Things to in Berlin when you're there

maybe later this year...

Claim to own a trainstation with trains that run to Cape Town? I can translate that for you if you like...

Anyone plan on being in Berlin anytime in the next month or so? I'm here in Prenzlauer Berg until mid August and am growing a bit tired of hanging with the same 4 people each day. Surely there's someone!

wow Berlin NEXT WEEK for me! so excited!

any things that i absolutely must do while there?

apart from eg stalk ellen allien obv

stalk Erik Digibeet!

if you can get to meunster there's a sculpture exhibition on that only happens once every 10 YEARS.. it seems like there may be associated events happening in berlin too?

http://www.skulptur-projekte.de/aktuell

that looks awesome! prob won't be able to get to muenster as is on other side of country though - hopefully the berlin stuff will be good though...

yeah i especially like this mysterious paragrah: "Djs, Drinks and Art Education: The velo lounge is a project for adolescents, students and apprentices. Young art guides and a purpose-built DJ-bike stopped in front of eleven artistic projects."

when i was there i noticed red bicycles parked everywhere - very sturdy, high-quality bikes - and it turned out one could call the phone number printed on them, give one's credit card information, and they'd give you the code to unlock the chain. the rates were very cheap.

when i was "there" --> "there" = berlin

oh no i think the velo lounge is in muenster :(

any things that i absolutely must do while there?

Visit Icebar Knut!

what i did was rent one of those red bikes and wander around prenzlauerberg, mitte, kreuzberg.. you could also check out super gay-friendly shöneberg. in general lex i think you will find the east most fun. i went to charlottenberg for a bit (in the west) and it was obviously wealthier, etc. but more boring. i also took a trip to wedding, just because it looked boring and i wanted to see the boring part of such a vibrant city. and yes - it was boring.

Find Scotch and Sofa, fantastic vibe. Tracer is spot on re. the bikes. I didn't use those ones but the fact that everywhere is within cycling distance and there are bikepaths makes it safe. Try to check out the Jewish Museum, the Altes Museum and the Berlin Gallery. Kreuzberg is great for brunch.

Tracer, everywhere in Berlin is gay friendly!

Clubs: I have heard amazing things about Watergate in Kreuzberg and Tresor (sp?) nearby that is meant to be good for dancing.

Man, I'd love to be going back. Was there only 3 weeks ago, brilliant city.

that's why i said "SUPER gay friendly"!!

tresor is gone :(

but maybe it has reopened in some other guise?

yeah re: the bikepaths, keep in mind that sometimes the bike paths go up onto the pavement, and can be designated only by differently-coloured bricks. i didn't know that and was standing on the pavement right in the bike path and was given INCREDIBLY dirty stares by bikers until i realised what i was doing. bikers' "rights" are taken pretty seriously there i guess!

mmm, i can't ride a bike though, so that's moot.

definitely want to go to the jewish museum, and berghain obv.

when i was emailing the dude at the bar we're staying at re: dates, he was like "ahhh, perfect, we're hosting a m_nus party on the sunday night". when i confirmed that we were leaving on monday night, he was like "no! no! the party is scheduled to go until tuesday!"

lex it's not moot if you're standing in the path and get run over! i am concerned for your safety here.

i have never paid attention to cars either! and it's worked so far

Oh goody.

I'll be in Berlin from August 27th to September 2nd, but I'll be staying with a local hippie friend, so she'll probably show me around. If any ILXor happens to be there then though, I'd be glad to meet.

What is Berghain?

In meine zug! Hast du meine flughafen gesehen?

i will be in berlin august 1st-14th! we are spending a night in kassel to check out documenta (not as special as the skulptur projekt obv because it only happens once every FIVE years)

KV_LOL - dein Zug ist nur ein Strassenbahn, aber mein Zug is das Trans Siberian Express.

usw.

Ich habe eine zug nach berlim zum cape town! Du hast eine hängebahn, eine kleine dingle dangle! JA JA JA

tresor reopened in may

Bauhaus museum is fun if you like colour wheels.

I love Berlin!

that's why i said "SUPER gay friendly"!!

This is true. The last time I was there we spotted "Europe's Premier Gay Labyrinth" which had Bi Tag on Friday nights and a He-man looking dude on the adverts.

I really liked Oranienburger Str. for cute cafes and restaurants and lots of art galleries. There was this massive artists' commune place there that was interesting but I can't remember what it was called.

I found it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunst_Haus_Tacheles

Berlin is hard. At least when I went there I had no idea what to do until I hooked up with a groovey local girl. It was violently cold too. And brutally cool. I loved it.