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You can now subscribe on Instagram where we post exclusive reels and more for members: instagram.com/slowberlin
Or the good old fashioned will get you website access too: steadyhq.com/en/slowtrave...
Both from 3€ a month, which goes a long way to help us survive.
Pls share 🙏
Stalinallee, 1953 (renamed to Karl-Marx-Allee in 1961).
Photo by Finnish photographer Urho Aarre Hugo Saarinen
Photo by Finnish photographer Urho Aarre Hugo Saarinen
January 4, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Stalinallee, 1953 (renamed to Karl-Marx-Allee in 1961).
Photo by Finnish photographer Urho Aarre Hugo Saarinen
Photo by Finnish photographer Urho Aarre Hugo Saarinen
“Over the ensuing decades, the U8 has become home to not just one but several bunkers from World War Two and the Cold War, a station that was used by East Berliners to escape to the West, and another station that’s decorated with uranium tiles…”
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January 4, 2026 at 7:07 PM
“Over the ensuing decades, the U8 has become home to not just one but several bunkers from World War Two and the Cold War, a station that was used by East Berliners to escape to the West, and another station that’s decorated with uranium tiles…”
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A walk through a Brandenburg forest 🙌 (Beetzer See)
January 4, 2026 at 3:17 PM
A walk through a Brandenburg forest 🙌 (Beetzer See)
Potsdamer Platz with traffic tower, 1930.
Center to top: Stresemannstrasse, right: Pschorr-Haus, next to it: Potsdamer Bahnhof, next to it: Haus Vaterland and Anhalter Bahnhof, left: Hotel Fürstenhof.
© Landesarchiv Berlin
Photographer: Ewald Gnilka
Center to top: Stresemannstrasse, right: Pschorr-Haus, next to it: Potsdamer Bahnhof, next to it: Haus Vaterland and Anhalter Bahnhof, left: Hotel Fürstenhof.
© Landesarchiv Berlin
Photographer: Ewald Gnilka
January 4, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Potsdamer Platz with traffic tower, 1930.
Center to top: Stresemannstrasse, right: Pschorr-Haus, next to it: Potsdamer Bahnhof, next to it: Haus Vaterland and Anhalter Bahnhof, left: Hotel Fürstenhof.
© Landesarchiv Berlin
Photographer: Ewald Gnilka
Center to top: Stresemannstrasse, right: Pschorr-Haus, next to it: Potsdamer Bahnhof, next to it: Haus Vaterland and Anhalter Bahnhof, left: Hotel Fürstenhof.
© Landesarchiv Berlin
Photographer: Ewald Gnilka
Berghain before it was Berghain (when it was just a humble and hard working power plant in 1950s East Berlin).
January 3, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Berghain before it was Berghain (when it was just a humble and hard working power plant in 1950s East Berlin).
A snowy romp through the Grunewald forest, from S Bahn Grunewald to S Bahn Schlachtensee via the poignant Gleis 17 memorial
#berlin #walkingberlin
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#berlin #walkingberlin
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January 3, 2026 at 12:23 PM
A snowy romp through the Grunewald forest, from S Bahn Grunewald to S Bahn Schlachtensee via the poignant Gleis 17 memorial
#berlin #walkingberlin
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#berlin #walkingberlin
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What was the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in 1945 was renamed the Bode Museum in 1956. Refurbished and reopened in 2096, the museum now houses the Sculpture Collection of works dating up to ca. 1800, the Museum of Byzantine Art, and the Numismatic Collection.
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January 3, 2026 at 8:53 AM
What was the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in 1945 was renamed the Bode Museum in 1956. Refurbished and reopened in 2096, the museum now houses the Sculpture Collection of works dating up to ca. 1800, the Museum of Byzantine Art, and the Numismatic Collection.
www.museumsinsel-berlin.de/en/buildings...
www.museumsinsel-berlin.de/en/buildings...
“Berlin is where I live and therefore I take most of my pictures here. I wouldn’t say Berlin is the best place in the world for street photography (that would be New York City), but it’s relatively easy in Berlin.”
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January 2, 2026 at 3:49 PM
“Berlin is where I live and therefore I take most of my pictures here. I wouldn’t say Berlin is the best place in the world for street photography (that would be New York City), but it’s relatively easy in Berlin.”
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January 2, 2026 at 10:41 AM
We dropped into the Metzer Eck again over Xmas. The oldest family-run German pub in Prenzlauer Berg, it’s a wonderful time-capsule with its original wood panelling, decor and photos of celebrity GDR patrons. The service is friendly and they have Rollberg Rot on tap 😋
January 1, 2026 at 8:53 PM
We dropped into the Metzer Eck again over Xmas. The oldest family-run German pub in Prenzlauer Berg, it’s a wonderful time-capsule with its original wood panelling, decor and photos of celebrity GDR patrons. The service is friendly and they have Rollberg Rot on tap 😋
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Happy Public Domain Day! At the start of each year, a new set of works is freed from copyright — ready to be shared, reused, and reimagined. See our highlights — Hannah Arendt, Albert Einstein, Langston Hughes, William Faulkner, and many more. #publicdomain
Happy Public Domain Day 2026!
Each January 1st is Public Domain Day, when a new crop of works have their copyrights expire and become free to share and reuse for any purpose. Here's our highlights for 2026.
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January 1, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Happy Public Domain Day! At the start of each year, a new set of works is freed from copyright — ready to be shared, reused, and reimagined. See our highlights — Hannah Arendt, Albert Einstein, Langston Hughes, William Faulkner, and many more. #publicdomain
Some images snapped during an architectural meander through Berlin by UK Brutalism photographer Tom 8enjamin ...
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January 1, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Some images snapped during an architectural meander through Berlin by UK Brutalism photographer Tom 8enjamin ...
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January 1, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Happy New Year to all you lovely ppl / BLN fans ❤️
December 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Happy New Year to all you lovely ppl / BLN fans ❤️
Some Good Reads from 2025…
December 31, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Some Good Reads from 2025…
Darkness has fallen. Are we all ready? 💥
Photo: Marzahn, New Year’s Eve, 1984. Bundesarchiv.
Photo: Marzahn, New Year’s Eve, 1984. Bundesarchiv.
December 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Darkness has fallen. Are we all ready? 💥
Photo: Marzahn, New Year’s Eve, 1984. Bundesarchiv.
Photo: Marzahn, New Year’s Eve, 1984. Bundesarchiv.
Since we finally got some snow today, here’s a little gallery of our fave Snowy Berlin pics from over the years. ⛄️
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December 31, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Since we finally got some snow today, here’s a little gallery of our fave Snowy Berlin pics from over the years. ⛄️
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More: www.slowtravelberlin.com/berlin-winte...
More of these sun-filled winter days please Berlin weather Gods! 🙏
December 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
More of these sun-filled winter days please Berlin weather Gods! 🙏
"Erich Mielke was born in Wedding, a district in the northern part of Berlin, on December 29th 1907; his parents helped found the Communist Party of Germany (KPD)..."
Tam Eastley on Stasi leader Erich Mielke—“the most feared man in the GDR”
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Tam Eastley on Stasi leader Erich Mielke—“the most feared man in the GDR”
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December 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"Erich Mielke was born in Wedding, a district in the northern part of Berlin, on December 29th 1907; his parents helped found the Communist Party of Germany (KPD)..."
Tam Eastley on Stasi leader Erich Mielke—“the most feared man in the GDR”
www.slowtravelberlin.com/on-the-mielk...
Tam Eastley on Stasi leader Erich Mielke—“the most feared man in the GDR”
www.slowtravelberlin.com/on-the-mielk...