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The senate of Berlin decided to introduce a new state holiday on every March 8 starting in 2019. Visitors shall be aware that shops will be closed - except some at airports and major train stations. Restaurants and bars are free to open; sights and museums will operate in Sunday mode. Public transport will operate this holiday 2019 in Saturday mode.
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New Year, new chance or sometimes last chance. Some attractions in and around Berlin are announced to close this year. Examples:
The year 2019 will bring the typical fairs and events:
Of course Berlin offers much more events than this. VisitBerlin's event calendar allows a search by date and category. Status of information: Jan 2 2019
Chistmas market season 2018 has just started and right on time local TV & radio network "rbb" published an overview of most markets in Berlin and Brandenburg which can be filtered by date. The content is provided in German language only, also the links open in most cases websites of markets in German language only.
The general Chistmas market overview for Berlin based on Google maps provide a more detailed map and links to descriptions in English language. Tip: Use Berlin's public transport or taxis to approach Christmas markets in Berlin (AB fare zone) and Potsdam (ABC fare zone). Main vocabulary for using the rbb overviews:
Overview of Berlin Chistmas markets:
Source: rbb
Visitors who search for experiences off the beaten track the Christmas markets in towns and villages of Brandenburg are a good chance to visit an event with a lot of locals.
Did you visit one of the markets? Please share your experiences by construtive feedback in comments.
Thank you. Halloween has no tradition in Germany but since a few years also some Germans like to celebrate this event in various ways. Therefore some venues offer special events on October 31st and / or the weekend before. Here is a selection of events (some links to websites in German language).
Children friendly events:
For adults only:
Have a nice Halloween and a good time in Berlin. Berlin is changing all the time. Who came to Berlin a few years ago to visit an event in the earlier called "O2 World" will recognise nearly nothing today. The event hall was renamed to "Mercedes-Benz Arena" a few years ago and now the new Mercedes Platz was opened replacing the former unbuilt area around the arena. Two large building complexes host two new hotels, new event place Verti Music Hall, Bowling World and a lot of food places and bars. A new impressive center of entertainment arose in the eastern part of Berlin to welcome its visitors and guests. Some futher impressions from the opening day: Feel free to share your Mercedes Platz experiences and impressions.
Status Aug. 29: The division of Berlin already restarted before the project was building the wall. This time the division is not East and West, it is pro and con the idea of DAU film project to rebuild the wall in the center of Berlin at a different place as an add-on to this wide-ranging project. It is still unclear whether Berlin adminstration will give a go for that. But the main target to achieve awareness for the project is already achieved.
An arcticle from DW.com goes into details. Personal opinion: This funny-bunny filmmaker seems to have no idea what the real wall was. It was not only a wall, it was a landscape stripe of death from a regime which gave the order to shoot the own people reaching for personal freedom. The exhibition "ninetiesBerlin" shows a very illustrative room listing the names of the shot people and showing dozens of machine guns. See review here. In German "DAU" is an abbreviation for "Dümmster anzunehmender User" (most silly user). Update Sept 28: The district administration decided against the project - even in a smaller version. Reason: The evaluation time for all security matters was too short because the project was planned close to several security relevant institutions. |
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"Ich bin ein Berliner." and a passionate photographer, traveler and philosopher. I like helping people to have a good orientation and time in Berlin Archive
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Thanks to Julia Weihe for great top photo.
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