Archive for the 'Berlin' Category
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
At over 200 events in 13 days, audiences will have the chance to get to know internationally renowned authors, in addition to discovering new voices from contemporary literature.
Pulitzer Prize-winners Paul Muldoon (GB) and Jorie Graham (USA), celebrated French novelist Jean Rouaud and best-selling Canadian writer Jane Urquhart are among the 22 authors nominated by the Literatures of the World jury.
Writers who will read from their works in the Kaleidoscope section of the festival include Nobel Prize laureate Wole Soyinka (Nigeria/USA), the winner of the 2007 Büchner-Prize, Martin Mosebach (Germany), the author of the best-selling Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk (USA), along with Roberto Saviano (Italy), Antonio Lobo Antunes (Portugal), Isabel Allende (Chile/USA), Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru), Aharon Appelfeld (Israel), Wladimir Kaminer (Germany), Elif Shafak (Turkey), Julia Franck (Germany), A.L. Kennedy (GB), Michael Ondaatje (Canada) and Nicholas Shakespeare (GB).
Read more here
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
Here is a list of German periodicals, some of which are available in English
Speigel International in English
Official news from Die Bundesregierung
Selected stories concerning Germany from MyExpatica
Deutschland Online
The American Institute for Contemporary German Studies from The Johns Hopkins University
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
Soon enough I will be able to make recommendations based on my dining experiences. Until then, here are some guides to dining in Berlin:
Fodor Picks
Frommer Picks
Yahoo! has a decent guide where you can sort by cuisine, neighborhood or atmosphere
New Berlin Magazine
Time Out highly recommends Malatesta for (and here are “The Ten Best” Italian Restaurants)
Where to brunch
Seven exotic restaurants
Sumo is highly recommended Japanese food (and affordable)
Get your California Burritos here
I don’t know if the Bangkok Restaurant is good. However, I do know that it is in my hood and cheap.
Here are some more dining establishments in my hood. These are in Freidrichshain and these are in Kreuzberg. Any recommendations for me?
I know that my grandma would recommend these kosher places.
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
I can’t say that I am a club kid at all. But new city, new ways.
I am looking for clubs that play Soul Music & Funk. Bear in mind that Soulful Funk does not mean Electronica nor House in my world.
So help a brother out, where can I groove to P-Funk and the Greyboy All-Stars and lounge with The Delfonics and Al Green?
Perhaps Pavillon?
Help Please!
I’ll be looking in the Zitty Music Listings for something to dig on
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
The jazz scene in Berlin is rumored to be hot. Here are a few club listings.
Take the A-Trane
B-Flat
Be-Bop Bar
Quasimodo
JazzKeller 69
A list of 20 Jazz Clubs (please tell me which ones I should visit)
Berlin Jazz Fest 2007!!!
Again, PLEASE leave a post if you recommend a particular club or artist.
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
Synopsis of alternatives from howtogermany.com
Third Part Search Engines:
edreams
Kayak
German Companies
German Wings
Air Berlin
TUIfly
Condor
British Companies
Clickair
Ryan Air
Easy Jet
Of course you can always take the train
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
If you need a simple escape (which you might use as an excuse to foster your German language acquisition) lose yourself in original version films:
A list of original version theatres
Show times are listed here
Enjoy open air cinema while it lasts
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
Neither do I. Here are some Flea Markets to peruse. Get some kitsch
Here are six markets from berlininfo.com
Five more markets here (with concise descriptions)
Since I am coming to Berlin following a few years in Barcelona I have high hopes for this Mediterranean Market (if for no other reason than because I will miss my beloved Spanish wines)
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
The pool of the Olympic Stadium is open to the public (U- and S-train station, U2, S75).
In Volkspark Jungfernheide park at Tegel airport you find an open air swimming pool (U-train stations Jakob-Kaiser-Platz, Halemweg, Siemensdamm, U7).
Near Volkspark Rehberge park in Wedding there is a swimming pool at Ploetzensee Lake (Seestrasse 80, tram M13, M50, bus 327 from U-train station Osloer Strasse, U8, U9).
Swim in the lake of Volkspark Wuhlhide (S-train station Wuhlheide, S3).
In Grunewald you swim in Krumme Lanke lake (U-train station, U1) and in Schlaktensee lake (S-train station, S1).
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