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We visited the Bauhaus Museum in Dessau back in the summer of 2021. During that trip, we visited Dresden, Leipzig, Halle and Dessau, and this museum was one of the most memorable parts. It was the first destination on our trip to celebrate the COVID-19 booster shot.

Design Meets History: A Visual Feast at Bauhaus Museum Dessau

Dessau, Germany
6 min read
20/12/202119/01/2024

Top 10 Berlin Books that you need to have

Berlin, Tips and Tricks
8 min read
08/12/202126/01/2024

While most people will be familiar with the Soviet War Memorial at Treptow and Tiergarten, hardly any tourists find themselves visiting the Soviet War Memorial in the Schönholzer Heide. This is such a pity because the memorial is beautiful.

Soviet War Memorial on Schönholzer Heide

Berlin
5 min read
06/12/202101/12/2023

They mysteriously rise from the Elbe as a reminder of the Hanseatic past of a city like Hamburg. These are the Blankenese Shipwrecks, and it's easy to spot them when you follow the Falkensteiner Ufer along the Elbe.

The Blankenese Shipwrecks in Hamburg

Hamburg, Urbex
6 min read
29/11/202111/02/2024

The Hafencity Universität Station is a U-Bahn station in Hamburg famous for its gorgeous futuristic colourful illumination. For us, it looked like a movie set, something out of Blade Runner and we knew we had to go there.

All the Colors of the Hafencity Universität Station in Hamburg

Hamburg
5 min read
21/11/202101/12/2023

Among all of them, our favourite is easily the one with Karl Marx created in 1974 by José Renau, a Spanish artist from Valencia who moved to East Germany escaping persecution in Franco's dictatorship. Called Unity of the working class and the founding of the GDR, this colourful mural presents Karl Marx in a lionlike way in orange, red, and yellow shades.

Lenin, Marx, and Beyond: Urban Planning and Socialist Murals in Halle Neustadt

Germany, Halle
6 min read
01/11/202106/05/2024

An American filmmaker based in Berlin, Nathan Eddy, has documented the efforts to preserve the Mäusebunker in a movie called Battleship Berlin. This 40-minute long movie shows the efforts to save the building and the point of view of those who want to tear it down.

Battleship Berlin: Director Nathan Eddy documents the demolition threat on the brutalist Mäusebunker

Berlin
4 min read
30/10/202127/04/2024

The Löffelfamilie is how this neon sign has been known to everyone in Leipzig since it was first lightened up in 1973. The non-official name can be translated as the Spoon Family. It is the only neon sign from East Germany that we ever saw, still standing in public like this.

Löffelfamilie: The Spoon Family made of neon in Leipzig

Germany, Leipzig
4 min read
25/10/202109/02/2024

For ten days in October 2021, the brutalist concrete structure known as the International Congress Centre Berlin was open to the public as a unique experience of film, performance and art. We visited the ICC Berlin on the first few days of The Sun Machine is Coming Down, a celebration of the 70th anniversary of Berliner Festspiele.

The Sun Machine is Coming Down to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Berliner Festspiele at the ICC Berlin

Berlin
6 min read
18/10/202109/10/2024

Generations of Berliners have been to Körnerpark, enjoying themselves in this oasis of peace in the midst of a hectic Neukölln. People go there to play football, to run, walk, relax, picnic and we do it too. In 2016, this Neukölln hidden gem celebrated its 100th year birthday and we are here to show you all why you need to go there and sing happy birthday to it.

Things to Do in Körnerpark: Exploring Neukölln’s Most Beautiful Park

Berlin
4 min read
07/10/202114/03/2025

The Berlin Wall Memorial, also known in German as Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer, is a mix of monuments and museums commemorating the city's division by the Berlin Wall and the people who died because of it. And we consider it to be the best place to learn about the wall and how it affected the city and the entire continent.

