Podcasts about friedrichstrasse

Today, the German capital is a busy, fun and coherent city. But I first knew Berlin when the Wall carved through its streets, dividing families. Some of those oppressed in East Berlin were allowed to leave – along with curious tourists like me.The main way out was at Friedrichstrasse station, where the Tränenpalast – or Palace of Tears – is now the most powerful reminder of division.This podcast is free, as is Independent Travel's weekly newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Citizens of the GDR were exposed to an idealised version of western freedoms made up of luxury shopping, blue jeans and cowboy flicks. Read by Helen Lloyd. Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit. Image: Intershop in Friedrichstrasse in East Berlin. Credit: Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo / Alamy Stock Photo

Terwijl Donar nipt verloor in Hasselt zaten Yannick, pa Masson en ondergetekende in een internetloos restaurant in Berlijn. Eenmaal buiten konden we nog net de laatste 30 seconden meepakken, op de stoep van de Friedrichstrasse. Een dag eerder waren we te gast bij Alba Berlin. Genoeg te bespreken derhalve in Dourisseau Radio S04E28, onze 175e aflevering.  

PREVIEW: #CIA: #MEMOIRS: From a longer conversation with author Liza Mundy re her work, "THE SISTERHOOD: The Secret History of Woman at the CIA" -- of the time several of the principles in the book gathered to read aloud from the memoirs of the most prominent male VIPs at the agency. And react.  More later. 1961 West Berlin, Checkpoint Charle: December 4, 1961. Volkspolizei--the East German police--and East German construction workers erect a tank barrier at Friedrichstrasse along the border between the Soviet and American sectors of Berlin.

Across Europe, several cities are taking steps to remove cars from their city centers, but one capital is going in the other direction—Berlin's new government wants to protect drivers' rights. While many European cities, such as Copenhagen, Amsterdam, and Paris are drastically reducing car traffic in their city centers in favor of cycle paths, Berlin is lagging behind, according to many critics. At Potsdamer Platz, cyclists are not impressed with the city's infrastructure. “There have been a lot of plans, but not much actual building. I think the discussion is happening, but much more needs to be done,” says Elena Witte. “It is difficult (to cycle). But it is better compared to ten years ago. I come from Freiburg, in South Germany, and there it's a biking paradise. In comparison to there, it is very hard here. But it is getting better,” says Eva Albers. But there are other opinions, of course, on the streets of Berlin. Motorists often criticize cycling infrastructure for eating up cars' public space. “Of course, each city needs bike paths. But you can't steal the space from the cars and give it straight to the cyclists,” says Sergei, a car driver. Some areas that had been dedicated as car-free, such as a section of the Friedrichstrasse street, have seen cars return. Other bike path projects were put on hold, or delayed, pending a review. But the Christian Democratic party, who made a proposal to change the mobility law in the city, says that they are simply correcting the previous government's unfair focus on bikes and negative view of other types of transport. “We think that the safety of all types of transport is important for all,” says Johannes Kraft, mobility spokesperson for the Christian Democrats in Berlin. “That includes pedestrians, which means mass transit like the underground and local rail and buses. But that also includes the car.” The German capital is not likely to become car-free anytime soon. If anything, it's becoming more car-friendly. This article was provided by The Associated Press.

Abogado, político, poeta, ensayista y narrador, Rafael Bielsa nació en Rosario en 1953. Publicó libros de ensayos y de cuentos y más de una decena de volúmenes de poemas, el primero titulado En mayor medida y el último, Wintergarten Varieté, Friedrichstrasse, 1930-Berlin (2011). Parte de su obra fue reproducida en el extranjero e incluida en antologías nacionales y de otros países. Canciones de su autoría fueron grabadas por artistas como Juan Carlos Baglietto y Julia Zenko. Además de escribir ficción, colabora en diversos medios periodísticos sobre cuestiones de política exterior. Su primera novela, Tucho - La “Operación México” o lo irrevocable de la pasión, fue llevada al cine por Leonardo Becchini como Operación México, un pacto de amor. (Fuente: planetadelibros.com.ar)

Friedrichstrasse Grüne Woche Kidnapping court case U1/U3 ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mastodon: https://podcasts.social/@berlinbriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com

