Berlin to go, english edition 1/2015
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NEWS TO GO<br />
“Going Local <strong>Berlin</strong>” – our most popular app<br />
Although “Going Local <strong>Berlin</strong>” was launched just a few weeks a<strong>go</strong>, this new mobile<br />
travel companion from visit<strong>Berlin</strong> has already been downloaded 10,000 times. The<br />
app contains more than 600 personal tips on <strong>Berlin</strong>‘s 60 diverse neighborhoods. In<br />
addition, the app offers one <strong>to</strong>ur per district, available as a video which provides<br />
glimpses of the atmosphere in the respective part of the city. What really makes<br />
the app special is that it lets users submit their own tips and other information<br />
<strong>to</strong> visit<strong>Berlin</strong>. The free app is available for Android and iOS devices (smartphones<br />
& tablets) in the App S<strong>to</strong>re and at Google Play or from app.visit-berlin.de. It can<br />
also be used offline.<br />
A strong year for the <strong>Berlin</strong> economy<br />
<strong>Berlin</strong>‘s economy is booming – as the growth figures published<br />
by the Statistical Office for <strong>Berlin</strong>-Brandenburg show. According<br />
<strong>to</strong> the report, the capital city’s gross domestic product increased<br />
by 2.2 % in 2014. <strong>Berlin</strong> keeps catching up, clearly surpassing<br />
the national average for growth (1.6 %) and posting the<br />
second best performance of all the German states, just behind<br />
Baden-Württemberg. As the Sena<strong>to</strong>r for Economics, Cornelia<br />
Yzer, has said: “<strong>Berlin</strong>‘s economy is on the right track and companies<br />
across all sec<strong>to</strong>rs are optimally positioned. Whether its<br />
manufacturing, industry, construction or the service sec<strong>to</strong>r,<br />
Exports up three percent<br />
In 2014, exports from <strong>Berlin</strong> increased<br />
by almost 3 percent compared <strong>to</strong> the<br />
previous year. Overall, exports grew<br />
by 382 million euros <strong>to</strong> a <strong>to</strong>tal of 13.3<br />
billion euros. With an export volume<br />
of 1.5 billion euros the USA were<br />
again the most important export<br />
country for products made in <strong>Berlin</strong>.<br />
France, which was <strong>Berlin</strong>’s second-largest<br />
trading partner in 2013, is now<br />
in third place (at 802 million euros)<br />
after Poland, where <strong>go</strong>ods worth<br />
918 million euros were delivered.<br />
Along with pharmaceutical products<br />
(exports worth 1.3 billion euros),<br />
equipment for generating and distributing<br />
electricity (1.2 billion euros)<br />
and machines (1.0 billion euros) are<br />
among the traditionally strong <strong>Berlin</strong><br />
export products.<br />
which includes retail, transportation and <strong>to</strong>urism, as well<br />
as in the digital economy and the healthcare industry:<br />
all major growth sec<strong>to</strong>rs showed profits in 2014.<br />
<strong>Berlin</strong> continues <strong>to</strong> focus on a wide range of<br />
growth industries.” The Office of Economics<br />
expects current year growth <strong>to</strong> remain<br />
well above the national average,<br />
and has revised its forecast<br />
upwards, from 1.7 % <strong>to</strong><br />
2.2 %.<br />
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