Handpicked from the same festivals lineup, scored for this weekend.
FOOD
Sunday Flea Market at Mauerpark
Berlin's most tourist-heavy Sunday flea market, running along the western edge of Mauerpark on the former death strip. Vintage clothing, secondhand bikes, East-German ephemera, and food trucks. The afternoon karaoke pit in the park's amphitheatre completes the fixture.
FESTIVALS
This improbable scenario cannot be depicted
The Gegenwind counselling centre has been operating in Berlin since 1998. It offers counselling and assistance to people who are still suffering from the consequences of trauma experienced during the SED dictatorship.
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A call from afar
Lothar Prager was born in Prenzlauer Berg in 1938. His parents, Georg and Margarete (née Romm), grew up in the streets around the water tower-she on Weißenburger Straße (now Kollwitzstraße) and he on Straßburger Straße.
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Queer art in the GDR?
Toni Ebel, Andreas Fux, Harry Hachmeister, Jochen Hass, Dorothea von Philipsborn, Erika Stürmer-Alex, Rita “Tommy” Thomas, Jürgen Wittdorf, Egon Wrobel - curated by Stephan Koal.
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Nora Turato
Language - both spoken and written - serves as a primary material in Nora Turato’s work, explored through typography, wall pieces, video, sound, performance, and artist books (notably her pool series).
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Bärentouren: Haunted Berlinn Ghost Tour - Berlin on the Ghost Path
‘And yet Tegel is spooky ...’ - From ‘Faust I’ by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe from 1749-1832.
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Die 7 Typen Show
You can look forward to a wonderfully funny duo with plenty of fun and a touch of inspiration for more joy in life.
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Public guided tour “Imprisoned at Alexanderplatz”
Between 1951 and 1990, the Berlin-Mitte remand prison (UHA II) was located on Keibelstrasse near Alexanderplatz in East Germany. It was under the authority of the Ministry of the Interior and within the East Berlin headquarters of the People's Police.
