Everyone knows the Spreewald is great for gherkins and for kayaking along the pretty waterways. But did you know you can also swim with penguins? Photos and text by Elliot Douglas… slowtravelberlin.com/a-weekend-in-t…

Sad news, ÖBB is reducing its order for new-generation Nightjet trains from 33 to 24. The elephant in the room seems to be trackwork, with Europe’s civil engineers unable to plan their work sufficiently in advance, playing havoc with sleeper trains operation/viability/expansion.

At last a European leader to save the honour of a disgraceful, complicit Europe...

Mauerpark, 1930 #berlin Before Mauerpark was a park, the area served as a railway yard, specifically the Old Nordbahnhof (Northern Railway Station), the southern terminus of the Berlin Northern Railway connecting Berlin with Stralsund. Initially a passenger station, it was

will always love this image of Sylvia Plath feeding blueberries to a deer. what looks like a vanishing in progress.

😃 ☔️ #sommer #berlin

U-Bahnhof Bülowstraße, by Bruno Möhring (1900-1901) Source: Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschichte: Altbestand.

A reminder that sunnier days will be here again soon… Photo taken at Helmholtzplatz in Prenzlauer Berg. Our article on this storied square here: slowtravelberlin.com/on-the-helmhol…

#berlin

what a day 🌧️ #berlin

Three.

Anarchy in West Berlin: the Sex Pistols at the Brandenburger Tor, 1977 Photo: John Tiberi

The Schlesischer Busch command post can be found in Schlesischer Park, between Kreuzberg and Treptow on Puschkinallee. Around 10 meters high and 4.2 by 4.2 meters wide, it was responsible for 18 watchtowers and the electronic security devices in this section of the border. It’s

13 July 1950: Taubenstraße 32, where Heinrich Heine used to live, lies in ruins in East Berlin (Source: Bundesarchiv)

The world’s first spherical building was built in Dresden in 1928. Between 1922 and 1929 the city of Dresden staged an annual exhibition of German industry. The 1928 show was organised around the theme of the ‘technological city’ (Die technische Stadt), and its most prominent

Goodnight from the Oberbaumbrücke ⭐️

Potsdam in 1991 — by Hassan J Richter hassan-fotografie.de/vp-bei-otto-po…