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Holiday for Design: How Krumbach Created Architectural Bus Stops

Austria (category), Vorarlberg (category)
8 min read
18/09/201626/03/2025

In early August, If you arrived in Berlin via Hauptbahnhof you would be greeted by a pack of wolves. Bronze and iron statues, some of them with more than 2 meters in height, would be looming over passengers with guns and Nazi salutes. A sign would tell you that the Wolves are Back. But why are these Wolves back in Berlin?

The Wolves are Back in Berlin with Rainer Opolka

Berlin (category)
4 min read
16/08/201612/06/2026

BER-402/ KB/22.7.90/Berlin: Rockspektakel "The Wall"/ Rund 300 000 Zuschauer aus ganz Europa und Übersee waren auf den ehemaligen "Todesstreifen" zwischen Brandenburger Tor und Leipziger Platz gekommen, um die Neuinszenierung der Rockoper "The Wall" von Ex-"Pink-Floyd" Chef Roger Waters zu erleben. Das gigantische Happening war zugleich Auftakt einer weltweiten Spendenaktion des World War Memorial Found for Disaster Relief (Fond für Katastrophenopfer). Die Show auf dem Potsdamer Platz in der Nacht vom 21. zum 22. Juli wurde vom Fernsehen live in alle Welt gestrahlt. [Berlin, Potsdamer Platz.- Aufführung der Rockoper "The Wall" auf dem ehemaligen Todesstreifen]

Why Roger Waters’ 1990 Berlin Concert Was a Once-in-a-Lifetime Mega Event

Berlin (category)
8 min read
21/07/201601/06/2026

The Neon Muzeum, with a Z, is a museum dedicated to the preservation and documentation of Poland’s cold war era neon signs and they do this really well. As you walk the hallways of this small museum, you will see a lot of neon signs and learn a lot about where they were, how they were used and how did they manage to get to the Neon Museum.

Our Visit to the Neon Museum in Warsaw

Poland (category), Warsaw (category)
5 min read
21/06/201621/12/2023

Urban Nation Museum for Urban Contemporary Art, it will open it’s doors in 2017 in Schöneberg as the Berlin Street Art Museum and we know it’s going to be an amazing place.

Berlin Street Art Museum: Urban Nation Museum for Urban Contemporary Art

Berlin (category), Germany (category)
2 min read
09/06/201615/03/2024

When you look at the Brescia horizon, it’s easy to spot the big castle that stands on top of Cidneo Hill. Known as the Falcon of Italy, the Castle of Brescia is one of the largest and best preserved fortresses of Northern Italy and it was the first place Fotostrasse visited in Brescia during our days at Blogville Lombardy.

A Guide to the Castle of Brescia: Explore the Falcon of Italy

Brescia (category), Italy (category)
7 min read
27/04/201611/04/2024

We didn’t know much about Poznan before we visited the city in summer 2014 and we fell in love with this polish gem. Our stay in Poznan was so great that we keep sending our friends there and, after a while, we realized that we never wrote a proper guide to Poznan. So, if you are looking for a guide to this city, you can stop you search because now you will see a lot of things to do in Poznan.

A Lot of Things to Do in Poznan

Poland (category), Poznan (category)
23 min read
23/04/201621/12/2023

In the 1960’s the area around what was known as Leninplatz worked as a breaking pointing between Friedrichshain and Alexanderplatz. It was there that, gradually, the buildings started to look bigger and bigger resulting on what was the center of East Berlin at Alexanderplatz. But it wasn’t always like that.

Leninplatz Berlin: The Past of Platz der Vereinten Nationen

Berlin (category), Germany (category)
8 min read
28/03/201614/06/2024

Even though the Cold War ended more than 25 years ago, you can see remains of it everywhere. The Berlin Wall, the most famous symbol of it, is easily found around Berlin but this is not the only relic that still stands and Martin Roemers is here to show us those decaying testaments of a world that doesn’t exist anymore.

Relics of the Cold War: A Photography Exhibition in Berlin back in 2016

Berlin (category), Photography (category)
4 min read
23/03/201630/12/2023

Matthias Makarinus did it again but this time he uses different techniques to show a Berlin you probably never saw before. On his amazing video, he uses time-lapses, hyperlapse, slow motion and some tilt shift to show you how amazing this city really is. He does all that is amazing 4k.