Refugees Friedrichstrasse U-Bahn renovations Basement fire ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/donate/ Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 03:45:00 +0000 https://jungeanleger.podigee.io/416-borsepeople-im-podcast-s3-01-friedrich-wachernig c043a7a2c02e8bead1da71aa8961213a Friedrich Wachernig war von 2007 bis Mitte Oktober 2022 Vorstand der S Immo AG, die Folge wurde wenige Tage nach seinem Ausscheiden aufgenommen. Vor seiner S Immo Phase war der Kärntner, bei dem ich glaubte, er sei Deutscher, für ERA Bau, Ilbau / Strabag, Raiffeisen Evolution und Porr in führenden Positionen tätig und es wird wohl nur wenige geben, die die Bau- und Immobilienwirtschaft in Österreich (sowie auch Osteuropa und Deutschland) besser als Friedrich kennen. Wir sprechen über Erfolge und Herausforderungen in 30 Jahren, Kursvervielfachungen in der S Immo-Aktie, Mentorentätigkeit und wie es sich anfühlte, als Friedrich in der Friedrichstrasse zu arbeiten (und nicht etwa in Ernstbrunn). https://www.simmoag.at About: Die Serie Börsepeople findet im Rahmen von http://www.christian-drastil.com/podcast statt. Es handelt sich dabei um typische Personality- und Werdegang-Gespräche. Die Season 3 umfasst unter dem Motto „22 Börsepeople“ erneut 22 Podcast-Talks, divers zusammengesetzt. Presenter der Season 3 ist der Börsekandidat VAS AG ( https://www.vas.co.at). Der meistgehörte Börsepeople Podcast 2022 per Stichtag 30.11., 23:59 Uhr wird es einen Number One Award für 2022 gewinnen (vgl. https://boerse-social.com/numberone/2021)- Zwischenstand tagesaktuell um 12 Uhr aktualisiert unter http://www.boersenradio.at/people . Bewertungen bei Apple (oder auch Spotify) machen mir Freude: https://podcasts.apple.com/at/podcast/christian-drastil-wiener-borse-sport-musik-und-mehr-my-life/id1484919130 416 full no Christian Drastil Comm.

Een geweldig, grappig en ontroerend verhaal over een videotheekeigenaar die per ongeluk een held wordt, over hoe leugens een eigen leven gaan leiden en de geschiedenis herschreven wordt.Uitgegeven door SignatuurSpreker(s): Bart Oomen

Auf ein Bier in der Friedrichstrasse mit Rebecca Peters.

All Geschicht huet säin Held, am Buch vun der Woch steet deen awer op wackelege Been oder besser gesot, kuerze Been. "Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstrasse" ass nämlech d'Geschicht vun engem Ligener, deen iergendwéi an eppes erarutscht aus deem een net méi raus kënnt. Ee Buch dat mat Humor a vill Charakter Froen iwwert eis Gesellschaft opwërft.

Ein Mann, der durch das Umstellen einer Weiche die größte Massenflucht in der Geschichte der DDR ermöglicht hat – mit Maxim Leo spricht in der Sendung über seine Idee zu seiner neuen Geschichte. Außerdem in der Sendung: Ein Gespräch mit Gregor Sander, der eine Petition gestartet hat, damit die Leipziger Buchmesse doch noch stattfindet. | Bücherliste und Themen: Interview mit Aufbau-Lektorin Friederike Schilbach über Tove Ditlevsens Roman „Gesichter“, Maxim Leos „Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstrasse“, Gregor Sander zu seiner Petition „Macht die Buchmesse auf! Wir wollen lesen“, die radioeins-Bücherliste, kommentiert von Kurt von Hammerstein (Buchhandlung Hundt, Hammer, Stein in Berlin-Mitte). Annett Gröschner über die beiden neuen Bücher von Alexander Kluge: „Das Buch der Kommentare – Unruhiger Garten der Seele“ und „Zirkus/Kommentar“, radioeins-Literaturagentin Marie Kaiser über „Serge“ von Yasmina Reza, ein Gespräch mit der Autorin Hanna Engelmeier zur Streaming-Veranstaltung aus dem ACUD-Studio "Ausschau nach Auswegen“, zudem sind weitere Gäste des Abends der Lyriker und Verleger Fabian Leonhard, Daniel Schreiber, Autor von „Allein“ und Singer-Songwriterin Desiree Klaeukens.

