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  • MORE free tickets for Campus Party Europe!

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    James Glazebrook
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    Campus Party Europe infographicSo many people entered our last giveaway of Campus Party Europe tickets that the kind Campuseros decided to allocate us some more.

    Simply click here and fill in your deets to enter a raffle for one of 30 (!) free tickets to what no-one but us is calling Geekapalooza 2012. You have until midnight on August 3rd.

    With over 600 hours of creative computery content, we won’t even try to sum up what’s so great about CPE Berlin – except that there’s going to be… ROBOTS! HACKING! A GAMING STADIUM! and (my favourites) MUSIC and SOCIAL MEDIA!

    Go to the Campus Party website for more details, but, trust us, you need this in your life. Enter our ticket giveaway, and maybe we’ll see you in the learning pit!

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  • Playlist: Best of the Berlin Festival 2012

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    James Glazebrook
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    Is it too early to get excited about the Berlin Festival? Butbutbut… the line-up this year is actually pretty good! Gone are the Britpop hasbeens of 2011, and in their place are the hottest young indie-dance crossover bands, cutting-edge electronica, and a clutch of homegrown talent. The German scene is well-represented this year, by The Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble, Digitalism, Raop (Rap + Pop) group Cro, and new blood Frittenbude and Etnik – as well as Berlin’s own Modeselektor, Dumme Jungs, I Heart Sharks and Paul Kalkbrenner.

    All of that, plus Little Dragon, Grimes, SBTRKT, Orbital AND MORE will make for some difficult choices, but you will definitely find me front-and-centre when Sigur Rós hit the Tempelhof stage, with tears streaming down my stupid emo face. In order to get you as prematurely excited as I am, I’ve compiled a Spotify Playlist: Best of the Berlin Festival 2012 containing some of the guaranteed highlights. Click to listen or grab the link – and GET YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR!

    Berlin Festival 2012
    7th – 8th September
    Flughafen Tempelhof, Berlin
    berlinfestival.de

    7 Responses to “Playlist: Best of the Berlin Festival 2012”

    1. Björk, DJ Shadow and Tomahawk confirm for Berlin Festival 2013!uberlin says:
      April 1, 2013 at 12:26 pm

      […] out more visit the Berlin Festival website. And listen to our highlights of last year’s festival here. Published: March 26, 2013 Filed Under: Music Tags: Berlin Festival : Björk : Tomahawk […]

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    2. Sarah1976 says:
      July 4, 2012 at 9:59 am

      Do you know if they publish projected start times for the various acts anywhere? I’m actually going to be in Berlin for an expat blogger meetup that weekend and I’m wondering if it’s worth buying a ticket to try and catch a few big ones (Orbital, Sigur Rós, Miike Snow).

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      • James Glazebrook says:
        July 4, 2012 at 10:19 am

        They do, but not until nearer the time. I would guess that Orbital and Sigur Ros (a headliner) will be on later on the main stage, 11-ish, but I’ve no idea about Miike Snow. You might have to buy your ticket and take your chances…

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    3. Federico says:
      July 2, 2012 at 8:14 am

      Oh, damn, I can’t go this year. Will I ever manage to see my Sigur Ros live? Please pour some tears for me too…

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  • Win tickets to Campus Party Europe!

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    James Glazebrook
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    Campus Party 2012

    WHAT’S UP M’NERDS?

    We’re pretty excited that Berlin is playing host to this year’s edition of Campus Party and that, as partners of the week-long geek fest, we have 20 tickets to give away. Enter our raffle and you could be among the 10,000 talented minds descending on the former Tempelhof airport this August for six days of non-stop ideas exchange.

    The star of Campus Party 2012 is set to be keynote speaker Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, and with 600 hours of talks and workshops there’s going to plenty of other awesome to choose from. For more about the party, check out the blurb and video below, and to be in with a chance to win tickets, click here. You have until July 1st to enter.

    Good luck – maybe we’ll see you there!

    Campus Party is the largest global technology festival where innovation, creativity, science and digital entertainment come together 24 hours a day for an entire week. We strive to create the largest geek community on earth, and encourage these campuseros to use their talent and expertise build a better world through technology.

    Since 1997, Campus Party has brought together the best young technical talent across Europe and Latin America to innovate, learn and engage with some of the biggest names in technology and science.

    Join us August 21 to August 26 at Berlin’s historic Tempelhof Airport to re-type Europe’s source code and immerse yourself in a unique environment where workshops, hackathons, competitions and talks take place simultaneously.

    9 Responses to “Win tickets to Campus Party Europe!”

    1. MORE free tickets for Campus Party Europe! : uberlin says:
      July 24, 2012 at 7:46 pm

      […] many people entered our last giveaway of Campus Party Europe tickets that the kind Campuseros decided to allocate us some […]

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    2. Seb – Campus Party says:
      June 27, 2012 at 11:24 am

      Hey guys,

      All fixed! Thanks for bearing with us while we sorted out the localisation bugs. We’re very chuffed to have überlin on board as one of the first partner communities :)

      Cheers,
      Seb @ #CPeurope

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    3. Campuseros.net » #cpeurope – Gana 20 entradas para #cpeurope gracias a @uberlinblog says:
      June 21, 2012 at 11:10 am

      […] https://uberlin.co.uk / win-tickets-to-campus-party-europe 21 de junio de 2012 – 8 lecturasEtiquetas: #cpeurope, @uberlinblog, Berlin, Campus Party, Campus Party Europe, Campus Party Europe 2012, uberlin, uberlin.co.uk […]

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    4. Jeroen says:
      June 19, 2012 at 12:10 pm

      Interesting to see they’re bringing lots of planes back to Tempelhof for the event :)

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    5. Steve says:
      June 19, 2012 at 11:25 am

      Any idea what United Kingdom is listed as in the drop-down list of countries on that form? I can’t find anything that looks like it.

