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Tag Archives: Berlin
Underground in Berlin
Regular visitors to Travel Between The Pages are well aware of my fascination with public transit systems and their maps. So it will come as little surprise that I am mildly obsessed with the hypnotic website Ubähnchen which is a … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, apps, Europe, Public Transport, Tech, Tourism
Tagged Berlin, Germany, transit maps
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where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people
While recently helping a friend plan a trip to Berlin, I encouraged him to visit the brilliant memorial at Bebelplatz in the Mitte District. On May 10, 1933, in the Bebelplatz in central Berlin, members of the Nazi Student Union … Continue reading
Midnight Train From Paris
Many years ago, when I took my first big European trip, I managed to stretch my travel budget by traveling at night by train. More often than not, I simply tried to sleep in a regular compartment, however when the … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Hotels, Public Transport, Tourism
Tagged Berlin, Paris, Rome, Trains and Railroads
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Human Hotel
The Human Hotel project was created last year by the folks behind WOOLOO.ORG — an online community for professional artists. The concept is an AirBnB-like service for artistic types who like to travel and meet like-minded people. Visiting creatives get … Continue reading
Berlin: Museum Goes Mobile
Berlin’s Museum of Now (MON) along with Yes,And…Productions(YAP) have come up with an ingenious way to bring art to city residents during the corona virus lockdown. Loading a projector and speakers onto a truck, they make nightly visits to neighborhoods … Continue reading
Pirate Printers
I know that I posted a story on this Berlin art collective a while ago, but I recently stumbled on a video about the group and thought I’d share again. The artists involved in the project travel around Europe making … Continue reading
Every Man Dies Alone
Until ten years ago Hans Fallada was a forgotten German novelist who had a moderately successful career until the rise of the Nazis. When he died in a sanatorium in 1947, Fallada was struggling with a long term addiction to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Writing
Tagged Berlin, Hans Fallada, novels, World War II
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Reading Cities
When I am planning my travels, I always spend time reading about the destinations. Those of you who follow TBTP know that I am devoted to old school travel guidebooks, but I also do my due diligence by reading both … Continue reading
Berlin: Word on the Street
h/t Herakut & Dr.Seuss
Art and History Are Everywhere In Berlin
Deutsche Bahn, the German national railway network, commissioned artist and illustrator Christoph Niemann to create a pair of forty meter-long tile murals for a pedestrian tunnel at the Berlin Wannsee train station. Working with 10×10 cm tiles, Niemann designed two … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, History, Museums, Public Transport
Tagged Berlin, Christoph Niemann, Mural Art, Wannsee
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