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I tried to photograph some of the swans swimming around in the Landwehrkanal this afternoon. As I came close to the water (too close, apparently), on of them got angry and jumped out of the water in the fraction of a second. I almost jumped IN the water, but I saved both myself and my camera (I could have handled it, the camera not so much).
Photo by @arvidsamland: ISO 100; 35 mm; f/2,8; 1/125 sec.
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Have you ever visited Thaipark on a Sunday? If not, you should definitely do so very soon. Excellent food and good vibes. This picture is taken three days ago, after a round of summer rolls and chicken satay. Mmmm! Give me more!
Photo by @arvidsamland: ISO 100; 35 mm; f/9,0; 1/160 sec.
Yesterday we spent the whole afternoon bathing, sunbathing and relaxing by the very end of the U3: Krumme Lanke! Well, we didn't actually visit the lake Krumme Lanke, but the neighboring Schlachtensee. At the restaurant by the lake we grabbed a quick lunch. This is my Käsekrainer, joined by a potato salad and a glass of white wine.
Photo by @arvidsamland: ISO 100; 35 mm; f/9.0; 1/160 sec.
After a long day in the heat we decided to have dinner (and some wine to celebrate that it’s Monday) in the hills of Viktoriapark in Kreuzberg. The park is the highest “natural” point in Berlin, and it’s simply a beautiful spot on warm summer nights.
Photo by @arvidsamland: ISO 1600; 35 mm; f/22; 30,0 sec.
Berlin is a city of street art. And it is a city of photographers (and artists of all kinds, for that sake). So why not create meta Monday? Posting a photo of street art picturing a photographer (and birds, and a monkey)? Well, here it is.
This piece of art can be found on one of the walls (not a wall facing the street, though) of the hochbunker in Pallasstrasse in Schöneberg.
Photo by @arvidsamland: ISO 100; 35 mm; f/6,3; 1/125 sec.
Summer = Freiluftkino in Berlin. There are countless (well, almost) open air cinemas around the city, and last night we sat in comfortable deck chairs at Freiluftkino Kreuzberg at the screening of “Victoria”. The film was shot in one single, long take in Mitte and Kreuzberg, so last night was like a coming home for it. Great, indeed!
Foto by @arvidsamland: ISO 3200; 35 mm; f/6,3; 1/3 sec.
We had good friends from Norway visiting this weekend. We also had a real Berlin heatwave, and not to forget: a pink polyester wig! The combination of the three factors was quite fun, although very warm, and we simply had to stunt a photoshoot in Tiergarten. A great memory of a great visit!
Photo by @arvidsamland (and a self-timer): ISO 500; 35 mm; f/2,8; 1/125 sec.
This weekend, the rainbow has been covering Berlin. In numerous cities around the world Christopher Streed Day has been celebrated to commemorate the start of the gay rights movement. The Berlin parade started at Zoo and ended at Brandenburger Tor. After the parade, the whole street between Brandenburger Tor and the Victory Column (Siegessäule) was transformed into a huge dancing floor. What a party!
I and my husband joined the parade halfway, and I took this photo as we approached the Victory Column in Tiergarten. Unfortunately, the flag is not in focus, again i messed up with the ISO wheel (I mean, I wouldn’t normally use 50 ISO for a shot like this), and the shutter is too slow. But, after all, this was the image that best captured the good mood in yesterday’s parade.
Photo by @arvidsamland: ISO 50; 35 mm; f/6,3; 1/80 sec.
Berlin is slowly returning to normal after the Queen’s visit this week. This morning the Queen visited Brandenburger Tor, greeting hundreds of fans in the morning sun. This picture is taken a couple of hours later, as the streets were opened up for traffic and tourists were again taking selfies in front of Brandenburger Tor. As far as I know, the Queen took none.
Photo by @arvidsamland: ISO 50 (that was actually a mistake, as I by accident came to turn the ISO wheel); 35 mm; f/4,0; 1/60 sec (also not optimal, but it worked fine this morning).
After more than a week’s absence from Berlin (due to a visit to London), it was great returning home last night. The Berlin summer nights aren’t as bright as the Nordic summer nights I am used to, but I still find it pretty decent.
I snapped this photo as we approached Ostbahnhof by train. As you might see, it’s also partly a self portrait.
Photo by @arvidsamland: ISO 800; 35 mm; f/2,8; 1/125 sec.
Summer hit Berlin this week, transforming the city to an oasis of the outdoorsy. Parks are packed with Berliners relaxing in the sun, and in the evening the pavements are filled with people enjoying a drink in the warm weather. Which brings me to today’s photo: Last night I and some friends visited Markthalle Neun in Kreuzberg. And before heading to the inside Street Food Market it was time for a cooling drink: a Radler!
People have different opinions on Radler. Some find it too sweet. And some think that beer should not be mixed with other beverages. I don’t care much about that. I simply love a cold Radler on a warm summer day. Last night I had this Austrian variant, which was also very good.
Radler is Bavarian dialect for Radfahrer (cyclist). Apparently, the beverage got this name in the 19th century, when recreational cycling became popular among the working class. The cyclers needed a thirst quencher with less alcohol than beer, and voila: The Radler!
Photo by @arvidsamland: ISO 320; 35 mm; f/2,8; 1/125 sec.
The Karneval der Kulturen is a four-day urban festival that takes place in Kreuzberg every year at Pentecost. Traffic is blocked off, and the festival takes over this part of the city with its concerts, performances, food stalls and good vibes. And with hundreds of thousands of people visiting every day! On Sunday the street parade took place, and as usual it was a cultural diverse crowd that toured the streets of Kreuzberg.
Photo by @arvidsamland: ISO: 100; 35 mm; f/4,5; 1/160 sec.
Today, we visited what is said to be one of the hardest to visit landmarks in Berlin: the Hochbunker Pallasstrasse in Schöneberg. Apparently, there is only one guided tour a year, so we’ve been quite lucky!
The bunker was built from 1943 by prisoners of war, many of them from the Soviet Union. It was meant to serve as a bunker for the neighboring phone and telex central. The communications central was of great importance during the war, as it connected the different offices of the German authorities. The bunker was not finished, though, and the phones and telex machines never moved in.
Contrary to what happened to most other military installations after the war, the bunker in Pallasstrasse was not blown up (there were a couple of attempts at it, though). The danger of damages in the neighborhood was considered too high.
In the 1980s the bunker was upgraded to a civilian air-raid shelter, with a capacity of almost 5000 people, hence making it the biggest air-raid shelter in Berlin. Only a few years ago, the bunker was turned into a memorial.
One of those crisp May evenings in Berlin.
Photo by @arvidsamland: ISO: 800; 35 mm; f/2,8; 1/125 sec.
This time, a black and white photo, captured on a street in Neukölln. Somebody had a good time with their Fritz-Kola! Cheers!
The Boros bunker in Mitte is presently most known for its great collection of art. But the building has a diverse history: The bunker was constructed during the war to give shelter to up to 3.000 train passengers from the nearby Friedrichstrasse train station. After the war, the Red Army used the building as a prison. From 1949 it was used for storage, initially for textiles, later for dry and tropical fruit. For that reason, people in East Berlin named it “banana bunker”.
After the fall of the Berlin wall, the bunker was turned into a techno club. In 2003 Christian Boros bought the building to house his collection of contemporary art. After several years of renovation, the first art exhibition took place from 2008.
As you see from this picture, also the outside of the bunker is pretty interesting.
Photo by @arvidsamland: ISO 100; 35 mm; f/8,0; 1/125 sec.
