StephenBln
@stephenbln.bsky.social
🇩🇪Berliner since 1983. From London.
Lapsed Runner, Social Historian. 🏳️🌈
I post on Architecture, Books, Buses, Maps, ÖPNV, Trains, Trams, Public Transport.
Cat dad.
Sometimes I'm not at my desk, but in the toilet https://x.com/StephenBln.
Lapsed Runner, Social Historian. 🏳️🌈
I post on Architecture, Books, Buses, Maps, ÖPNV, Trains, Trams, Public Transport.
Cat dad.
Sometimes I'm not at my desk, but in the toilet https://x.com/StephenBln.
They'll soon be calling us aryans.
February 18, 2026 at 10:21 AM
They'll soon be calling us aryans.
The Trumpets leaving the White House. Jan.2029.
February 14, 2026 at 9:29 PM
The Trumpets leaving the White House. Jan.2029.
Not in the Epstein Files. Let's make the U.S. great again.
February 7, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Not in the Epstein Files. Let's make the U.S. great again.
Sunday outing on a cold day with a wind chill -11°C to the Lemke House, adjacent to the frozen Obersee in Berlin. The last residential building designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Built 1933) in Germany before his emigration in 1938. During the division of Germany & was used as a Stasi store room.
January 25, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Sunday outing on a cold day with a wind chill -11°C to the Lemke House, adjacent to the frozen Obersee in Berlin. The last residential building designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Built 1933) in Germany before his emigration in 1938. During the division of Germany & was used as a Stasi store room.
Sunday outing on a cold day with a wind chill -11°C to the Lemke House, adjacent to the frozen Obersee in Berlin. The last residential building designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Built 1933) in Germany before his emigration in 1938. During the division of Germany & was used as a Stasi store room.
January 25, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Sunday outing on a cold day with a wind chill -11°C to the Lemke House, adjacent to the frozen Obersee in Berlin. The last residential building designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Built 1933) in Germany before his emigration in 1938. During the division of Germany & was used as a Stasi store room.
It's what fascists do.
January 25, 2026 at 9:44 PM
It's what fascists do.
Out enjoying the -11°C last Sunday on the canals at the tripoint of #Berlin-Neukölln, Berlin-Kreuzberg & Berlin-Treptow. )2
January 20, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Out enjoying the -11°C last Sunday on the canals at the tripoint of #Berlin-Neukölln, Berlin-Kreuzberg & Berlin-Treptow. )2
Out enjoying the -11°C last Sunday on the canals at the tripoint of #Berlin-Neukölln, #Berlin-Kreuzberg & #Berlin-Treptow. )1
January 20, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Out enjoying the -11°C last Sunday on the canals at the tripoint of #Berlin-Neukölln, #Berlin-Kreuzberg & #Berlin-Treptow. )1
What potential the EU++, NATO without the US has. (Would be better with, but they don't want). Hence the agitation and de-stabling tactics of Putin and his Bro in DC.
January 14, 2026 at 10:27 PM
What potential the EU++, NATO without the US has. (Would be better with, but they don't want). Hence the agitation and de-stabling tactics of Putin and his Bro in DC.
#HNY2026
The Turn of the Year in Stamps. Two examples from my collection.
1) Posted 1st January 1964 from London to Pope Paul VI. Notes in pencil on the envelope have been badly erased-Arrival in the Vatican 3rd January 1964.
2) A hundred years ago. 30 December 1925 Stockholm stamp (bottom right).
The Turn of the Year in Stamps. Two examples from my collection.
1) Posted 1st January 1964 from London to Pope Paul VI. Notes in pencil on the envelope have been badly erased-Arrival in the Vatican 3rd January 1964.
2) A hundred years ago. 30 December 1925 Stockholm stamp (bottom right).
January 1, 2026 at 3:35 PM
#HNY2026
The Turn of the Year in Stamps. Two examples from my collection.
1) Posted 1st January 1964 from London to Pope Paul VI. Notes in pencil on the envelope have been badly erased-Arrival in the Vatican 3rd January 1964.
