This European City Was Just Named the No. 1 Solo Travel Destination in the World — and It Has Affordable Hotels and Food – Berlin came in at the top, followed by Vancouver.
Some things are better done alone. While travel is often marketed as something to do with your partner, friends, or family, traveling solo has some real perks…
Made in Japan?
Sword found in 19th-century German cellar is something much older — and from far away. Hidden under a street in central Berlin, an ancient artifact was discovered in war rubble…
Based on the other items found underground, archaeologists assumed the sword was a parade weapon used by a German soldier. It was passed to the Museum of Prehistory and Early history to be restored…
The wood handle and some of the cloth wrapping was preserved, allowing archaeologists to see a motif on the handle. It was an image of Daikoku, one of the seven gods of luck from Japan, archaeologists said. He was holding a hammer and rice sack, his known attributes, and was surrounded by motifs of chrysanthemums and a waterline…
The sword was a Japanese wakizashi, and, based on the artwork, was dated to the Edo period by archaeologists, a time ranging from the 17th to 19th century.
We’re from the government and we’re here to help.
The rebuilding of Berlin’s Pergamon Museum is 40 years behind schedule – It’s yet another German construction debacle.
Almost 25 years ago, in October 1999, Gerhard Schröder, Germany’s then chancellor, attended a ceremony to mark the renovation of Berlin’s Old National Gallery, one of five world-class museums that constitute the Museumsinsel (Museum Island) in Berlin. Mr Schröder talked about the courage and vision needed to rebuild the rest of the quintet within ten years. “We will manage this,” he promised…
I mean, GUNTHER.
You can do this.
WWE Bash in Berlin match card & rumors – Everything WWE has planned, so far, for its next major premium live event.
World Heavyweight Championship: GUNTHER (c) vs. Randy Orton – They’re using the controversial finish from the King of the Ring tournament final — the same victory that set up GUNTHER winning the championship at SummerSlam — to justify doing this rematch. It works.
Get it?
The “Rave The Planet” party parade has begun – The event aims to set an example for love and peace.
The techno parade “Rave the Planet” with Loveparade founder Dr. Motte has started in Berlin. Thousands are on the Straße des 17. Many people are still on their way to the party demonstration between the Brandenburg Gate and the Victory Column in Tiergarten.
Again.
Doesn’t mean we can’t sink any lower.
German court due to rule on ‘from the river to the sea’ case in test of free speech – Defendant is accused of ‘condoning the assault by Hamas’ by using slogan during protest…
A spokesperson for the court, Lisa Jani, confirmed that while there had been about five cases in Berlin involving “rioting” and “incitement” at pro-Palestinian protests, this was probably the first revolving specifically around the use of the politically charged phrase.
Even if the defendant is found guilty on Tuesday, it would be only the beginning of a long legal odyssey of appeals through higher tribunals. “The ruling … would not be binding – we’re the lowest court,” Jani said.
They’re always disrupted.
Berlin train services disrupted, vandalism suspected – Rail service between the German capital’s main railway station and the western district of Spandau has been severely disrupted. Authorities believe the fire was deliberatly started.
Train services in the German capital, Berlin, will be disrupted for days due to a cable fire that authorities believe was deliberately set…
The incident follows an arson attack that caused damage to the train line between Hamburg and Bremen on Monday.
Police said perpetrators deliberately set fire to a cable shaft on the railway embankment near Bremen’s Bürgerpark, disrupting high-speed trains between the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia and Hamburg.
Last week, arson attacks on the French high-speed network severely disrupted rail traffic shortly before the start of the Olympic Games.
An activist linked to a far-left movement was arrested in connection with the French incidents.
Because Putin (and everybody else the world) knows that Germany is erpressbar (blackmailable, open to blackmail).
Just like the current US-Amerika government of… whoever is actually running the government at the moment.
Why Germany was key to prisoner swap deal with Russia – The German government’s decision to release a convicted Russian killer serving a life sentence for murdering an exiled Chechen in Berlin in 2019 was crucial for the prisoner swap between Russia and the West…
The main figure in the swap, which involved several countries, was Vadim Krasikov, a Russian convicted of killing a former Chechen militant in Berlin in 2019.
A clear message to future blackmailers: The German government lets a convicted murderer go free after two years in prison, just like that, somebody who bumped off one of Putin’s critics right here in Berlin’s Tiergarten, in broad daylight.
The means Eric’s Lamp Shop (Eric Honecker’s Lamp Shop).
Das waren Zeiten. That means those were the days.
A demolished communist palace and other rubble: How Berlin is managing its GDR buildings and monuments – An exhibition commemorates the demolition of the former parliament building in the German capital in 2008, an example of the persistent erasure of traces of socialism in the city.
Observing Hermann 