Ein Mann, der durch das Umstellen einer Weiche die größte Massenflucht in der Geschichte der DDR ermöglicht hat – mit Maxim Leo spricht in der Sendung über seine Idee zu seiner neuen Geschichte. Außerdem in der Sendung: Ein Gespräch mit Gregor Sander, der eine Petition gestartet hat, damit die Leipziger Buchmesse doch noch stattfindet. | Bücherliste und Themen: Interview mit Aufbau-Lektorin Friederike Schilbach über Tove Ditlevsens Roman „Gesichter“, Maxim Leos „Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstrasse“, Gregor Sander zu seiner Petition „Macht die Buchmesse auf! Wir wollen lesen“, die radioeins-Bücherliste, kommentiert von Kurt von Hammerstein (Buchhandlung Hundt, Hammer, Stein in Berlin-Mitte). Annett Gröschner über die beiden neuen Bücher von Alexander Kluge: „Das Buch der Kommentare – Unruhiger Garten der Seele“ und „Zirkus/Kommentar“, radioeins-Literaturagentin Marie Kaiser über „Serge“ von Yasmina Reza, ein Gespräch mit der Autorin Hanna Engelmeier zur Streaming-Veranstaltung aus dem ACUD-Studio "Ausschau nach Auswegen“, zudem sind weitere Gäste des Abends der Lyriker und Verleger Fabian Leonhard, Daniel Schreiber, Autor von „Allein“ und Singer-Songwriterin Desiree Klaeukens.

Sometimes I get fanciful and think the buildings speak. That all their history is locked into the walls and if you listened closely enough, you could hear all the people who'd once been there. Sigi lived upstairs from Sara at Friedrichstrasse 19, yet before they met, Sara had no idea that Berlin could be so thrillingly irreverent or that sex could be so intoxicatingly wonderful. But then came the war and hunger, loneliness and barbed wire. It was just as a young girl, a protegee of the Academy of Magical Arts situated in Friedrichstrasse at the start of the century, had predicted. Battered and divided, Berlin, like its people, endured. Hans yearns to be part of the boundary-breaking spirit of the age, but he's haunted by his mother's part in the war and the absence of a father. Ilse, who escaped from the East, wants nothing more than the freedom she risked her life for. In 1989 in a wild act of spontaneous joy, Heike leapt from the Wall into the arms of a stranger from the West. Thirty years later, she recognises that what she'd willed to be destiny was nothing more than naivety. Recently divorced, she moves into Friedrichstrasse, to begin a new life. But it's impossible not to hear the echoes of the secrets and lies, visions and misunderstandings, lost loves and fatal mistakes, that have come before her. Time-travelling between decades, through the interlocking lives of six people, Friedrichstrasse 19 relives the tumultuous experience of a city on the front line of history.

17 sierpnia 1920 roku na ulicach Katowic trwała jedna z kolejnych manifestacji przeciwko stacjonowaniu sprzyjającym Polakom oddziałom francuskim. Tego dnia jednak Francuzom puściły nerwy. Gdy tłum sforsował zasieki posterunku na Friedrichstrasse, żołnierze w błękitnych mundurach nie mieli wyboru. Kilka serii z karabinu położyło na bruku 10 niemieckich bojówkarzy. Podobno ktoś rzucił granat. (dźwięki a b) Pech chciał, że na Friedrichstrasse 6 mieszkał i miał swój gabinet dr Andrzej Mielęcki. Niemcy pobiegli pod adres znanego katowickiego lekarza. Polak nie Polak niech opatruje rannych. Gdy wracał po zapas opatrunków ktoś krzyknął że to przecież polski separatysta, że granat został rzucony z jego okna, ktoś pierwszy zadał cios nożem. Na ulicy doszło do linczu. Wezwano ambulans, ale ranny lekarz do szpitala nigdy nie dojechał. Pojazd został zatrzymany, rannego skatowano, a zmasakrowane ciało wrzucono do pobliskiej Rawy. Następnego dnia bojówkarze zdemolowali siedzibę polskiego komitetu plebiscytowego w Katowicach w hotelu „Deutsches Haus”, napadano na siedziby redakcji polskich gazet i sklepy, planowano atak na Polski Komisariat Plebiscytowy w Hotelu „Lomnitz”. W odpowiedzi na krwawe zajścia Dowództwo Główne Polskiej Organizacji Wojskowej Górnego Śląska, na czele którego stał Alfred Zgrzebniok ogłosiło wybuch II powstania śląskiego. Rozkaz do walki wydano 19 sierpnia.

