March 2012
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Loxx 2: The Sequel
Our favourite thing to do in Berlin just got favouriter! The nerds behind Loxx Miniature Railway are forever adding new bits to their tiny version of Berlin, but this time they’ve surpassed themselves. They’ve added a mini Bundestag with a stage in front, from which some of the most iconic speeches in Berlin’s history are…
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Music Montag: Pan-Pot
The new compilation from Berlin-based DJ/production team Pan-Pot comes complete with an hour-long documentary… HEY, WAKE UP! The film skips over the usual pitfalls of melodrama (Berlin Calling), hysteria (It’s All Gone Pete Tong) and tediousness (everything else about dance music, ever), mainly because its protagonists are so likeable. The duo, who take their name…
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Daily Deutsch Doodle: Ich habe die Nase voll
by Clairikine Daily Deutsch Doodles are a series of illustrations based on contributions to the #dailydeutsch Twitter hashtag, aimed at helping people trying to learn German. Ich habe die Nase voll by Clairikine is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 France (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). 2 Responses to “Daily Deutsch Doodle: Ich habe die Nase…
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ICC Berlin
We loved last week’s ITB Berlin travel trade show, not least because of the venue. We may not have blagged free flights to New Zealand, but we did come away with photos of the Internationales Congress Centrum (ICC) – which rivals Berlin’s TV Tower for retro-futuristic awesomeness. Check it out! 4 Responses to “ICC Berlin”…
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Win money off your next holiday! Just tell us where to go…
[EDIT: This competition is now closed. Congratulations to imaginary_lines, who suggested we travel to Dubrovnik, Croatia, and won themselves a €75 voucher to redeem against their next Wimdu booking. You can browse all of the competition entries on our Pinterest page.] Wimdu, a website for booking private accommodation all over the world, have given us a…