WHERE TO GO IN BERLIN
WHERE TO GO IN BERLIN Cultural Entertainment & Shopping Riedel Boat Tours Since the opening of the Berlin’s waterways offer the unique possibility to discover the inner city sights from the water. The city round-trip lasts about 3 hours and covers a stretch of about 23km. Not only does this trip lead you to the historic and modern buildings of the metropolis Berlin, but also to the green riverbanks, the densely populated and industrial areas and the elevated railway. Hear interesting facts about the ancient and recent history of Berlin and enjoy learning about the peculiarities of the different districts you travel through: Mitte, Moabit, Tiergarten, Charlottenburg, Kreuzberg, Neukölln and Friedrichshain. The tour covers the river Spree and Landwehrkanal. Experience Berlin’s legendary abundance of bridges – the tour will take you under 63 of them. It is said that there are more bridges in Berlin than in Venice! Riedel Boat Tours Planufer 78 – 10967 Berlin, www.reederei-riedel.de Tel: +49 (0)30 67 96 14 70 Metro U1 U8 Hallen am Borsigturm Hallen am Borsigturm Futurist shopping in a listed industrial building From where once steam locomotives rolled in and out, visitors now enter a shopping centre in futurist design. The French architect Claude Vasconi brought sensitivity and imagination to the project, breathing new life into three whole and two halves of the halls of the former locomotive factory. Over 120 shops and other facilities guarantee an experience to remember in these award-winning architectural surroundings. Am Borsigturm 2 13507 Berlin Reinickendorf Monday to Saturday – 10.00 am – 8.00 pm Tel: +49 (0)30 72626600 www.hallenamborsigturm.de Metro Bahnhof Tegel S25 U-Bahnhof Borsigwerke U6 Spree Prinzessin Museums & Exhibitions The World c. 1914 Mgb hohepriester Colour photography before the Great War. This exhibition is devoted to the hitherto almost forgotten colour photographs and films which were made before the First World War, having been commissioned by the French banker Albert Kahn. Inspired by the colour photography of the Lumière brothers, he issued these commissions – at a time when the nations of Europe were already arming for the Great War – to photographers of both sexes, in order to build up the Archives de la planète with colour photos from all over the world. In this picture archive over 70,000 colour shots have been preserved. They constitute an immense ethnographical treasure and were also intended as a peace mission by bringing strangers closer to one another. His activities were meant to help halt the drift to war. The exhibition brings the pictorial treasures of a long vanished world into the light of day. 1 August - 2 November 2014 – Wed-Mon:10 am – 7pm Grand Hyatt Berlin Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 2 10785 Berlin Tel: +49 (0)30 25531234 Metro S & U Berlin Potsdamer Platz S1 S2 S25 U2 The Wall - The Asisi Panorama of a Divided City Yadegar Asisi’s Panorama of divided Berlin portrays an artistically compacted view of the days of the Cold War. Presented here is everyday life set against the backdrop of the Berlin Wall on a fictitious autumn day in the 1980’s. The Panorama shows how banal the everyday normality of the divided city was, yet at the same time tinged with a subtle cruelty. Key themes are the ability of the people to adapt to conditions which were far from ideal, as a strategy for survival. Yadegar Asisi on the creation: "In the 'eighties I lived on and with the Wall in the Kreuzberg district. The Panorama gathers together my own experiences and recounts to the observer stories which are rich in detail, and which would not have happened all at the same time. The many scenes from everyday life in the images presented by the Panorama show how the population came to terms with the situation and circumstances." Open: daily 10 am – 6 pm 1 August - 2 November 2014 – Wed-Mon:10 am – 7pm Grand Hyatt Berlin MAsisi Panometer Berlin (am Checkpoint Charlie) Friedrichstr. 205 10117 Berlin Mitte Metro U Kochstr. / Checkpoint Charlie U6 The Asisi Panorama of a Divided City 48
