impact”?

if only it were easy & fast to set up a business in #Germany😒

Spotted in a #Berlin bookstore.

Lunch break today in a small and cute café where the lady owner was smiling, was funny & in general had a great vibe. She also casually mentioned her Scholadeschneke & Zimtschneke were fresh out of the oven 😋🤤 Such places bring me a lot of joy in #Berlin

Hell, yeah! Fingers crossed to Canada joining Eurovision. Can't wait to hear: "Canada, 12 points / Canada douze points”🎉💚 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

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And…touchdown: first visit this year to a Wintermarkt in #Berlin (they cannot call it Weihnachtsmarkt yet…until Nov 24 when all the other ones officially open)

Los geht’s #Berlin 😄 the Christmas game is on. No wonder I am already bored on the Christmas Day 🤷‍♀️🙄

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Since Monday I’ve been spending most of my breaks from work, exchanging messages on Kleinanzeigen with people (or bots from China, who can tell?!) supposedly selling their ticket(s) to Lady Gaga’s concert in #Berlin Because I refuse to give in to their scamming, I still have no ticket 🤷‍♀️

Lunch break with the girls #Berlin

Luckily we have a (kind of) decent Japanese supermarket in #Berlin and these snacks were part of today’s lunch

Akita Prefecture has Japan's most aged population, lowest birthrate and fastest declining population. Rigid gender roles are prompting young women to leave rural areas like this for opportunities elsewhere. n.pr/3LincKg

Question for #Berlin community: does anybody around here sell their ticket(s) for Lady Gaga’s concert (any of the 2 dates) in #Berlin? Of course at their purchase value and not for 500€ 😄 same question for your friends, neighbours, etc. Danke!

Sunday walks in #Berlin #Charlottenburg

“The museum advertises Langelinck’s tours, which cost €7, as “grumpy” and “highly unpleasant”, though that might still be an understatement” can’t wait for #Berlin to officially introduce “Grumpy Tours” 😂https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/01/german-museum-grumpy-guide-kunstpalast-dusseldorf

Kuchenzeit today in #Berlin #Kreuzberg It’s been a while since I had a Marzipan cake and this one was pretty tasty

“Germany has created and enjoyed relatively favorable conditions during the Merkel era - economically, geopolitically, etc., and little provision has been made for the future,” said Grotz, the political science professor. “That is why difficulties exist now not only in one area, but in many.”

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My lunch break at home in #Berlin is partially made up of Japanese souvenirs.

One of my recent “work hobbies” during all-employee meetings is to count how many times a C-Level (a 45-60 year old white male of course) is saying “optimising”, “family”, “investment”, “performance management”, “AI” every 5 minutes. #Berlin #workstories

Halfway through this second season and all I can say (w/o spoiler alerts) is that the storytelling, the scriptwriting, the acting, the clichés, the LOLs etc. are all pretty lame in comp to the first season which was an honest & fun & funny & decent chic flick with the right amount of drama.

This is one of my pet-peeves in #Berlin regarding #Recruitment: expertise + business pragmatism + people-focus are missing.WHY on earth would one write in the job desc this as a requirement:“The term Prod Mkt. appears > 3 times on your CV and LinkedIn profile“ instead of properly assessing ppl?!🤯

Little colourful corners among this grey Sunday in #Berlin

Sunset from the tram in #Berlin

And this is how one knows is getting older and older 🙋‍♀️ 😄Liam Gallagher is now a grandpa. Let that sink in. His daughter (with Lisa Moorish) had a baby this October.

“Perhaps ‘the daughters’ are also fed up with Friedrich Merz only caring about their rights and safety when he can use them to justify his completely backward-looking policies?” (Quote in the article from Ricarda Lang - or how I call her: my only hope in Die Grüne Partei)

Morning Show’s new season is really good. 5 episodes in and counting the hours until next episode airing on Wed.

“Mainstream parties are increasingly allowing the far right to set the agenda, researchers in #Germany have found, describing it as a shortcoming that had unwittingly helped the far right by legitimising their ideas and disseminating them more widely”

Has anybody in #Berlin managed to get a covid vaccine in a Praxis nowadays (and is in their 30s/40s/50s) without being told off “you are too young and you had it before so you don’t need it”? Just curious, so I can improve “my pitch” this yr🤞🙈

Yesterday evening I finally have seen him playing live on the streets of #Berlin the one and only Synthpoptroubadour (www.instagram.com/synthpoptrou...) also known as the guy with “Genau” song 😀 He is such a gem of a performer. His new single is called “Gib mir Geld” 😄

“Almost all of #Berlin 12 districts suffer from a rat infestation (..)The exact number of rats in #Berlin is unknown, but it’s estimated to be several millions” Have been complaining ab this since 2023 and many people told me I exaggerate bc “this is how it is in big cities”.NOPE, it’s not.See Tokyo

A bit of IRL #Berlin stats: in the past 3 weeks, 2 persons whom I know well, told me they've decided to leave Berlin & are applying for roles in other EU cities. Main reasons: poor job market & business culture in Berlin; rent price; bureaucracy. 1 of them has C1 level auf Deutsch, the other B1.

This Sunday was about chasing autumn colours around #Berlin 🍁🍁🍁