The Berlin Wall Memorial: A Visit to the Border Control on Bernauer Strasse

Berlin
7 min read
15/09/202108/03/2025

First as a hunting lodge, later as a palace; this is the gorgeous Moritzburg Castle in Saxony. This baroque building was built over an artificial island with four towers connected to the main building. It made it a fascinating looking fortress.

Moritzburg Castle: A fairy tale palace near Dresden

Dresden, Germany
9 min read
22/08/202110/10/2024

In episode 5, when Noah meets Michael, there is a church in the background. An interesting looking church that made us curious about it and we had to try to find out where is this church located.

A Visit to the Church from Dark Series

Berlin
3 min read
02/08/202106/02/2025

The year is 2019 and there is a kid missing in Winden. He is the person dealing marijuana to some of the kids in school, and nobody seems to know where he might be. One o the kids decided to put together a group and go looking for the stash of drugs from the missing kids. They follow some train tracks that lead deeper into the forest, while they go looking for a cave.

The Bridge in Dark and the abandoned train tracks

Berlin
4 min read
31/07/202103/12/2024

On the outskirts of Berlin, where Neukölln and Schönefeld meet, there is a hill with one of the city's best views. The Skypoint in Schönefeld is a man-made structure is built over trash, and we took our drone there in June 2021 to capture its beauty.

From Trash to Treasure: Exploring Berlin’s Picturesque Skypoint in Schonefeld

Berlin
5 min read
26/07/202130/01/2024

On July 20th, 1944, a group of conspirators attempted to kill Adolf Hitler inside the Wolf's Lair military base in East Prussia. That was the day that Claus von Stauffenberg placed a bomb next to the Führer of Nazi Germany was intending to take over political control of Germany and try to make peace with the Western Allies.

The July 20th Plot: A Conservative Conspiracy Against Hitler’s Germany

Berlin
16 min read
20/07/202115/07/2024

Men Don’t Protect You Anymore by Jenny Holzer consists of a small aluminium plaque, no more than 75 by 255 mm. That bears the words Men Don’t Protect You Anymore on an empty pedestal. This artwork is part of a series created by Jenny Holzer from 1983 to 1985. It comments on gender and the debate on the visibility of women artists.

Men Don’t Protect You Anymore by Jenny Holzer in Museum Island

Berlin
3 min read
13/07/202118/01/2024

If you go for a walk next to the Eisenacher Strasse in Marzahn-Hellersdorf, don't forget to look up. There you will find the Balancierende Figuren, a group of sculptures created by Hubertus von der Goltz that decorate the apartment blocks in the area since 1997.

Balancierende Figuren: a balancing act close to the sky in Marzahn-Hellersdorf

Berlin
3 min read
15/06/202117/06/2024

Fotostrasse's Guide To Brutalism In Berlin is a simple and easy way to explore the beauty of concrete in the German capital. From the weird shaped Bierpinsel in Steglitz to the battleship style construction of the Mäusebunker in Lichterfelde, Berlin has some of the best examples of Brutalism architecture in Europe; here guide you through some of the places.

Brutalism in Berlin: A Concrete Architecture Guide

Berlin, Germany
8 min read
03/06/202116/01/2025

Here we will talk a little bit about the reason why the Friedhofsbahn was built, how it shut down, and why some people want it back. Also, since this is the same abandoned train track used as a location in Netflix’s series Dark, we will talk about the hike in the forest, following the train tracks the connect the bridge to the church in Dark.

Exploring the Friedhofsbahn: The Old Wannsee – Stahnsdorf Railway Line

Berlin, Urbex
9 min read
13/05/202111/12/2024

What remains of the Flugplatz Oranienburg can be seen not that far away from the Oranienburg Hauptbahnhof. Built before the Second World War, between 1936 and 1939, this abandoned airfield was used until 1945 by the Luftwaffe and the Heinkel-Werke Oranienburg.

Exploring the Flugplatz Oranienburg with Drones

Berlin, Urbex
8 min read
18/04/202118/02/2024

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