Drinking in the street
Coming from a country with strict licensing laws, particularly about where you can and can not drink, I first found the idea of people wandering down the street with a…
Coming from a country with strict licensing laws, particularly about where you can and can not drink, I first found the idea of people wandering down the street with a…
One of the interesting things about the U-bahn and S-bahn system in Berlin is the differences between stations. Many have coloured tiles specific to that station, while yesterday I came…
It’s 36Juxtaposed between tags and graffiti you often find skillful and technically expressive artworks like this one spotted in Kreuzberg. This by London based artist Jimmy C. More details here.…
End of the lineBecause it was so cold, Tracey and I decided to stay on the U2 to the end of the line at U Ruhleben. For much of the…
"The Pink Man" is a mural by the Italian street artist ‘Blu’. Painted in 2007, it is at the western end of the Oberbaum Bridge in Kreuzberg. The five storey…
I was looking for a large hourglass mural by the artist Blu, however I suspect it has since been replaced by these two (the hourglass seems to have been where…
Gendarmenmarket, Berlin. To the right is the French Cathedral and to the left the Berlin Concert hall or Konzerthaus. It is named after the cuirassier (cavalry) regiment Gens d’Armes, which…
Peaceful scene on the Landwehr Canal, Berlin. For those of a historical bent, it was into this canal that Rosa Luxemburg's body was dumped after she was murdered by the…
Police brace for violence at May 1st demos - The LocalIn Australia, the May Day public holiday is normally celebrated by a day off, marches by the union movement, and…
Alias is a street artist who moved from Hamburg to berlin where he has achieved quite a reputation for his stencil work. In particular he places his work with relevance,…