In this episode of “D Sustainability Issue” Dessie welcomes Jasmin Huber, founder of the fashion rental platform WeDress Collective. Jasmin is an expert in sustainability, circular economy, and mindful consumption. She has more than 10 years of business experience - from finance to fashion tech. Jasmin wrote her bachelor thesis about sustainability in the European fashion industry and did a master in sustainability and responsible businesses. She's been working as a consultant and auditor at KPMG Austria, where she established the department circular economy. In March 2020 she founded WeDressCollective - a fashion rental platform with the vision to build an ecosystem where everyone can enjoy fashion in a sustainable way. With its peer-to-peer rental system, WeDress Collective allows for consuming fashion in a sustainable way, by giving you access to a wide range of clothes and accessories while reducing your environmental footprint. In this way, you can live out your love and passion for fashion without the negative side effects of traditional shopping. We recorded our interview about two months ago, and since Jasmin has relocated to Germany, where the company is currently expanding. WeDress's very first campaign (which is so, so great and I cannot wait to see more of) is launching soon - at their first ever WeDress Pop-up Live Experience! Where? In Berlin, Friedrichstrasse 67, from 23 to 29 September (11am - 8pm). Great fashion, panels, music, drinks, and friends are awaiting you - make sure hot to miss it if you are around! Also, use CODE DESSIE10 for 10% off your first order on https://www.wedresscollective.com/ Find WeDress Collective on Instagram here and Jasmin hereFor more sustainable fashion and mindfulness inspiration follow Dessie on Instagram here. Music credit: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesomeLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this week's Book Club podcast we anticipate the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Wall going up by talking to Iain MacGregor about his book Checkpoint Charlie: The Cold War, The Berlin Wall And The Most Dangerous Place On Earth. Iain takes Sam on a journey though how, and why, the Russians cut a city in half overnight; and why we let them. He describes how events in Tiananmen Square reached Friedrichstrasse. And how, as the Wall came down, a single British soldier did something that the Red Army never forgot. 

In this week's Book Club podcast we anticipate the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Wall going up by talking to Iain MacGregor about his book Checkpoint Charlie: The Cold War, The Berlin Wall And The Most Dangerous Place On Earth. He tells me how, and why, the Russians cut a city in half overnight; and why we let them. He describes how events in Tiananmen Square reached Friedrichstrasse. And how, as the Wall came down, a single British soldier did something that the Red Army never forgot. 

Checkpoint Charlie can be found on the map here. Experience the story of Checkpoint Charlie, one of the Berlin border crossings in operation during the cold war. You can find the sight, a replica of one of the original buildings at the corner of Zimmerstrasse and Friedrichstrasse on a busy street lined with tall buildings, cafes, and offices. The sight is located in the center of Berlin in the Mitte district and can be reached by walking from the nearest train stations of U-bahn Kochstr/ Checkpoint Charlie, or U-bahn Stadtmitte. The location is nearby to the center at Potsdamer Platz. The area surrounding Checkpoint Charlie is the location of many other sites, including the Wall Museum - Checkpoint Charlie, a preserved section of the Berlin Wall, and Topography of Terror is nearby. 

