Berlin Hauptbahnhof.
Less than eight months after it opened, Berlin’s Hauptbahnhof, Europe’s largest –and at a cost of €750 million (USD 900 million) certainly the continent’s most expensive– rail station, hit the...
View ArticlePost card from Berlin
Been in Berlin the past several days, quickly becoming my favorite European city. This is Berlin’s Olympic Stadium, recently rennovated, but it still breathes history. Berlin, 16-Sep-2007 Berlin...
View ArticleGadling pic of the day
This shot of the Holocaust Memorial, or Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, was selected as Gadling‘s Photo of the Day today. Thanks! More about the memorial here. Sobering, provocative, and in an...
View Article30 Second Cheap Hotel Advisor – Berlin
Sachsenhof Motzstraße 7 Berlin Stayed 4 nights, 15-19-Sep 2007 Roomy! Airy! I really enjoyed this place. Great location, just a short walk from the Nollendorfplatz U Bahn stop, nice neighborhood, and a...
View ArticleJune Pic(k)s
Spotted these gems at the Berlin Hauptbahnhof on a busy Monday morning on my way out. Crisis or not, I could easily find better ways to spend €30 or €50. Anyway, they made me chuckle, so they made the...
View ArticleFive Minutes to Midnight
This is a detail from Slovenia’s offering to the United Buddy Bears exhibit that was on display on the Ku’damm in Berlin from 26 June through 3 October. Said Berlin-based Slovenian artist Marjan...
View ArticleBerlin Quickie
Here’s a 4min&8sec vidblog from Berlin, the latest in my small –but growing!– Piran Cafe City Quickie series. Berlin has long been on my short-short list of favorite European capitals – I’ve...
View ArticleWeekly Sunday Drive – 60-second Trabant Tour
When I was a kid growing up in the U.S. midwest, Sunday afternoons were oftentimes about drives. Usually into the nearby countryside east of Cleveland, much of which has long since devolved into...
View ArticleAt Berlin’s Hohenzollernplatz – Pic du Jour
At the Hohenzollernplatz U-banh stop, that is. 31-May-2008 The post At Berlin’s Hohenzollernplatz – Pic du Jour appeared first on PIRAN CAFÉ.
View ArticleHolocaust Memorial, Berlin (Pic du Jour)
I’ve posted this image of Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial before, but thought it appropriate to share again on the occasion of today’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The memorial, whose official...
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