On Saturday I got up nice and early for a walk through Berlin. The winter wonderland has melted and it seems we moved straight on to Spring. So, I went to soak up some sun. Berlin was strangely empty. Except for a few joggers here and there, there were simply no people.
I saw a whole bunch of smashed in windows, many closed shops and really bad graffiti tags just exploded. The usual street art spots didn’t seem to have anything new to offer but there was still a lot to see on the way.
At nine sharp the construction workers got busy and I made it to Hackescher Markt. Never have I seen Haus Schwarzenberg without any other people.
Did I get a bit trigger happy? You bet. Which reminds me, I promised a post on Haus Schwarzenberg before; it’s about time. When you will be able to visit again, this is a great place to spot some street art. Plus, you’ll find many popular artists there.
There was a lot of chicken steet art. Can someone please explain that to me?
My walk through Berlin continued to the train station of Hackescher Markt. From there you can just follow the direction of the S-Bahn to Alexanderplatz.
The old arches under the train tracks are full of great street art. Technically they host lots of fun places to eat, too. The side streets of the tourist traps, so to speak. The flair around there is really nice, especially in the later hours of the day.
The project It’s time to dance goes back to 2012. I am not sure which year they appeared on these walls but there are plenty of paste-ups still in great condition. (You will see more soon.)
Chill mal Berlin have been really busy lately.
There is so much to discover on these bricks, I could fill all week with these photos.
Every hotel that considers itself top-notch has a Buddy Bear these days.
A plane hit the TV Tower. Kinda.
A great walk through Berlin also deserves a Bánh Mì. (I have developed a serious dependency on Vietnamese Rolls in Australia and it took almost three years to find this place!)
After lunch time, people were flocking to the streets in the nice weather and it felt really noisy and crowded. Taking a walk certainly clears your head and I wasn’t ready for those crowds.
Do you dare to sit down?
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Alexanderplatz and the Seasons
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If you made it this far, I’ll throw in more street art.
Good old Struwwelpeter
Have a happy Hump Day! We’ve got this.
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You had me at Bánh Mì. Thanks for the stroll.
Oh damn, I should have you at the first one! At least I got you in the end 😉
What a wonderful walk ! Thank you !
Pleasure! It was a nice change of scenerey considering I spend most of my day infront of a screen … More walks are needed urgently 🙂
The Strewwelpeter one is good
Do you know about the original book? There is an English translation … While I grew up with it, today people consider it outdated pedagogy … Erm … There is some pretty bad stuff happening, a lot of the kids die of inattentiveness, looking at clouds or overeating, but none of us kids dared to do any of the things in that book 😉
No, I don’t think I have known about this previously. I’ve just been reading about it. Old fashioned (1845) but effective way of teaching children morals. It seemed to work for you. I was taught morals in a different way but just as effectively.
Good on you. This kind of ols school teaching does for years of therapy these days …
I started school in 1959. Things were a little bit different then!
You would know, no matter which side of the iron curtain. Things were different 🙂
Are you from the former DDR?
Oh yes. Pioneer and everything! It is odd for me sometimes when people share old toys and all… Here and there I mention it but never a lot. I was in my late 20s when I was in my first ball pit! I still run into odd situations here and there but generally I’m coping okay 🙂
Not sure what you mean by ‘ball pit’ something lost in translation there maybe. Do you mean awkward situations that still arise now because of your childhood upbringing and social & political conditioning?
Oh, I actually meant a structure filled with colorful plastic balls to play in 😉 As a teenager I felt deprived of that … but there are indeed odd moments that arise because of my conditioning! When you meet new people in Berlin you can tell 95% of the time if they grew up in the West or East. It’s a way they carry themselves or the values they have.
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What a fun walk! Still amazed at the variety of wonderful street art. I had to google Struwwelpeter as I had never heard of it. I always enjoy learning something new here! 🙂
Yeah, I made you learn something! I google stuff too when I come odd across things on other blogs. It’s a fun way of learning random stuff. The book made a real impact. There are still books today inspired by it!
Lulu: “We had to read that little sign twice because the first time we thought it said ‘Wear your FAKE mask properly’, which confused us a bit!”
That’s alright Lulu. I was confused by the whole picture …
🎵Uber-Hoff, Uber-Hoff, flies around then sings some stuff … 🎵
Ha ha, amazing. You’re hired!
Why so desolate I wonder? But great you had the streets to yourself to meander along, no need to socially distance from anyone, just take it all in, along with a lot of pictures as well. I didn’t get the chicken art either Jeanine. But since the chicken looks like it is about to cross the road, does it have something to do with the age-old question/answer: “Why did the chicken cross the road?” “To get to the other side of course!”
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Since everything is closed, there is really nowhere to go … Some of the late shops double up as bakeries but with no people around, even most of them were closed til lunch time. It does look a bit sad at times!
I think I saw some pictures in big cities here like San Francisco or Chicago at the beginning of the pandemic – it was like a ghost town. I forgot the stores were all closed there.
It’s a bit weird at times. Slowly people are going bonkers!
Winter is bad for that and I just read a story earlier today about how relationships are suffering from too much togetherness for those couples where both work from home, plus they have kids remote learning.
Oh Linda … you pretty much summed it up 😉 The first months it was wonderful to spend so much time together … Now, erm … 🙂
I get it and I live alone. 🙂
Very insightful photos dear bekitschig.
Oh thank you so much! Not everyone gets what I do here … you always do! Thank you my friend x
You know that I’m in harmony with your kind of love.💓👌