Tag: Christmas
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Ding dong! Win LOADS of Berlin Swag in our Big Christmas Giveaway
Category: Misc[EDIT: this competition is now closed. Click here to see if we’re running any open competitions]
Check this out! As a thank you to all our loyal readers and fans, we’re giving away LOADS of Berlin swag this Christmas. Lots of kind folk have contributed to a grand prize that is worth nearly €250 (!) and includes: exclusive überlin merchandise, t-shirts from local designers, a luxury cheese and wine gift box, and some other lovely stuff produced here in the Haupstadt. Scroll down for full details of this epic prize, and to find out how to get your hands on it. Good luck, little elves!
The grand prize in full (worth nearly €250!)
1 x cheese & wine gift box from GiftsforEurope.com. This bestseller includes three distinct Primello cheeses – fresh cheese in elegant roll form with salmon, pineapple, and pepper – a gorgeous red wine from Château des Tourtes, tangy Japanese crackers, and nuts.
IMPORTANT NOTE: we can only get this prize shipped to these EU countries – if you win, and live somewhere else, you’ll just have to send the gift box to some lucky European!
1 x überlin t-shirt lovingly hand-printed here in Berlin by Mother Drucker, in our classic white-on-black colourway. Exclusive – you can’t even buy these yet!
1 x überlin tote bag – another exclusive!
1 x t-shirt from AKA, the place we got our matching überlin tattoos. This Philippe Fernandez anatomical heart print is only available in the AKA store in Berlin!
1 x either: Bowie t-shirt or Björk t-shirt from SAY IT. Your choice of a tee featuring the most famous Berlin expat, or – for the ladies – a tank top inspired by our favourite ice queen, both hand-printed here in the city.
1 x 2013 calendar featuring panoramic streetviews of Berlin, created by Panorama Streetline and published by archimap.
1 x Notes of Berlin book. Joab Nist of the fabulous blog Notes of Berlin has collected his favourite witty, pretty and sometimes crazy notes submitted by locals, into a book. Read more about it here.
1 x music DVD from Berlin-based “queen of electronic soul” Billie Ray Martin, “Five Takes (A Song About Andy)”, in 8 panel deluxe silver metallic packaging.
2 x free tickets for C/O Berlin photographic centre, for when you’re next in town and feel like seeing some inspirational images.
1 x set of beautiful greetings cards from Berlin-based illustrator Petal to Petal, featuring exquisite hand-drawn snowflake designs.
How to win (it’s easy!)
Just tell us what you’d buy überlin for Christmas. Find the perfect gift for any or all of us – James, Zoë, Olive, Iggy and Otis – and we’ll pick our favourite. Be creative, and be generous – remember, we’re giving you something worth about €250!
Enter by posting a comment below, by 6pm on Christmas Eve. We’ll announce the winner our Facebook page on Christmas Day, and send out the prize shortly thereafter.
So has Santa got a bunch of Berlin swag in his sack for you? Find out by entering our Big Christmas Giveaway NOW!
The Boring Bit (yawn, RULES):
1. You must be 18 years or older to enter.
2. The cheese & wine gift box from GiftsforEurope.com can only be shipped to these EU countries – if you win, and live somewhere else, you’ll just have to send the gift box to some lucky European!
3. You have until 6pm (Berlin time) on Monday 24th December to enter.
4. We will announced the winners via our Facebook page on Tuesday 25th December. -
Voodoo Market
Category: See & Do
Try as we might, we just can’t get into the traditional Christmas market spirit. Sure the food and drink (Glühwein!) is great, but the stuff on sale is either crafty, or just plain crappy, and the vibe is just too… merry. Maybe we’re being Grinchy, but we’d rather spend our snowy Saturdays at one of Berlin’s many alternative Weihnachtsmarkts – like Holy Shit Shopping or, last weekend’s highlight, Voodoo Market.
Billed as “not your ordinary fleamarket“, this was our first chance to explore the new Urban Spree space at Warschauer Strasse, and catch up with some of our favourite Berlin people. We saw the studio where Mother Drucker printed up our überlin merchandise (on sale soon!), Linsey from VentureVillage getting tattooed by the AKA lot, SAY IT selling their geometric Bowie and Björk t-shirts and Josh Bauman, who was as stoked as we were about the response to our “How to Survive a Berlin Winter” collaboration. Other highlights included Berlin Cakes’ delicious cupcakes and Chop Chop Graphics, who were letting people print their own t-shirts and tote bags.
Stay tuned to Voodoo Market’s Facebook Page to find out about their upcoming events.
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Merry GIFmas!
Category: Photos
4 Responses to “Merry GIFmas!”
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Looks great. Lovely triple-retro wooden Russian gif Holiday Card.
Merry, happy, frohes Christmas.
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Zoe says:
Danke! You auch!
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Dad says:
Your card inspired me to reflect on the fact that ‘Save Stalin’ is an anagram of ‘Santa lives’. Actually, the Russia celebrate don’t celebrate Christmas until Jan 6th so you’ve got a bit of a wait. Lots of love, Dad.
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Gidsy Gingerbread House
Category: PhotosZoë may have missed her office Christmas party (our flight home was somehow snowed in from afar) and I don’t have an office as such, but we still managed to enjoy not one, but two, work dos this weekend. We were among the lucky few to get invites to Soundcloud’s slamming Christmas bash (thanks again Natalie!) and then spent a civilised Saturday drinking vintage cocktails and making a gingerbread house courtesy of Gidsy, Etsy and Airbnb. Our house may not have been the most structurally sound (I blame the classic gin cocktails) but it certainly was the most… distinctive? Whether you’re looking forward to your office party, or are still recovering from it – Merry Christmas!
3 Responses to “Gidsy Gingerbread House”
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Papa says:
vonderbarr !!
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that’s the best gingerbread house i’ve seen, ever. — merry christmas!
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Zoe says:
Thanks! Merry Christmas to both of you!
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