Berlin’s Museum Island

The Museum Island, located between the river Spree and the Kupfergraben canal in Berlin Mitte, is the centerpiece of Berlin’s cultural heritage. The five museums located there form a German Acropolis for the Arts, offering everything from antiquities to modern art.

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Germany’s International Film Festival February

Since its founding back in Cold War West-Berlin in 1951, the Berlinale film festival has not only played an active role in establishing the formidable reputation of post-war German cinema, it has also regularly reflected European and international political and social movements, as well.

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Five Top Berlin Hotels

Since the reunification, five star hotels have sprouted out of the Berliner landscape like mushrooms. Here is a selection of the very finest.

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Weimar ist Wunderbar

When one hears the word Weimar, the first thing that usually comes to mind is the famous and ill-fated Weimar Republic, that heady and turbulent era between 1919 and 1933 in which art, experimentation and hyperinflation dominated in inter-war Germany. Weimar holds for Germany a much deeper and significant historical meaning, however. It was during Weimar’s golden age, referred to in Germany as the “Weimar classic” period, in which Goethe wrote Faust and Schiller wrote his famous plays and poems and gave the city its name.

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Is Germany’s Dream Island a Paradise Lost?

Just a short 130 mile train ride from Hamburg, Sylt is famous for its incredibly long beaches, its pure ocean air, the wandering sandbanks (Wanderdunen) and picturesque lighthouses.

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The Rickshaw Rage at the Reichstag

Try and leave your old-fashioned notions about what a rickshaw is behind you. One doesn’t have to be all too concerned about exhausting the velotaxi drivers in Berlin. These modern rickshaws often have features like auxiliary motors and ultra-lightweight fiberglass bodies and have chalked up more than their fair share of flashy advertising campaigns.

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