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On the Berlin-Warsaw Express
Over twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and over six decades since 1945, you still know that there is something different about traveling east from Germany. Instead of a thick network of...
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Mothers’ Day Weekend in Berlin
Arrived in Germany just in time for Mothers’ Day. Given that my mother actually grew up in Berlin, spending the day here is somewhat apropos. Did some wanderings through the city center, the...
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Scenes from a Swimming Pool
When I was in Berlin a few weeks ago, I checked out some of the places my parents were in the late 1960s, including Andrews Barracks and the Army swimming pool where my father was a lifeguard. Of...
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Changing Gears: The Ghosts of Berlin
A special, spooky Halloween edition of our “Changing Gears” posts: a Sunday bike tour of a forgotten corner of Berlin, along the Mauerweg immortalized by Tilda Swinton in the documentary film The...
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Jewish Berlin
In the old Scheunenviertel of Berlin’s Mitte, surprising survivors of Berlin’s Jewish past–and markers of the future.
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A seven-minute tour through Berlin, Bavaria, and Alsace, with scenes from France after the 2018 World Cup win–the day after Bastille Day! Enjoy.
View ArticleTake a Ride on the Berlin-Wrocław Railway
The Kulturzug (“Culture Train”) is the only direct connection from Berlin to the Polish city of Wrocław, formerly the German city of Breslau, and one with a formidable history behind it, as the route...
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