St. Patrick’s Day in Berlin

As in cities all over the world, in the German capital St. Patrick’s Day is a celebration of all things Irish, particularly the dark beer which comes from the Emerald Isle. Berlin is not lacking in waterholes bearing the Celtic script – check out this list of Irish pubs in Berlin for places to go.

Misc Berlin links

Some miscelleaneous Berlin-related links:

• Berlin flea markets
• Neues Ufer café (formerly Anderes Ufer)
• “a month of sundays” – a Berlin brunch blog

Things disappearing from Berlin

Berlin is a city of change, which means while new things come, others – often sadly – go. Addicts of rolling BBC news will be distraught to hear that BBC World is no longer available on DVB-T in Berlin. The Love Parade is leaving the city. And the East Berlin Palast der Republik is slowly disappearing. However, it looks like the Tränenpalast might be safe (despite signs of demolition).

U55: Berlin’s shortest U-Bahn line

Won’t be long now before the U55 will open – a white elephant before it serves its first passenger. To run between Unter den Linden and Berlin’s new Hauptbahnhof, it will have just three stations – the two termini and the intermediate Bundestag station, and will be the shortest line on the Berlin U-Bahn network.