Category Archives: The Idle Ethnographer in Berlin
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Verdammte Idylle
Leave a commentJuly 6, 2017 by anelim
Der Unterschied zwischen einer Großstadt und einer idyllischen Provinz im 21n Jahrhundert: Züge kommen nur jede 20 Minuten, kein elektronisches …
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Ruhe à la Berlin
Leave a commentJune 2, 2017 by anelim
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Neues Wort des Tages
Leave a commentMay 29, 2017 by anelim
Alptram: wenn am Werktag die Straßenbahn endlich nach 45 Minuten kommt und du kommst 30 min spät zum Termin. Alt-Tram: …
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Impatient times
Leave a commentMay 12, 2017 by anelim
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The Real North
Leave a commentMay 11, 2017 by anelim
11 May. Berliners are supposed to be content with “frostfreien 5-9’C” at night. Though the sunny 19’C today does feel …
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No Brexit 2
Leave a commentApril 1, 2017 by anelim
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No Brexit
Leave a commentMarch 31, 2017 by anelim
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On the other hand
Leave a commentMarch 21, 2017 by anelim
To learn more about the owner of the hand, read here. And to find out what (or, rather, who!) is …
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On the one hand
Leave a commentMarch 20, 2017 by anelim
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Man flu
Leave a commentFebruary 25, 2017 by anelim
In Berlin they even know how to treat the man flu!
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Turkisch Owls
2February 22, 2017 by anelim
I live in Berlin. Therefore, I decided to learn some Turkish. as a Bulgarian it turns out I already know …
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Turkisch Owls
Leave a commentFebruary 22, 2017 by anelim
I live in Berlin. Therefore, I decided to learn some Turkish. as a Bulgarian it turns out I already know …
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Denglish
Leave a commentFebruary 21, 2017 by anelim
“Exklusives Pre-Sale Event” (from an email by a cosmetics company)
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Yellow is the New Black!
Leave a commentFebruary 20, 2017 by anelim
A little yellow vandal has been spotted in Berlin:) you can follow the crazy adventures of Mr Daffodil and his …
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Social advertising under your feet
Leave a commentFebruary 20, 2017 by anelim
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#Berlinale
Leave a commentFebruary 17, 2017 by anelim
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Berliner Schnautze
Leave a commentFebruary 16, 2017 by anelim
morgens in der vollen UBahn: “entschuldigung, steigen Sie raus?” “Nein”.
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Cake or wine, we are fine! Berlin still celebrates.
Leave a commentDecember 20, 2016 by anelim
Berlin might be bereaved for the innocent victims of yesterday’s attack. But the living are still celebrating. Love conquers fear …
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ANSWER: This building is…
Leave a commentDecember 19, 2016 by anelim
Not a mosque but an eccentric steam engine building in Potsdam commissioned by Friedrich the Great in the first half …
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RIDDLE: What is this building?
Leave a commentDecember 12, 2016 by anelim
Answer: next Monday!
n days in Berlin 