- ICUs - NYE - Car free Friedrichstrasse - U5 - Rail traffic S45: The S-Bahn only runs between BER Airport - Terminal 1-2 - Altglienicke and Baumschulenweg - Südkreuz (the Baumschulenweg - Südkreuz section will be cancelled as of December 13, 22:00 hrs). In addition, a rail replacement service with buses will be established. These will operate as follows: Grünbergallee (Ewaldstraße) - Altglienicke - Grünau (Bruno-Taut-Straße) - Adlershof - Johannisthal (stop only in the direction of Baumschulenweg/Sonnenallee) - Schöneweide - Baumschulenweg (Glanzstraße). From December 13th, 22.00 hrs, the buses stop in Baumschulenweg (under the bridge), then continue in the direction of Köllnische Heide - Sonnenallee (stop in Sonnenallee - same as bus M41). Between the stops Baumschulenweg to Südkreuz the S-Bahn leaves three to five minutes earlier. In the opposite direction from Südkreuz to Baumschulenweg the train leaves five minutes earlier. S46: The line runs between Königs Wusterhausen - Grünau and Baumschulenweg - Südkreuz/Westend (the Baumschulenweg - Westend section will be discontinued as of December 13, 22:00 hrs). A rail replacement service has been set up. These stations will be served: Grünau (P+R parking lot) - Adlershof - Johannisthal (stop only in the direction of Baumschulenweg/Sonnenallee) - Schöneweide - Baumschulenweg (Glanzstraße). From 13 December, 22.00 hrs., stop in Baumschulenweg (under the bridge). Continue to Köllnische Heide and Sonnenallee (stop in Sonnenallee - same as bus M41). S47: Does not operate at all. Alternative traffic between the following stops: Spindlersfeld - bus stop "Bärenlauchstraße" (stop for S-Bahn Oberspree) - bus stop "Bruno-Bürgel-Weg" (stop for S-Bahn Oberspree) - Schöneweide - bus stop "Baumschulenstraße/Köpenicker Landstraße" (stop for S-Bahn Baumschulenweg) - Plänterwald (Köpenicker Landstraße). S8: Alternative traffic with buses between the stops Grünau (P+R parking lot) - Adlershof - Johannisthal (stop only in direction Baumschulenweg) - Schöneweide - Baumschulenweg (Glanzstraße). S9: The S-Bahn runs between BER Airport - Terminal 1-2 and Altglienicke. Please take the S3 between Ostkreuz and Spandau or the S5 between Ostkreuz and Spandau. A rail replacement service is available between the following stops: Airport BER - Terminal 1-2 (long-distance bus parking B5, stops B15-B17) - Airport BER - Terminal 5 (RVS stop between P51 and P52) - Adlershof - Schöneweide - Baumschulenweg (Glanzstraße) - does not operate on the nights Fr/Sa and Sa/So between 0.30 and 3.30 am. Between the stops Grünbergallee and Altglienicke the S45, the S9 and the replacement bus service run almost parallel. In night traffic, the S9 from Altglienicke to Airport BER - Terminal 5 leaves five minutes earlier. Between the stops Grünau - Adlershof - Johannisthal the S-Bahn runs every 20 or 30 minutes. There is a shuttle service between the following stations: Baumschulenweg - Treptower Park with change in Plänterwald (every 10 minutes). In Treptower Park, changing from the shuttle train to the S42 / S8 / S85 in the direction of Ostkreuz requires a change of platform (the station is barrier-free). Between the stops Grünau - Adlershof - Johannisthal the shuttle train and the replacement bus service run almost parallel. In Johannisthal, the shuttle stops only in the direction of Baumschulenweg/Sonnenallee. Passengers from Baumschulenweg to Johannisthal are requested to take the shuttle train to Adlershof and from there to use the shuttle train. For passengers from Johannisthal in the direction of Adlershof/Grünau the shuttle train is available. Between Baumschulenweg and Plänterwald the shuttle train and the replacement bus service for the S47 run almost parallel. Passengers to the airport BER - Terminal 1-2 also use FEX, RE 7 or RB 14 from Ostkreuz. ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/?page_id=6

- Breitscheidplatz - Arson - Mitte infections - Friedrichstrasse ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/?page_id=6 Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com

- Tests for all? - Meals for the homeless - VAT reductions - Friedrichstrasse ** Please check out the show notes for the links to our sources. Donate: https://www.berlinbriefing.de/?page_id=6 Twitter: @berlinbriefing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerlinBriefing/ Mail: berlinbriefing@gmail.com

Maisie, Dan and Joel meet at Gendarmenmarkt Christmas market to catch up on the news. Berlin's advertising boards are full of complaints by companies against the city government. Airbnb is demanding that bureaucracy more efficiently approve its hosts' applications. Do they expect citizens to care? The revolutionary rent freeze law has been passed, meaning our rents can't be increased for the next five years. Investors continue to buy up property. The SPD's new leftish national leadership wants to copy Berlin's law in other German cities. Pedestrian deaths are up a lot this year: 23 people have died so far after being hit by cars - a 60% increase. The local Green party has made it one of its policies to phase cars out of the inner city. Friedrichstrasse will go car-free for three months next summer. Berlin finally starting to control the fireworks madness on New Year's Eve. Want some peace and quiet this Silvester? Go to Alexanderplatz, which is one of only two places where fireworks have been officially banned. Want a Christmas tree but don’t want to kill a living entity? You can rent a living tree for €20, and get €10 back if you return it in good condition. See you next year for our live recording on January 26 at the Comedy Cafe Berlin!

