Posts with tag ”berlin”

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The sound of Berlin

The sound of Berlin

It’s a scorching summer day in Berlin with 30 degrees. Coincidentally, it’s been 40 years since the release of Summer in Berlin, the well-known song by German band Alphaville. This was a song that I listened to a lot at the time it was released way back in 1984.

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Hotel in Budapest

Movie locations around the world part 8

This is part 8 of my quest for finding movie locations around the world. Contents: Parts Unknown, No Reservations, The Layover, Michael Palin’s New Europe, Michael Palin’s Pole to Pole, Michael Palin’s Sahara, Mission Impossible 5: Rogue Nation, November Man, Homeland, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Home Alone 2, Blood Diamond.

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Seville

Movie locations around the world part 4

This is part 4 of my quest for finding movie locations around the world. Contents: Star Wars Episode 2, The World Is Not Enough, Sound of Music, In Bruges, Love Actually, Lola Rennt, Rebel Without a Cause, Cast Away, Entrapment.

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Live and let Berlin

Live and let Berlin

Berlin is one of those cities that keep drawing me back. This unique city has a kind of deliberate urban decay which I find quite compelling.

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Winter in Berlin

Winter in Berlin

Berlin is ever changing. Last time I was in Berlin about a decade ago. I remember a sky full of construction cranes in the eastern parts. The city has seen some serious improvements since then and some areas has changed beyond recognition.

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Fall of the Berlin Wall

Fall of the Berlin Wall

Exactly twenty years ago, the Berlin Wall was opened and Germany was reunited about a year later. I remember reading about it in the newspapers of 1989, perhaps a bit too young to fully grasp the impact of this monumental event.

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