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Berlin is known as a party place; what can you do around the city when there is a deadly virus around and partying hard might not be the best choice? How can we enjoy Berlin when Coronavirus is all we can imagine around us?

Top 5 things to do in Berlin: Coronavirus Free Edition

Berlin
5 min read
21/10/202024/12/2023

Marx and Engels Forum is a small public park in the heart of Berlin. Named after two of the most famous and influential German philosophers, Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx, authors of The Communist Manifesto. The park was opened to the public in 1986. The statues found there used to have quite a significant location with the Palast der Republik, the German Democratic Republic's parliament, on its back.

From Controversy to Tourist Attraction: The Story of Berlin’s Marx and Engels Forum

Berlin
4 min read
19/10/202013/03/2024

Most people that visit Berlin know the history behind the wall that divided the city during the Cold War. But there is another historic wall waiting to be discovered in the middle of the town. This is the Old City Wall of Berlin that witnesses the medieval past of the city.

The Old City Wall of Berlin

Berlin
4 min read
12/10/202021/12/2023

There is one particular sculpture that caught my attention when I visited the Duomo di Milano for the first time. The piece is called St Bartholomew Flayed, and it was created by Marco d'Agrate back in 1562. And that skinless statue is so unusual that I had to research it and write this article with everything I know now about it.

St Bartholomew Flayed inside the Duomo di Milano

Italy, Milano
4 min read
24/09/202013/03/2024

She is the most prominent name when you think about cinema and Berlin, and she came to the world as Marie Magdalene Dietrich, but everybody knows a slightly different name. Marlene Dietrich was born in Schöneberg back in December 1901, precisely on Leberstrasse 65.

Where was Marlene Dietrich born in Berlin?

Berlin
4 min read
17/09/202019/02/2024

Whenever we travel around Europe, we see the skeleton of abandoned gasworks. But the Schöneberg Gasometer has this uniqueness to it since it feels like it's still integrated into the landscape of the city. You pass by it around Haupstrasse or taking the S-Bahn, and it's always there, in the corner of your eye.

Schöneberg Gasometer: Climbing the Skeleton of Abandoned Gasworks

Berlin
7 min read
10/09/202028/02/2024

It seems like the Lenin statue in the Potsdam Volkspark came secretly to its location. Nobody knows what happened here, but we know that there is a massive Lenin bust sitting peacefully in one of the largest parks in Potsdam. Nobody voted for it to be there, the people that take care of parks didn't do it, but it is there now.

The Enigmatic Journey of Potsdam’s Lenin Statue

Germany, Potsdam
4 min read
20/08/202021/01/2024

Next to the Lviv town hall and the many small streets around it, there is something unusual hidden in a courtyard. The shape is almost peculiar, and it's a bit hard to understand what you're looking at until you get really close. This is where you will find the Beer Belly of Ukraine.

The Enigmatic Beer Belly of Ukraine: Unveiling Lviv’s Hidden Statue and Royal Brewery Gem

Lviv, Ukraine
3 min read
13/08/202022/01/2024

Ruinenberg in Potsdam is a hill where the Prussian king Frederick the Great ordered a built water tank. This water tank had the goal to supply water to the gorgeous Sanssouci Palace close by, and it was decorated with some fake ruins. That is where the name comes from.

A Visit to the Ruinenberg in Potsdam

Germany, Potsdam
6 min read
05/08/202005/10/2020

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