Ett barn kvar på andra sidan. Murrester i en påse. Ett nedlagt kollektivjordbruk med konst. Kvaddade Trabanter. En gammal mamma som gråter över DDR. I maj var det som vanligt, muren stod där den stått i snart 28 år, sen augusti 1961. I min väninnas lägenhet på Stresemannstrasse luktade det terpentin. Hennes man var konstnär, målade stort i olja och innan han blev utköpt och fått lämna DDR hade han druckit kopiösa mängder sprit och hackat sönder sina målningar med kniv. Men nu var de båda i Väst-Berlin. Min väninna hade kommit över så sent som 1987 och varit tvungen att lämna kvar en 10-årig dotter där på andra sidan. För mig som turist var det lätt att korsa muren, åka S-bahn till Friedrichstrasse, gå genom en förstelnad passkontroll med eventuell visitation men för mina vänner var det omöjligt, hade man en gång lämnat DDR och delar av sin familj kunde man aldrig återvända. Ville man träffas fick man åka till Prag fast man i praktiken bodde 2 kilometer från varandra. Sönderslagna portar blev en symbol för frihet tidigt 90-tal. Min väninna klagade över den obefintliga barnomsorgen i Väst, den hade varit bättre i Öst. Strax intill muren i Kreuzberg låg i alla fall en Kindergarten där en punkare med rosa hår och fimp i munnen tog emot lille Ferdinand, 6 år. Jag som tvångsmässigt rest till Berlin hela åttiotalet för att gå på klubbar i gamla pissoarer där bleka håglöst drack blåa drinkar klockan tre på natten lärde mig se ett annat Berlin genom min väninnas ögon. Jag hade besökt henne då hon fortfarande bodde i Öst-Berlin, i en sliten våning i Prenzlauer Berg där hyran hade legat still i decennier på 40 mark. All rappning hade fallit bort från fasaderna och senare när muren fallit, blev hela denna stadsdel en tillflyktsort för konstnärer från hela Europa, lägenheterna var svårt förfallna, ägarförhållandena oklara, och alla portar som slutits minutiöst under DDR-tiden så människor inte skulle kunna spontanbesöka varandra och konspirera mot staten, de var sönderslagna. Telefonerna hade bara fungerat sporadiskt i DDR, sa min väninna, dessutom kunde de vara avlyssnade. Sönderslagna portar blev en symbol för frihet tidigt 90-tal. Mannen som inklädd indiankostym brukat skjuta pilbåge på innergården om söndagarna. Borta. Men nu var det fortfarande maj 1989, världen var statisk, och om den började luckras upp i kanterna genom Gorbatjov så märktes det ännu inte i Berlin, så jag åkte hem till Sverige men  framåt hösten tittade jag upp från några nattsvarta romaner och såg att människor klättrade på muren och slog på den med små hammare. Någon skulle senare skriva att det var första gången människor i realtid kunde se sig agera på tv. Jag vet inte, vad tänkte jag, att världen som vi mindes den, var förfluten nu. Att min väninna äntligen kunde träffa sin lilla dotter som blivit kvar i  DDR nu när muren var borta. Nästa gång jag reste till Berlin berättade hon att hon i arkiven hittat dokument som visade att hennes far, som varit en framstående arkitekt i DDR, hade angivit henne för Stasi. Jag köpte en liten murskärva i en plastpåse. Mina svenska vänner flyttade in i ett koleldat hus på Sontagsstrasse i Friedrichhein i öst. Vart de gamla hyresgästerna hade tagit vägen visste ingen. Mannen som inklädd indiankostym brukat skjuta pilbåge på innergården om söndagarna. Borta. De var vana vid Trabanter och kunde inte hantera hastigheten i västbilarna. Sen försvann hela DDR. Gick upp i återföreningen. Min väninnas mamma som älskade DDR skrev brev till sin dotter dagen då två länder blev ett. Hon skrev att gatorna i Öst-Berlin kantades av människor som grät. Hon tror att det är så, sa min väninna, hon ser dem verkligen, annars skulle ju hela hennes liv vara förspillt. Väninnan och hennes man köpte sedermera ett kollektivjordbruk på gamla DDR-landsbygden för att få mer plats för konsten. Utmed de bristfälligt asfalterade vägarna låg hav av blommor och vissnade. Hon sa att många av de unga östtyska männen hade kört in i träd och förolyckats. De var vana vid Trabanter och kunde inte hantera hastigheten i västbilarna. Sen åkte vi till ett flygfält där Tysklands första flygare Otto Lilienthal hade störtat. Där stod ett Interflugplan uppställt där par gillade att gifta sig. Ostalgin hade börjat. Katarina Wikars katarina.wikars@sverigesradio.se

På lördag 9 november 2019 är det 30 år sedan Berlinmuren föll. Fronten har varit i Berlin och besökt murmuseet på Friedrichstrasse bredvid Checkpoint Charlie. Och självklart tittat närmare på en del av Berlinmuren.

