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Stettiner Bahnhof (now Nordbahnhof) - Gepäckausgabe, 1899
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Stettiner Bahnhof (now Nordbahnhof) - Gepäckausgabe, 1899
Street art scene from the archives #berlin #walkingberlin
November 11, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Street art scene from the archives #berlin #walkingberlin
Friedrich Seidenstücker, Berlin Nord im Wedding, 1923
© Stiftung Ann und Jürgen Wilde, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, München
© Stiftung Ann und Jürgen Wilde, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, München
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Friedrich Seidenstücker, Berlin Nord im Wedding, 1923
© Stiftung Ann und Jürgen Wilde, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, München
© Stiftung Ann und Jürgen Wilde, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, München
Shout out to the Columbiahalle. #berlin #kinglizzard
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Shout out to the Columbiahalle. #berlin #kinglizzard
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Reposted by www.slowtravelberlin.com
An old photograph of mine - the remains of the Berlin Wall in 1992 - but it's new to Bluesky.
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Berlin, 1904 by Willy Römer
Scherenschleifer auf der Straße – bewundertvon den Kindern, Berlin 1904 | © bpk/Kunstbibliothek, SMB, Photothek Willy Römer/Willy Römer
Scherenschleifer auf der Straße – bewundertvon den Kindern, Berlin 1904 | © bpk/Kunstbibliothek, SMB, Photothek Willy Römer/Willy Römer
November 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Berlin, 1904 by Willy Römer
Scherenschleifer auf der Straße – bewundertvon den Kindern, Berlin 1904 | © bpk/Kunstbibliothek, SMB, Photothek Willy Römer/Willy Römer
Scherenschleifer auf der Straße – bewundertvon den Kindern, Berlin 1904 | © bpk/Kunstbibliothek, SMB, Photothek Willy Römer/Willy Römer
Berlin, 1904 by Willy Römer
Scherenschleifer auf der Straße – bewundertvon den Kindern, Berlin 1904 | © bpk/Kunstbibliothek, SMB, Photothek Willy Römer/Willy Römer
Scherenschleifer auf der Straße – bewundertvon den Kindern, Berlin 1904 | © bpk/Kunstbibliothek, SMB, Photothek Willy Römer/Willy Römer
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Berlin, 1904 by Willy Römer
Scherenschleifer auf der Straße – bewundertvon den Kindern, Berlin 1904 | © bpk/Kunstbibliothek, SMB, Photothek Willy Römer/Willy Römer
Scherenschleifer auf der Straße – bewundertvon den Kindern, Berlin 1904 | © bpk/Kunstbibliothek, SMB, Photothek Willy Römer/Willy Römer
So relevant again today:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM
So relevant again today:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
Final Wall post of the day: East German border guards are seen through a gap in the Berlin wall after demonstrators pulled down a segment of the wall at Brandenburg gate, Berlin on November 11, 1989.
Photo: LIONEL CIRONNEAU
Photo: LIONEL CIRONNEAU
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Final Wall post of the day: East German border guards are seen through a gap in the Berlin wall after demonstrators pulled down a segment of the wall at Brandenburg gate, Berlin on November 11, 1989.
Photo: LIONEL CIRONNEAU
Photo: LIONEL CIRONNEAU
Reposted by www.slowtravelberlin.com
A historic turning point for clean heating in Europe: For the first time, in the first half of 2025 sales of heat pumps in Germany have surpassed those of gas boilers.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A historic turning point for clean heating in Europe: For the first time, in the first half of 2025 sales of heat pumps in Germany have surpassed those of gas boilers.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
Remembering 09.11 like …
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Remembering 09.11 like …
“At least 96 Jews were killed and hundreds more injured; more than 1,000 synagogues were burned and almost 7,500 Jewish businesses were destroyed…”
Paul Sullivan on the day the Nazis committed the worst pogrom Germany had seen since the Middle Ages…
www.slowtravelberlin.com/nov-9-1938-k...
Paul Sullivan on the day the Nazis committed the worst pogrom Germany had seen since the Middle Ages…
www.slowtravelberlin.com/nov-9-1938-k...
November 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“At least 96 Jews were killed and hundreds more injured; more than 1,000 synagogues were burned and almost 7,500 Jewish businesses were destroyed…”
Paul Sullivan on the day the Nazis committed the worst pogrom Germany had seen since the Middle Ages…
www.slowtravelberlin.com/nov-9-1938-k...
Paul Sullivan on the day the Nazis committed the worst pogrom Germany had seen since the Middle Ages…
www.slowtravelberlin.com/nov-9-1938-k...
The story of the Fall of the Wall has also been told by some of those who went on to build the city’s techno scene.
“Behind the Bornholmer Straße stood a truck distributing bananas and chocolate. It made me ashamed to be a citizen of the GDR.”—DJ Jauche
slowtravelberlin.com/the-night-th...
“Behind the Bornholmer Straße stood a truck distributing bananas and chocolate. It made me ashamed to be a citizen of the GDR.”—DJ Jauche
slowtravelberlin.com/the-night-th...
November 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The story of the Fall of the Wall has also been told by some of those who went on to build the city’s techno scene.
“Behind the Bornholmer Straße stood a truck distributing bananas and chocolate. It made me ashamed to be a citizen of the GDR.”—DJ Jauche
slowtravelberlin.com/the-night-th...
“Behind the Bornholmer Straße stood a truck distributing bananas and chocolate. It made me ashamed to be a citizen of the GDR.”—DJ Jauche
slowtravelberlin.com/the-night-th...
Photojournalist Alexandra Avakian traveled to Berlin on Nov 9 1989 based on rumor, and she ended up becoming a witness to history…
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/amaz...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/amaz...
November 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Photojournalist Alexandra Avakian traveled to Berlin on Nov 9 1989 based on rumor, and she ended up becoming a witness to history…
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/amaz...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/amaz...
Ah, Tempelhofer Feld bist du immer schön ❤️
November 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Ah, Tempelhofer Feld bist du immer schön ❤️
Strandbad Wannsee in 1925
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Strandbad Wannsee in 1925
The sexy little watery curve at Spittelmarkt / Fischerinsel #berlin #walkingberlin
November 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The sexy little watery curve at Spittelmarkt / Fischerinsel #berlin #walkingberlin
Swans, seagulls and seasonal colours today are stunning #berlin #walkingberlin
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Swans, seagulls and seasonal colours today are stunning #berlin #walkingberlin
Prenzlauer Berg sundowner - mit - what else - the bloody tower!
November 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Prenzlauer Berg sundowner - mit - what else - the bloody tower!
A clear view to the east from a place where the Wall once blocked it #berlin #walkingberlin
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A clear view to the east from a place where the Wall once blocked it #berlin #walkingberlin
Returning soldiers buying gifts for their families at the Christmas market in Berlin, 1918.
(c) bpk / Kunstbibliothek, SMB, Photothek Willy Römer
(c) bpk / Kunstbibliothek, SMB, Photothek Willy Römer
November 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Returning soldiers buying gifts for their families at the Christmas market in Berlin, 1918.
(c) bpk / Kunstbibliothek, SMB, Photothek Willy Römer
(c) bpk / Kunstbibliothek, SMB, Photothek Willy Römer