2) A hundred years ago. 30 December 1925 Stockholm stamp (bottom right).
The Turn of the Year in Stamps. Two examples from my collection.
1) Posted 1st January 1964 from London to Pope Paul VI. Notes in pencil on the envelope have been badly erased-Arrival in the Vatican 3rd January 1964.
2) A hundred years ago. 30 December 1925 Stockholm stamp (bottom right).
Die Pfannkuchen - nachträglich!
January 1, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Die Pfannkuchen - nachträglich!
It snowed a little in Berlin on New Year's Eve (Silvester).
Doughnuts, Fennel Salad, Kohlrouladen and Mash.
#Silvester traditions.
Doughnuts, Fennel Salad, Kohlrouladen and Mash.
#Silvester traditions.
January 1, 2026 at 3:15 PM
It snowed a little in Berlin on New Year's Eve (Silvester).
Doughnuts, Fennel Salad, Kohlrouladen and Mash.
#Silvester traditions.
Doughnuts, Fennel Salad, Kohlrouladen and Mash.
#Silvester traditions.
Christmas walks in Berlin-Friedenau and the Rote Insel in Berlin-Schöneberg. 2
December 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Christmas walks in Berlin-Friedenau and the Rote Insel in Berlin-Schöneberg. 2
Christmas walks in Berlin-Friedenau and the Rote Insel in Berlin-Schöneberg. -3°C Daytime.
December 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Christmas walks in Berlin-Friedenau and the Rote Insel in Berlin-Schöneberg. -3°C Daytime.
ČD RailJet RJ175 - Berlin Südkreuz - Christmas Eve 2025.
RJ175 Hamburg-Altona > Budapest-Nyugati via #Berlin, Dresden, Prag & Bratislava.
In motion: www.flickr.com/photos/isars...
RJ175 Hamburg-Altona > Budapest-Nyugati via #Berlin, Dresden, Prag & Bratislava.
In motion: www.flickr.com/photos/isars...
December 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
ČD RailJet RJ175 - Berlin Südkreuz - Christmas Eve 2025.
RJ175 Hamburg-Altona > Budapest-Nyugati via #Berlin, Dresden, Prag & Bratislava.
In motion: www.flickr.com/photos/isars...
RJ175 Hamburg-Altona > Budapest-Nyugati via #Berlin, Dresden, Prag & Bratislava.
In motion: www.flickr.com/photos/isars...
Frohes fest! Happy Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Frohes fest! Happy Christmas!
Merry Christmas everyone - ein frohes Fest !
K.-W.-Gedächtniskirche on Christmas Eve 2025.
Below zero daytime and sunny in Berlin over Christmas.
K.-W.-Gedächtniskirche on Christmas Eve 2025.
Below zero daytime and sunny in Berlin over Christmas.
December 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Merry Christmas everyone - ein frohes Fest !
K.-W.-Gedächtniskirche on Christmas Eve 2025.
Below zero daytime and sunny in Berlin over Christmas.
K.-W.-Gedächtniskirche on Christmas Eve 2025.
Below zero daytime and sunny in Berlin over Christmas.
Here I am thirty-seven years ago today and back in the days when snow in Berlin in December was a given. 1988 was my fifth year living in Berlin.
Exactly one year later, on 22 December 1989, the Brandenburg Gate was re-opened for movement West to East & East to West, the first time since 1961.
Exactly one year later, on 22 December 1989, the Brandenburg Gate was re-opened for movement West to East & East to West, the first time since 1961.
December 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Here I am thirty-seven years ago today and back in the days when snow in Berlin in December was a given. 1988 was my fifth year living in Berlin.
Exactly one year later, on 22 December 1989, the Brandenburg Gate was re-opened for movement West to East & East to West, the first time since 1961.
Exactly one year later, on 22 December 1989, the Brandenburg Gate was re-opened for movement West to East & East to West, the first time since 1961.
1980s Haringey Adhesive Donkey Jacket Labels, Waltham Forest's neighbour - from my collection.
December 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
1980s Haringey Adhesive Donkey Jacket Labels, Waltham Forest's neighbour - from my collection.