Berlin update #10


Back to our normal programming :D

Still on the lads trip to Berlin... the one, the only Brandenburg Gate. The former city gate... and probably one of the most famous landmarks of Europe.

Berlin update #8


A time for reflection

... from Wikipedia....

"The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (German: Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas), also known as theHolocaust Memorial (German: Holocaust-Mahnmal), is a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, designed by architect Peter Eisenman and engineer Buro Happold. It consists of a 19,000 square meter (4.7 acre) site covered with 2,711concrete slabs or "stelae", arranged in a grid pattern on a sloping field. The stelae are 2.38m (7.8') long, 0.95m (3' 1.5") wide and vary in height from 0.2 m to 4.8m (8" to 15'9").


According to Eisenman's project text, the stelae are designed to produce an uneasy, confusing atmosphere, and the whole sculpture aims to represent a supposedly ordered system that has lost touch with human reason. A 2005 copy of the Foundation for the Memorial's official English tourist pamphlet, however, states that the design represents a radical approach to the traditional concept of a memorial, partly because Eisenman did not use any symbolism. An attached underground "Place of Information" (German: Ort der Information) holds the names of all known Jewish Holocaust victims, obtained from the Israeli museum Yad Vashem.


Building began on April 1, 2003 and was finished on December 15, 2004. It was inaugurated on May 10, 2005, sixty years after the end of World War II, and opened to the public on May 12 of the same year. It is located one block south of the Brandenburg Gate, in the Friedrichstadt neighborhood. The cost of construction was approximately €25 million.

Berlin update #7


Some amazing architecture!

Berlin has had significant amounts of work done to it... and a few old buildings that have been restored and even a couple that have had unique peservation works....

Berlin update #3

Next stop ... the Brandenburg Gate.... last time I saw it was in the middle of 'No Man's Land' in between the two walls... guard towers... and guns. The gate was in the middle of the no mans land and to see it you had to go up some stairs to a platform to see it over the wall.... scary at the time.


"Brandenburg Gate (German: Brandenburger Tor) is a former city gate and one of the main symbols of Berlin and Germany. It is located west of the city center at the intersection of Unter den Linden and Ebertstraße, immediately west of the Pariser Platz. It is the only remaining gate of a series through which one formerly entered Berlin. One block to the north stands the Reichstag. The gate is the monumental entry to Unter den Linden, the renowned boulevard of linden trees which formerly led directly to the city palace of the Prussian monarchs. It was commissioned by King Frederick William II of Prussia as a sign of peace and built by Karl Gotthard Langhans from 1788 to 1791. The Brandenburg Gate was restored from 2000 to 2002 by the Stiftung Denkmalschutz Berlin (Berlin Monument Conservation Foundation). Today, it is considered one of Europe's most famous landmarks" Wikipedia...












Berlin update #2

So when your cycling around downtown Berlin and you need to park your bike for a minute or two ... where'd ya park the bike... well... check out this bike rack at the Sony Centre...

simple idea... well executed.


Berlin update #1

Berlin... an amazing place... such a different place to when I was last there about six weeks before unification!

I still remember it... a very divided city, wall, guards, guns Paul recently had a trip there. Like always he only had a few hours off but managed to catch up with our good friend Merrole, and they both managed to see a fews site in a couple of hours.

Some amazing shots of a city that has undergone huge transformation in a few years. First point of call, a massive and incredible complex - Sony Centre Berlin.

The complex is located on the famous Potsdamer Platz and is made up of eight buildings covered by a central plaza.

















The Fabulous Flag Sisters



We had the lovely opportunity to see The Fabulous Flag Sisters, down in Fremantle about a month or two ago. Three lads who in the 70's created quiet a storm in Italy. The evening was both the viewing of the documentary, which I'd recommend you have a look at, then a live show by the recreated troop.


Great night! Above, a snippet of one of the acts from the show.


Check them out... and one of the lads is an aussie boy!



The Fabulous Flag Sisters



We had the lovely opportunity to see The Fabulous Flag Sisters, down in Fremantle about a month or two ago. Three lads who in the 70's created quiet a storm in Italy. The evening was both the viewing of the documentary, which I'd recommend you have a look at, then a live show by the recreated troop.


Great night! Above, a snippet of one of the acts from the show.


Check them out... and one of the lads is an aussie boy!



The Fabulous Flag Sisters



We had the lovely opportunity to see The Fabulous Flag Sisters, down in Fremantle about a month or two ago. Three lads who in the 70's created quiet a storm in Italy. The evening was both the viewing of the documentary, which I'd recommend you have a look at, then a live show by the recreated troop.


Great night! Above, a snippet of one of the acts from the show.


Check them out... and one of the lads is an aussie boy!



It wasn't how I DJ-ed


A picture of a local DJ in Fremantle. What amused me was that this very popular DJ was totally digital. Not like I used to do it in the old days at the Red Lion.... :D