You are listening to the audio track of a video interview. Find the video here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/my-fashionary-com-connects-online-and-offline-fashion/ In this interview, we talk to Beatrix v. Winterfeldt-Heuser, co-founder of My-Fashionary, management consultant and mother of two. My-Fashionary.com is a fashion platform where you can find independent designers, who design premium fashion you won’t find anywhere on the high street. Since the designers and the brands are not known yet they decided to combine online and offline fashion. For example, did they have a pop-up store in Berlin’s Friedrichstrasse at the beginning of 2018. My-Fashionary just did a pivot. Before they have been a platform for high-end fashion boutiques, which did not work. They even worked with external developers and had to throw everything into the bin at for a re-launch. Now you can buy high-end fashion form the designers directly via their platform, cutting out the middle (wo)men and enable unknown designers to build up a customer base. They now work with a unique way of social selling they developed. “People get bored by the always similar high street shopping experience. It is always the same whether you are in London, Singapore, Berlin or Frankfurt” “If you don’t know it will work, work with bootstrapped stuff, that already exists” You can learn more about their pop-up store in Düsseldorf here with this behind-the-scenes video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KByEAU73qg You can learn more about the company here: https://my-fashionary.com/ Or follow their Instagram account for inspirations: https://www.instagram.com/my_fashionary/ https://www.instagram.com/p/-kSCt1ipsU/ Or YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGhQPbP_W3cdhuYIYYwECJA Folge direkt herunterladen

Ein Klassiker aus der Friedrichstrasse, den am besten die Leute verstehen, die damals dabei waren. Alle Anderen dürfen ihn aber auch gerne anhören... ;-)

Ein Klassiker aus der Friedrichstrasse, den am besten die Leute verstehen, die damals dabei waren. Alle Anderen dürfen ihn aber auch gerne anhören... ;-)

Ein Klassiker aus der Friedrichstrasse, den am besten die Leute verstehen, die damals dabei waren. Alle Anderen dürfen ihn aber auch gerne anhören... ;-)

Berlin Game -Len Deighton - Spybrary Book Club Edition   Spybrary listeners voted overwhelmingly for Berlin Game to be the first spy book to be discussed in our first ever book club Spybrary edition. Listen to an in-depth conversation on this spy classic with Spybrary host Shane Whaley, Deighton expert Rob Mallows and newcomer to Len Deighton's work but not the spy genre Peter Newman. WARNING - Please do not listen to the Berlin Game Book Club edition of Spybrary if you have not read the book. Unlike other episodes of the Spybrary Spy Podcast this episode if full of Berlin Game spoilers. It is a book club edition so we cover lots of aspects of the book including many of the twists and turns.   Spybrary Host Shane Whaley claims that this is one of the top 3 spy books ever written, if not the best! 'Not just a multi-layered spy novel but also a love letter from Len Deighton to Berlin' he says. Rob Mallows says Berlin Game is the book that got him hooked on Len Deighton. Peter Newman delivers a fresh approach as this was his first time reading Berlin Game. What did our panel think of the plot, the characters, the writing, the conclusion? Tune in to find out! 'Fleming made spy fiction globally popular, but it took Deighton in the Sixties with novels such as The IPCRESS File to make it hip. His finest work, though, came later, in the Eighties, with this trilogy (completed by Mexico Set and London Match) about the disillusioned SIS agent Bernard Samson. Less exuberant than his early books but more subtle, Berlin Game is a terrific feat of plotting that out-le-Carrés le Carré in its sardonic portrait of Secret Service office politics. Tarantino (who had Max Cherry read a copy in Jackie Brown) should hurry up and film it, like he said he would.' Jake Kerridge - The Telegraph.   Notable Quotes from Berlin Game by Len Deighton 'How long have we been sitting here?’ I said. I picked up the field glasses and studied the bored young American soldier in his glass-sided box. ‘Nearly a quarter of a century,’ said Werner Volkmann. His arms were resting on the steering wheel and his head was slumped on them. ‘That GI wasn’t even born when we first sat here waiting for the dogs to bark.’ Bernard Samson ----- 'Do you know some quiet restaurant where they have sausage and potatoes and good Berlin beer?’ ‘I know just the place, Bernie. Straight up Friedrichstrasse, under the railway bridge at the S-Bahn station and it’s on the left. On the bank of the Spree: Weinrestaurant Ganymed.’ ‘Very funny,’ I said. Between us and the Ganymed there was a wall, machine guns, barbed wire, and two battalions of gun-toting bureaucrats.'

