Peakock Island is one of the hot spots of Berlin. After a short boat trip the birds will greet us and possibly show us their beautiful feathers. Many movies had the astle as a background. We will walk along the island, take the boat back and walk along the shores of lake Wannsee, until…
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Haus der Kulturen der Welt/Congress Hall
deutsche Version nach dem Foto If you get a present, don´t be critical. May be, you better are. When the American nation donated a Congress Hall to the people of West-Berlin in 1957, everybody was very happy. The Building was given to the public at the opening of the International Building Exhibition. At that…
Alt-Treptow: eingemauert – immurred
english version later Viele Jahre hatten die Menschen in Alt-Treptow nach dem 13. August 1961 besonders unter dem Mauerbau zu leiden. Die Grenze zum benachbarten Neukölln und Kreuzberg verlief teilweise über den Bürgersteig an ihrem Haus. Wer heute dem Mauerweg folgt, kann das noch gut nachverfolgen. Von einem Tag auf den anderen waren die…
Rotes Rathaus/ Mayor´s Red House
deutsche Version nach dem Foto Everything wrong again? Too expensive, out of schedule, looks different than planned? Yes! But it is even worse. Let´s begin. The famous architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel made a plan in 1817 to enlarge the existing Mayor´s house to give more space for the people, who worked there. Already at that…
Adlershof – Change old into new/aus alt mach neu
deutscher Text nach dem zweiten Foto What you see on the photo above is the new part of Adlershof, founded after the unification of Gemany. The local train splits the city into two parts. Left of Rudower Chaussee you can find the finished part of the industrial park „Science, Industry and Media“. This is how…
The short life of / Das kurze Leben des José Rizal
deutscher Text unten Not many of us have a fullfilled life as José Rizal had. And such a short one, either. And not many can decide to die as a hero or live with a shame. Let´s tell the story from the beginning. José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Reaonda was born in 1861 in…
America only 2nd
Sorry to say, Mr. Trump, but America is only second with 140 total clicks on my homepage, followed by Brazil with 110 clicks. But number 1 is Germany with a total of more than 5000 clicks. It´s a long way to become number one. But I am sure, if you want to make America really…
Wer hat den längsten?
english version may be later Diese Frage ist längst überfällig, die Antwort eindeutig: Kai Diekmann, der ehemalige Chefredakteur der Bildzeitung. Oder etwa doch nicht? Die Lösung dieses Rätsels findet man an der Seitenwand des Verlagsgebäudes der taz, dem Rudi-Dutschke-Haus. Sie geht auf folgende Geschichte zurück: Im Mai des Jahres 2002 erschien auf der Satire-Seite „Die…
Tue Nguyet
deutscher Text unten Only a few people will know at the age of twelve already , what they are going to do in their life later on. Many of them will regret it later. Not so Tue Nguyet. At the age of eight her parents sent her to the nearest city to school. In Vietnam…
Tour 29 on July29th, 2017:Swimming and Walking at the Lakesides/ Pack die Badehose ein /Achtung, Attention: the Tour was postponed, die Tour wurde verlegt
Summer is the perfect time for a swim in the clear water of one of the many lakes in Berlin. So take your bath-towel and Swimming-suit with you and some refreshments or a small pick-nick. We take the subway to Alt-Tegel, walk along lake Tegel and have a look on the former house of the…
Walking for Support 