„Berlin combines the culture of New York, the traffic system of Tokyo, the nature of Seattle and the history of, well, Berlin“

Hello bloggers!

Guten Morgen Berlin! Which means as much as Good morning Berlin! I’m so excited to get to know Berlin, since I’ve heard so many excited thing about it. The thing that attract me the most is that Berlin has established itself as a centre of youth and popular culture in Europe. So the city is basically full of young people. I really like the atmosphere here, it keeps me young! They call an inhabitant of Berlin, a Berliner.

Nightlife and festivals in Berlin are one of the most popular attractions for young people. I mean, Berlin’s nightlife is one of the most diverse and vibrant of Europe. Eastern and Central Europa made Berlin’s club scene the most important nightlife destination in Europe. Clubs are not required to close at a fix time on the weekends, so the party can go on till the morning.

The buildings that were destroyed due to the fall of the Berlin Wall were illegally occupied by young people who rebuild it for underground gatherings such as Techno-music nightclubs etc. One of the clubs that is very popular in Berlin is for example Berghain. To illustrate that the buildings are indeed rebuild after the fall, I can tell you that this club is located at a former power station. As I told you that the parties can last till the morning, Panorama Bar has its name of the bar that opens its shades at daybreak which allows party people a panorama view of Berlin after dancing through the night. The city also has a huge number of gay clubs and festivals, such as Easter fetish week.

Berghain

Panorama Bar in Berghain

I found something very weird. They say Berlin has a very young population but on the other hand the birthrate is one one of the lowest in the world? I’m not really sure how they can explain that. The most logical thing I could come up with is the fact that there is an increasing number of foreigners that have been settling in Berlin due to loosened immigration laws and easier citizenship requirements. A lot of Turks, Russians, Poles and others came to live in Berlin. Okay, there are a lot of different cultures in Berlin but the official language is still German.

If someone is interested to visit Berlin, I suggest to go through the PDF-document that you can find on the last link I’ve put at ‘sources’. It’s a very good guideline!

Sources:

Titel quote: Hiroshi Motomura, UCLA Law Professor, 2004

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin#Culture

http://matadornetwork.com/nights/the-10-wildest-places-to-party-in-berlin/

http://www.city-data.com/world-cities/Berlin-People.html

http://www.curso24.de/images/berlin_colour_teaser.pdf