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Berlin TV Tower
Category: See & DoEven when bad weather spoils the views from the Berlin TV Tower, the Fernsehturm makes up for it with its awesome interior. The retro-futuristic finishes, scarcely updated since the tower was built in 1969, make a visit there like a trip back/forward in time to the deck of the original USS Enterprise. Book “VIP tickets” online and you can skip the queues to the lift (which travels at 6 metres a second!) and to the revolving restaurant, a 207m-high leather and chrome homage to the Space Age. Beam us up!
If you want to see the 360° views from the Fernsehturm – on a nice sunny day – check out this “In a Berlin Minute” video from Good Hard Working People.
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Don’t underestimate the power / Of the Berlin TV tower
When Zoë got me this lino- and woodcut set from RSVP for Christmas, I wanted to do a print of something iconic, something quintessentially Berlin. Naturally (predictably?), I chose the Fernsehturm – I know my linocut is rough and all, but hopefully you can tell that’s what it is! Next stop, woodcut – so watch this space… But if you want to see how it’s really done, check out Käthe Kollwitz, herself a Berlin icon.
4 Responses to “Don’t underestimate the power / Of the Berlin TV tower”
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Could you resurrect the Palast der Republik for one last print? That bronze and ebony facade (perhaps on pleasingly yellowed paper) might lend itself to the medium.
Great idea. A little more challenging than the TV tower, but I’ll have a go!
What fun! I love the idea of a Berlin print series.
Thanks!
Any suggestions for a Berlin icon I can do a woodcut of?