This one only works in winter when the tree’s leaves have stopped blocking the view 😉 #berlin

can it just keep being autumn until spring please? danke schön #berlin

“The history of any great European city can be told through its cafés, whether those still standing from yesteryear or those long vanished….” Read more: www.slowtravelberlin.com/five-histori... Pictured: Café Josty Romanisches Café Café des Westens (Café Kranzler) Café Sibylle

A wonderful soft glow through the clouds today — a feeling of autumn’s gentle farewell — and a perfect day for some bike riding. #berlin

#Berlin Im laufe der Jahre trug er schon viele Namen ! Heute wieder : Hochbahnhof Danziger Straße Bauzeit: 1911-1913 Architekt: Alfred Grenander Adresse: Schönhauser Allee, Berlin Status: erhalten, Denkmalschutz

Before (1985 by Gerd Danigel) After (2025 by Paul Sullivan) #berlin

Auguststrasse in 1997 #berlin #mitte (Photographer unknown)

Really looking forward to chatting all things Romanisches Cafe with Julia Bosson and @paulscraton.bsky.social on Friday at Europa-Center, presented by @slowberlin.bsky.social!

Check out this author photo... I'm coming straight out of a Steinbeck tale to share stories of some of my favourite Berlin writers from the 1920s and 1930s, and reading from BUILT ON SAND (my Berlin novel). It's this Friday. @marcelkrueger.bsky.social will be there. @slowberlin.bsky.social too.

Oranienburger Straße / Tucholskystraße in Mitte, 1992 Credit: SÉBASTIEN BRETAGNE

Schlesi U Bahn @ Nite #berlin

Stettiner Bahnhof (now Nordbahnhof) - Gepäckausgabe, 1899

Street art scene from the archives #berlin #walkingberlin

Friedrich Seidenstücker, Berlin Nord im Wedding, 1923 © Stiftung Ann und Jürgen Wilde, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, München

Shout out to the Columbiahalle. #berlin #kinglizzard

🙌 #berlin #museuminsel #walkingberlin

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Berlin, 1904 by Willy Römer Scherenschleifer auf der Straße – bewundertvon den Kindern, Berlin 1904 | © bpk/Kunstbibliothek, SMB, Photothek Willy Römer/Willy Römer

Berlin, 1904 by Willy Römer Scherenschleifer auf der Straße – bewundertvon den Kindern, Berlin 1904 | © bpk/Kunstbibliothek, SMB, Photothek Willy Römer/Willy Römer

So relevant again today: “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

Final Wall post of the day: East German border guards are seen through a gap in the Berlin wall after demonstrators pulled down a segment of the wall at Brandenburg gate, Berlin on November 11, 1989. Photo: LIONEL CIRONNEAU

A historic turning point for clean heating in Europe: For the first time, in the first half of 2025 sales of heat pumps in Germany have surpassed those of gas boilers. This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.

Remembering 09.11 like …

“At least 96 Jews were killed and hundreds more injured; more than 1,000 synagogues were burned and almost 7,500 Jewish businesses were destroyed…” Paul Sullivan on the day the Nazis committed the worst pogrom Germany had seen since the Middle Ages… www.slowtravelberlin.com/nov-9-1938-k...

The story of the Fall of the Wall has also been told by some of those who went on to build the city’s techno scene. “Behind the Bornholmer Straße stood a truck distributing bananas and chocolate. It made me ashamed to be a citizen of the GDR.”—DJ Jauche slowtravelberlin.com/the-night-th...

Photojournalist Alexandra Avakian traveled to Berlin on Nov 9 1989 based on rumor, and she ended up becoming a witness to history… www.smithsonianmag.com/history/amaz...

Ah, Tempelhofer Feld bist du immer schön ❤️

Strandbad Wannsee in 1925

The sexy little watery curve at Spittelmarkt / Fischerinsel #berlin #walkingberlin

Some actual urban landscaping along the landwehr — what a city!! 😃 #berlin

Swans, seagulls and seasonal colours today are stunning #berlin #walkingberlin

If it didn’t smell so bad, the Oberbaumbrücke would be an even more beautiful bridge 🙄 #berlin

Prenzlauer Berg sundowner - mit - what else - the bloody tower!

A clear view to the east from a place where the Wall once blocked it #berlin #walkingberlin

Returning soldiers buying gifts for their families at the Christmas market in Berlin, 1918. (c) bpk / Kunstbibliothek, SMB, Photothek Willy Römer

Bring reflective in the Schloss Charlottenburg gardens #berlin

A beautiful full moon over S Bahn Warschauer Straße #berlin #friedrichshain

Another picture. Anarchists on the Demonstration.

The evolution of a bridge (Swinemünder Straße, aka Millionaire Bridge in Gesundbrunnen) “The longest and most expensive bridge in Berlin to date was built according to plans by the Art Nouveau architect Bruno Möhring and the engineer Friedrich Krause.”

New on the website: ahead of an exclusive Bowie tribute show in Berlin this Friday, Stephen Dalton chats to long-term Bowie guitarist, collaborator and musical director Carlos Alomar about those heady Berlin years (and albums)… www.slowtravelberlin.com/d-a-m-bowie-...

Former Stasi foreign intelligence chief Markus Wolf took to the stage and admitted the East German state was guilty of much, and that reform was needed. The crowd weren’t exactly thrilled to hear from an establishment figure at this juncture. He was met with boos.

The Alexanderplatz demonstration on 4 November 1989 drew between half a million and a million protesters — it was one of the largest demonstrations in East German history. Image credits: Bernd Settnik • CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Ralf Roletschek • GFDL 1.2, Ralph Hirschberger• CC BY-SA 3.0 de

Fear of the Other: Frazer MacDonald on German Expressionist cinema and the influence of F.W. Murnau’s most famous film… www.slowtravelberlin.com/f-w-murnaus-...

Leading (Tram) Lines #berlin #walkingberlin

"But Mark wasn’t just a scenester. He was also a smuggler, bringing cassettes across the Iron Curtain to punk-deprived kids in the East.” Paul Hanford talks to musician and film-maker Mark Reeder about his early years in West Berlin… www.slowtravelberlin.com/an-echo-in-t...

Hackescher Markt mit Tower #berlin

A glimpse into Berlin’s charming Nikolaiviertel …

A postcard showing w wider perspective of the Palast der Republik in East Berlin (late 70s / early 80s) Read more: www.slowtravelberlin.com/erichs-lampe...