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      • Zoë Noble says:
        June 19, 2012 at 11:35 am

        Great question! It looks like that part of the form is in Spanish(!), so you need “Reino Unido”.
        And we’re going to see if we can get that changed!

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        • Steve says:
          June 19, 2012 at 11:43 am

          I might wait until then. Hopefully they can switch the T’s & C’s to English too :-)

          Nice work on “Reino Unido” though.

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          • Zoë Noble says:
            June 19, 2012 at 12:00 pm

            We’ll let you know if we can get that for you. Campus Party usually happens in Spanish/Portuguese-speaking countries, so I guess this is a legacy from that. Viva Reino Unido!

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          • James Glazebrook says:
            June 21, 2012 at 4:49 pm

            Hey Steve,
            The country list is now in English, and T&Cs will be shortly.

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  • Bread & Butter 2011

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    Zoë Noble
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    Last week I popped into Bread and Butter, at the now-closed Tempelhof airport, for a change of scene and a much-needed break from the mania of Berlin Fashion Week. This international trade show brought together 600 exhibitors from the worlds of denim, sportswear and street fashion, and is most definitely the place to schmooze and make contacts in the industry. For myself it was important to see what’s going on in print and graphics, and how brands are marketing themselves – and boy were they marketing! From free champagne and massages to half-naked models at the entrances to entice visitors, brands were really making a play to get people inside their stands. I was most impressed with the venue though – details like the luggage carousel being used to showcase books and magazines, departure boards showing times of upcoming events and even passport control booths acting as makeshift information desks, all added to a spectacle that won’t soon be forgotten.

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    1. überlin’s Bread & Butter / Fashion Week diary : uberlin says:
      January 23, 2012 at 8:56 am

      […] Bread and Butter 2011 Last week I popped into Bread and Butter, at the now-closed Tempelhof airport, for a change of scene and a much-needed break from the mania Uberlin […]

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    2. mat says:
      July 21, 2011 at 8:25 am

      clever idea with the jeans hanging

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      • Zoe says:
        July 21, 2011 at 9:42 am

        yeah there were some really cool ideas… it was obvious a lot of money and time had been spent on the exhibition!

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  • A Trip to Tempelhof

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    James Glazebrook
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    There’s something very Berlin about Tempelhof. When the former “City Airport” closed in 2008, the land didn’t become the site of yuppie flats, public housing or a big ugly entertainment centre – but a public park. And when it reopened a year ago, it hadn’t been landscaped within an inch of its life, or filled with concessions and other “attractions”, with the “support” of one of the city’s corporate entities.

    To this day, it looks like they’ve just hosed down the runway, painted on a bike track and taken away the worst of the debris. (Though they did leave behind the wreckage of a plane the fire crew used to practice on.) Unfortunately you can’t get inside what was once one of the 20 largest buildings in the world, but you admire it from behind a fence, as you can all of the little shed-like structures that used to house generators and the like.

    Go early on a weekday (the park opens at 6am) for maximum “just woken up after zombie apocalypse” vibes, or on a sunny weekend to check out all the cheery Berliners running, cycling, rollerblading, windskating, playing with kites, remote control cars and planes, grilling, chilling etc etc. Or for this: Berlin Festival 2011.

    10 Responses to “A Trip to Tempelhof”

    1. michelle says:
      June 2, 2011 at 2:04 pm

      wow, zoë, that is spooky! it’s a sign!!

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    2. Fritzrl says:
      May 28, 2011 at 10:52 pm

      I used to live here — in the airport, that is, during the “Hot Years” of the wall. My job was to spy on the East German military. If you think the place is spooky now, it was even moreso then. I’m so very glad the place is now used for recreation and joy. I’ll have to visit again on my next trip to Berlin.

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    3. James says:
      May 26, 2011 at 8:59 pm

      Deal!
      x

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    4. Raquel says:
      May 26, 2011 at 8:57 pm

      :D the lust is there, hidden somewhere underneath all the dust and pieces of furniture lying around everywhere. I’ll commit once our dates with Steffi are over (hoffentlich).

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    5. James says:
      May 26, 2011 at 8:54 pm

      …and the Lust?

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    6. Raquel says:
      May 26, 2011 at 8:52 pm

      yeah! lets, picnic sounds great :) except I don’t feel like a blogger yet…haven’t had the zeit..

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    7. michelle says:
      May 26, 2011 at 4:24 pm

      i went to tempelhof when i visited at the start of this month – and your last photo looks scarily like one i took! https://www.flickr.com/photos/icetree/5753916011/in/photostream

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    8. James says:
      May 26, 2011 at 3:19 pm

      Let’s picnic there! This could be the start of that blogger/general peeps meetup we keep thinking about planning some time…

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    9. Raquel says:
      May 26, 2011 at 3:15 pm

      cool, you went! we’ve been wanting to go since we got here… will do as soon as we’re not spending our weekends on furniture hunting! weekdays at 6a.m. is a little out of my comfort zone.

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