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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, Stagecoach, Rebel Without a Cause, Star Trek 4, Cast Away, Sex & The City, Entrapment.
Live and let Berlin
Berlin isn’t pretty. It doesn’t try to be. That’s the point. Berlin is change, a perpetual motion wrapped in concrete and graffiti.
The Knife in Munich
The Swedish band The Knife were all the rage a few years back. Their 2006 album Silent Shout was one of my favorites that year and received universal acclaim.
The dark past of Munich
The Munich of today is beer gardens, bratwurst and BMWs. A polished Bavarian jewel that sparkles with lederhosen kitsch and Oktoberfest delirium. But peel back the postcard gloss and you’ll find a city that once danced with the devil, and did so with shocking enthusiasm.
Amphi Festival in Cologne
Cologne in July. Most people come for the cathedral, the river cruises, maybe a Kölsch or two. Me? I came for the darkness and industrial noise at Amphi Festival, the annual pilgrimage of the black-clad faithful, where leather is a second skin and daylight is considered an occupational hazard.
Winter in Berlin
Berlin in winter is not for the weak. The city shrugs off the sun like a bad hangover, wrapping itself in grey skies, freezing rain, and a cold that gets into your bones like regret. But that’s the charm, isn’t it?
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Berlin doesn’t forget. It just mutates. Concrete slabs become canvases. Watchtowers become tourist traps. But beneath the layers of currywurst stands and souvenir shops selling faux fragments of tyranny, you can still hear the echo of boots on asphalt.
Review: Rule no 5: No sex on the bus
Brian Thacker is an Australian tour guide and travel writer. The book covers his day job of herding tourists on a bus trip through Europe but is really a lot more entertaining than it sounds.
Dark days at Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig
Just as Whitsun arrives each year, tens of thousands of people dressed in black also arrive to the the beautiful city of Leipzig. The annual Wave-Gotik-Treffen is one of the largest sub-culture events in the world.