autumn time

Autumn has come to Berlin full power. It happened from one day to another. For real! The mornings are ice cold - evenings as well. Some days are crisp and beautiful like the day I took this picture at Viktoria Luise Platz in Schöneberg. Others (like today) are rainy and gray. Fortunately there is not so much wind. 

my new hood

I went grocery shopping at the turkish market til evening and took a short stroll around in my neighbourhood. I quite like it!

winterfeldt schokoladen

At this particular café you can order several different kinds of hot chocolate. Dutch, French and Italian styled. Or something else. And you can buy almost every (ok maybe not) kind and brand of chocolate bars and pretty gift chocolates. They also serve good coffee and a wonderful banana bread.

It is in Schöneberg, where Goltzstraße meets Pallasstraße. Go go go!

vizthink berlin meetup #12 - visual tools for impact

Yesterday evening I attended a meetup for visual thinkers; hosted and planned by vizthink. I was there because I was asked to photograph the event. It was much more than a photo job though; the event was very well planned and the presenters were incredibly inspiring. The topic was refugees and there were two different projects presented. One was Refugees on Rails which I was especially impressed by - how the refugees were included in the project from all levels and how succesfull it already is. If you are in Berlin and have an old laptop and don't quite know what to do with it - donate it to them, is my suggestion.

More photos can also be found here and the vizthink blog is also worth a visit.

flea market at arkonaplatz

Every sunday at Arkonaplatz in Mitte there is a quite nice flea market taking place. One with really nice things. Designer lamps and chairs, cool leather jackets and funny things you might need - the Mao wall hanger for example. The car on the picture is not for sale (I think!) but people having that kind of car do also want to attend the flea market. It is not super cheap - to Berlin standards - but it is superb quality! And the surroundings are nice; with trees and cafes like the one I posted the other day. It is a nice sunday thing to do!

bauhaus archiv sneak peak

South of Tiergarten right at the Landwehrkanal at Klingelhöferstr is the Bauhaus Archiv situated. I went there twice last week; once to watch the exhibitions and once just for hanging our and having lunch. There is always an exhibition with a Bauhaus story line; architectural models of buildings, furniture, posters and other peculiar Bauhaus creations. In addition to that one there is a temporary exhibition (right now a beautiful photo exhibition with Hélène Binet), a library, a shop, the archive and a café, which serves a tasty and photogenic tomato and ginger soup. You have to buy a ticket to the exhibitions but it is free to come and hang out, which is something I can very much recommend!

just another day in berlin