My first impression of the East Berlin so far is combination of bohemian soul of Seoul, the hip underground vibe of Stockholm, old charm urban industrial buildings of Williamsburg, Brooklyn and this strong sense that I have : feeling something good thing is boiling underneath the city!
The area east of the Brandenburg Gate known as Mitte ( Middle) is the historic and the hippest area of Berlin, and was at one time the center of the capital of the German Democratic Republic. The city’s most important museums, theaters, government buildings and churches were constructed here between the 18th and 20th centuries. I’m saving good portion of Mitte for Kelly to arrive so we can explore it together but I took relaxing nice long walk to cheat a little today. So far? So good!!
Graffiti, Graffiti and Graffiti! The city is covered in Graffiti! The alley to the court yard, trash cans, your house wall, you name it. And I see lots of pink and green everywhere somehow.
Then there are so many lovely court yards showing off beauty of old Berlin’s history. Either they are covered in millions of concert posters or the fresh Graffiti Art.
A lovely shop girl. The sun and crispy air. It was a beautiful day! There are many small designer’s boutiques here in Mitte area and they all seem quite interesting. Kelly, hurry up!
A great hair salon, “LinkHair” ’s owner, Tatsuji Saito san on Prenzlauer Allee. Below are couple photos of the interior. He had set up a really cute kid’s station upstairs with a tent and all.
Cool vibe industrial building. Emiliano, get on it!!
There are many canals in Berlin. But this is where about east and west was divided then united. I really need to go see the actual site where everything happened. Wow, it already had passed 20 years now since East and West Berlin had re-united.
This is quite Seoul like detail. Except the blankets outside cafe is very Eastern Europe thing.
So I walked and walked and thought I would get myself a nice glass of wine. I see Cinema Cafe. I truly started feeling like what Berlin could be here in Cinema Cafe. Dim light wrapping over your shoulder cozy, a old piano, weathered black and white photos on the wall, glass of beer or whatever that is you would like, cigarette break in the old school smoking room… I don’t know what exactly it was but it just hit me. It almost made me feel itch to find out what Berlin is all about!
Smoking room filled with movie posters.
Awesome kids Play Ground.
4 more days in Berlin!! See what happens!
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molto interessante, sembri proprio una donna di mondo tuuta a giro in questi posti cosi intriganti e curiosi, vai cosi jaehee!
prendi qualche info su la vendita immobili!
EMi SO wish you were here with me….! Your unique 2 eyes!