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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · Nov 13

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 27m

First we’ll take Manhattan. Then we’ll take Berlin. ❤️

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 2h

Oderbergerstr

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Ghost Signs in Prenzlauer Berg #berlin

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 5h

„The tour not only opened my eyes to the obscene visions of the Nazi regime; it also opened my eyes to what an airport actually is thanks to visiting the areas the public just don’t usually see.“

Inside Tempelhof airport with photographer Christopher Dodd

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 7h

Mucha in Pankow ❤️ #jungendstil #berlin

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 10h

The Volksbühne theatre, with Hirtenstrasse —part of the former Scheunenviertel/Jewish Quarter—in the foreground, 1924. Photographer unknown. #berlin

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Marcel Krueger @marcelkrueger.bsky.social · 23h

All issues of Anna Seghers’ “The Seventh Cross”:

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Marcel Krueger @marcelkrueger.bsky.social · 23h

Some fascinating items from “Out of the Box”, an exhibition of 75 years of the archives of the Akademie der Künste Berlin. The exhibition runs until January 2026, and we start with the Tin Drum from movie and novel with the same name.

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Marcel Krueger @marcelkrueger.bsky.social · 23h

The handwritten draft of Walter Benjamin’s “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” on a San Pellegrino napkin. @slowberlin.bsky.social

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 1d

Blue Hour at U Bahn Spittelmarkt. #berlin

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 1d

Bowie on the set of The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976)

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 1d

Berlin: poor but … saxy🎷

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From nineteenth-century Art Nouveau and Neoclassical pools, to spaces constructed in the Nazi and GDR eras, @kierandrake.bsky.social plunges into Berlin's finest historic indoor swimming spots.

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: German drones spotted in warm European locations

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 2d

A Nikolaiviertel View #berlin

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 2d

No idea why Turkey recently wanted to impose some rules on how kebabs are made / represented in the EU 🤷🏻‍♂️ 👀 #berlin

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Berlin’s expressionist Ullsteinhaus, built between 1925 and 1927 for the publisher Ullstein. #tempelhof

Photo by Stephan Schmidt

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Good timing! 🙌

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 2d

KaDeWe, 1982 #berlin

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 3d

GOLDEN GATE #berlin

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 3d

A view along Tauentzienstrasse to the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche in 1906 (i.e. before its top was bombed off).

Photo by Max Missmann

More on the photographer: www.slowtravelberlin.com/max-missmann/

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 3d

S Bahn Hackescher Markt architecture appreciation post #berlin

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 3d

Berlin sundowner — sponsored by Allianz 😉 #berlin

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 4d

The men’s toilets at the wonderful Prassnik kneipe, Torstrasse 🍻 #berlin

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 4d

Moody autumn views over Budapester Straße #charlottenburg #zoo