Matthias Makarinus: Berlin as you have never seen before

Berlin (category)
2 min read
11/03/201620/11/2023

If you were around Gendarmenmarkt a few days ago, you saw something quite spectacular. World-renowned chinese artist Ai Weiwei turned the columns of Konzerthaus Berlin into something different. Thousands of orange life vests covered the columns turning them into pillars for the refugees that are arriving every day in the greek island of Lesbos. The installation is a part of Cinema for Peace, a fundraiser gala event that happened on February 15, 2016.

Ai Weiwei commemorates Refugees with #Safepassage

Berlin (category)
3 min read
19/02/201611/07/2024

Wrocław is the historical capital of Silesia and the largest city and the capital of Lower Silesian Voivodship in Poland. Fotostrasse was there for a few days in early 2015 and we fell in love with this city that hosts almost a million people. Because we love the days we spent there, we decided to write this short guide with a few things you need to do in Wrocław.

Things to do in Wroclaw Poland

Poland (category), Wroclaw (category)
13 min read
14/02/201621/12/2023

If you are looking to travel back in time to Prenzlauer Berg in 1993, this short movie from Hannes Stöhr might be one of the best ways to go there. A short trip back into a neighborhood that was still, somewhat, divided between East and West Berlin.

A trip back in time to Prenzlauer Berg in 1993 with Hannes Stöhr

Berlin (category)
3 min read
16/01/201630/12/2023

The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg is a church of many names. Some call it Church of Our Savior on Blood, Church on the Blood, Temple of the Savior on Spilled Blood and the Church of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Either way, this is a special church since it was built where Tzar Alexander II was fatally wounded in March 1881.

The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg

Russia (category), St Petersburg (category)
8 min read
18/12/201520/10/2024

To celebrate Anton Corbijn’s sixtieth birthday, C/O Berlin is presenting a retrospective of his work encompassing around 600 photographs, with a lot of never seen before work. At the exhibition you will be able to see the evolution of a self taught novice to a celebrated video director and influential photographer.

Anton Corbijn Berlin Retrospective at C/O Berlin in 2015

Berlin (category), Photography (category)
5 min read
14/12/201515/07/2026

The first thing we did when we got to Saint Petersburg with the guys from Timetravels was the visit to the Sphinx of Saint Petersburg. Such an unexpected sight to have in Russia. It is even more weird when you look across the river into all the neo-classical palaces and building overlooking the waters. Somehow it felt like a weird trip back in time.

The Sphinx of Saint Petersburg

Russia (category), St Petersburg (category)
4 min read
27/11/201504/05/2026

Most people, when they visit Berlin for the first time, find time to visit the famous Checkpoint Charlie. This infamous border crossing between East and West Berlin is a classical tourist stop for people interested in the Second World War and the relationship between Communist Germany, the USSR and the Allied Forces that controlled West Germany.

What can you do around Checkpoint Charlie?

Berlin (category)
14 min read
28/09/201501/12/2023

Berlin Dynamic is the name of this amazing video timelapse of Berlin made by Matthias Makarinus between May 2010 and September 2011. He took over 50.000 pictures just to make this beautiful movie that clocks a little under 10 minutes.

Berlin Dynamic by Matthias Makarinus

Berlin (category)
2 min read
22/08/201522/04/2024

Katja Pantzar helsinki by light

Helsinki by Light – A book interview with Katja Pantzar

Helsinki (category), Interviews (category)
5 min read
28/07/201521/11/2023

The Parliament of Trees: Where Nature Remembers the Berlin Wall

Berlin (category)
4 min read
18/07/201519/03/2024

The St Petersburg Metro is one of the most beautiful underground railway system we ever had the pleasure of visiting. First opened in 1955, the metro of Saint Petersburg in Russia is one of the busiest in the world with five subway lines, 67 stations, over 3.000 trains and 2.5 million passengers a day. We did visited the St Petersburg Metro when we visited Russia in May and we took pictures of everything.

St Petersburg Metro – Exploring the Russian Underground

Russia (category), St Petersburg (category)
10 min read
24/06/201523/12/2023