"Heroes" is the only Berlin Trilogy album fully created and recorded in Berlin Most music fans know that the British singer and musician David Bowie lived in West Berlin and created three albums there, commonly referred to as the "Berlin Trilogy" (Low, "Heroes", and...
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30 Years Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall
About 5 years ago, on November 9th 2014, I watched from the hospital as Berlin put on a grand display to celebrate 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. I had been looking forward to attending the event - a spectacular display where thousands of lighted...
Berlin’s Identity Crisis
What's Wrong with Berlin? I have lived in Berlin. I have explored Berlin. Like most Berliners, I love Berlin. But it's more like a love/hate relationship. Berlin is a city that doesn't really know what it wants to be when it grows up. More than seven years after BER...
November in German Culture and History
November: The Mourning Month and Its Fateful Dates The first two days of November are significant in the Christian religious calendar. November 1 is All Saints Day (Allerheiligen). November 2 is All Souls Day (Allerseelen). In Germany, most of Europe, and all over the...
Das Bombing: Graffiti in Germany and Europe
Graffiti and tagging are a phenomenon seen all over the world, but how they are regarded and dealt with varies widely, depending on the location. A stroll through the streets of Berlin quickly reveals why it is sometimes referred to as "the graffiti capital of...
No time for nostalgia: The Berlin Wall’s 50th birthday
Fifty years ago today (August 13) the Berlin Wall rose its ugly head (in 1961). While the collapse of the Wall may be fresher in our minds, the construction of the Berlin Wall was one of the world's most glaring crimes against humanity – even though many people still...
The Wall turns 48 – What was the Berlin Wall really like?
NOTE: This post from August 2009 has been updated for 2019. August 13 marked the 48th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall (in 2009; the 58th anniversary in 2019). During the night of 12-13 August 1961, East German soldiers and other workers began...
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