Famosa não só pela Galeria Lafayette, a antiga "rua da bebedeira" abriga história, teatros e proporciona acontecimentos a parte para quem visita Berlim.

En la Friedrichstrasse de Berlín se puede disfrutar en pocos metros de todas las facetas de la capital alemana: emplazamientos históricos, escenarios culturales y templos del consumo.

Hur påverkar stadsbilden de som bor där och kan kulturen förändra något på djupet? Kosmo går på Berlinbiennalen som vill förändra världen, besöker Tirana, Albaniens huvudstad, där konstnären och borgmästaren lät måla om stadens fasader, möter aktivisten som tar bort rasistiska budskap i stadsbilden och går på stadsvandring i stadsdelen Queens i New York. En konstutställning som väckt stor uppmärksamhet långt innan den öppnade är årets konstbiennal i Berlin. Utställningen som har fått titeln Forget Fear har som ambition att inte bara spegla samtiden utan också gripa in i och förändra den. Kuratorn och konstnären Artur Zmijewski proklamerade att biennalen inte skulle ställa frågor utan ge svar. När utställningen öppnades lät man olika Occupy-rörelser hålla i presskonferensen och de uppmanade journalisterna att propagera för en bättre värld och ifrågasätta det kapitaliska systemet. Kosmos Mårten Arndtzén har tittat närmare på ett av projekten, som förändrar stadsrummet på ett högst handgripligt sätt. Konstnären Nadja Prlja låter bygga en mur mitt över Friedrichstrasse där det rika och fattiga Berlin möts. 2000 valdes konstnären Edi Rama till borgmästare i Albaniens huvudstad Tirana. Staden var förfallen och efter kommunismens sammanbrott rådde totalt kaos, mark hade annekterats och svartbyggen hade poppat upp över hela staden. Edi rama lät riva svartbyggena, återintog parkerna och bjöd in konstnärer för att måla om stadens gråa fasader. Edi Rama blev internationellt uppmärksammad och fick flera utmärkelser, bland annat utvald till världens bästa borgmästare 2004. Men Edi Rama har också fått kritik för att han mer brytt sig om stadens yta än dess innehåll. Frilansjournalisten Karine Mannerfelt har återvänt till Tirana och träffat Edi Rama för att hur han ser på relationen konst och politik. I Berlin finns också Irmela Mensah-Schramm, en pensionerad lärare som i 25 år har gjort det till sin livsuppgift att ta bort rasistiska budskap i stadsbilden. Beväpnad med sprayfärg och skrapkniv har hon rensat sin hemstad Berlin och andra platser i Europa från klistermärken och klotter som har rasistiska, antisemitiska och homofoba budskap. För att visa folk vad hon hittar arrangerar hon sen utställningar runt om i Europa. En av de senaste hade hon i stadshuset i Kreuzberg, Berlin. Frilansjournalisten Daniel Breece följde med henne ut på stan. På Guggenheimmuseet i New York pågår just nu ett projekt där man besöker staden New Yorks fem buroughs: Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Staten Island och Queens. På varje ställe har konstnärer, arkitekter eller musiker fått i uppgift att skapa still spots - stilla platser i den brusande staden. Vår kulturkorrespondent Gunnar Bolin har träffat curatorn David van der Leer på ett av hans projekt ute på stan närmare bestämt i Jackson Heights i Queens. Programledare: Cecilia Blomberg Producent: Marie Liljedahl

One of Berlin's main transit node. Heavy trains, trucks and trams. Einer der groessten Verkehrsknotenpunkte Berlins. Schwere Züge, Lkws und Strassenbahnen.

Activities of every kind fill the main hall. People on the move, dishes being stacked, groceries getting scanned...Only small sonic interludes make note of the heavy machinery rolling overhead. Life in complete and utter transition. Aktivitaeten aller Art fuellen die Bahnhofshalle. Menschen bewegen sich, Geschirr wird gestapelt, Einkaeufe werden gescannt...Nur kleine klanglichen Intermezzi weisen auf die schwere Mechanik, die oben vorbeirollt. Das Leben im staendigen Uebergang.