Today we went to Berlin’s best flee market, MauerPark Flea Market. It opens every week on Sunday. Thousands of people came to bargain, grill, eat waffles and corn and watch street performers.
I tried quark, flavored cheese curd, for the first time. It’s tasted like a mix between Greek yogurt and sour creme. It was great chilled because of the hot temperature outside.
After, we went to see Berlin’s Carnival of Cultures. It was madness. The streets were flooded with people, vendors and a parade procession celebrating Berlin’s diverse population. Everyone seemed to have a beer or sausage in hand.
I was content with a pretzel.
David Chipperfield
Restoration of Neues Museum, Berlin
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Bürgerpark Pankow #berlin #pankow #germany (Wurde mit Instagram in Bürgerpark Pankow aufgenommen.)
Here are a few snaps from our alternative tour lead by Leo who we stayed with in Berlin. Most of the photos are of Kunsthaus Tacheles, which is an old derelict building occupied by artists with a very interesting history. It originated as a Jewish department store and I wont try to relay all the information I learnt on the tour, but worth an internet search for sure. The building is covered in graffiti and inside there are different rooms and levels where artists display their work, most of the photos here were quickly snapped so they aren’t great, but maybe give you a little idea of what it’s like inside.
There are a few other photos at the East Side Gallery and one of a great piece done by the graffiti artist BLU, which takes up the entire side of a building. A great video on YouTube to check out is MUTO by BLU.
Berlin was definitely somewhere I need to go back to and explore in more depth, there was so much to see there and it feels so young because of the Berlin wall. Exciting stuff.
Lucca x
#Bellydance today at the #KarnevalderKulturen in #Berlin #Germany #festival #beauty (Taken with Instagram at Karneval Der Kulturen)
11:55am in Kreuzberg, Berlin
Vodka with raspberries to prepare us for the day.
