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SPIEGEL Berlin Wall Quiz

It symbolized the divisions that split the world during the Cold War.
Then on Nov. 9, 1989 the Berlin Wall came crashing down.

But do you know when it went up? Who played rock’n'roll in its shadow?
And who uttered the famous words that brought it tumbling down?

Get those little grey cells working and brace yourself for the very revolutionary
SPIEGEL Berlin Wall Quiz!

The Quiz Spiegel Online International

Add comment November 6, 2009

Berlin Film Festival to Show Restored Uncut ‘Metropolis’

One of the most important works in cinematic history is to be shown in its complete uncut version at next year’s Berlin Film Festival.

The restored version of Fritz Lang’s silent classic “Metropolis” is to hit the silver screen 83 years after it first premiered in Berlin.

Berlin Exhibit Gives Kids Glimpse of East Germany

For Kids living in Germany today, the former East Germany is just something they read about in the history books.

Using diaries, clothes and videos, a new exhibition at a Berlin museum is showing them just what it was like to grow up when the Wall still stood.

The Berlin Wall Gets a Makeover

The longest remaining stretch of the Berlin Wall is known for its colorful and political murals.

The iconic images, though, have flaked and faded.
This summer, artists from around the world have returned to retrace their brushstrokes.

How the End of East Germany Began

The End of East Germany was ushered in by massive protests across the country. But opposition to the communist dictatorship started with a whisper.

A new exhibition in Berlin documents the early days of dissent that began in the spring of 1989 and culminated with the fall of the Wall that November.

Berlin Wall Made of Giant Dominos

On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, over 1,000 giant dominos will be erected along a section of the strip that once divided East and West Germany.

The dominos will then be toppled to commemorate the end of the
Cold War.

Berlin Still Divided on How to Commemorate Wall

It has been nearly 20 years since Berliners hacked away at the Wall that once separated East Germany from the West.

Two decades on its crumbling remnants remain highly controversial.
Many would like to see Berlin make more of its unique history, but old wounds are taking time to heal.

Berlin Residents to Get Free Wireless Internet

Residents and visitors to Germany’s capital city will soon be able to say
“Auf Wiedersehen” to Internet cafes and DSL connections.

A new project by the local government aims to bring free Wi-Fi to
Berlin’s central districts.

Read more at SPIEGEL ONLINE INTERNATIONAL

Add comment February 28, 2009

END OF THE PALAST

East German Capital Makes Way for Prussian Palace

The halting pace of the building project at the center of Berlin will move ahead this week by two full steps:
A Communist building will be gone and designs for a Prussian building will be unveiled. None of which means the arguments around the project will be coming to an end any time soon.

Read more at Spiegel Online International

Add comment November 29, 2008

Festival of Lights

The FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS™ will turn Berlin into a sparkling metropolis with a firework of illuminations and events for two weeks:

14th to 26th October 2008

World-famous historical landmarks and spots in Berlin, e.g. the Brandenburg Gate, the TV or radio tower, will be staged impressively by means of light, events, projections and fireworks.
Complementary to the festival there will be numerous cultural events dealing with the subject “light”.

City Stiftung Berlin & Union Invest present the Festival of Lights

Lightseeing Tours

The owner of the Monk Apartment, Jutta Fuelbier-Floren, took these beautiful pictures.