Feature: "Slow Music Berlin" (Slow Travel Berlin)

"One thing that always helps us unwind at Slow Travel Berlin is music." So here's a collection of Berlin associated music that suits the Slow Life. Settle in, now...

Feature: "Slow Music Berlin" (Slow Travel Berlin)

Feature: "Dialogue Berlin" (Slow Travel Berlin)

Living abroad is all very well, but sometimes you seek the comforts of your homeland, and Sharmaine Lovegrove's Dialogue Books aims to provide English language books to people in Germany, while simultaneously helping to cultivate a literary scene in Berlin. I talked to her for Slow Travel Berlin.


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Feature: "Dialogue Berlin" (Slow Travel Berlin)

Feature: "Musical Minimalist" (Slow Travel Berlin)

Berlin's always been known to foster an impressive musical scene, but until recently it's been largely focussed on electronic music. Now there's a new breed of avant garde musicians making a name for themselves, and Erased Tapes' and Bella Union's Peter Broderick is one of them. I spoke to him for Slow Travel Berlin..

Feature: "Musical Minimalist" (Slow Travel Berlin)

Feature: The Berlin Stories (Slow Travel Berlin)

Christopher Isherwood's 'The Berlin Stories' remains vital reading for anyone looking to get beneath Berlin's skin. Read my piece for Slow Travel Berlin here.

"Those who've spent time in cafes people-watching or working will understand barman Bobby's complaint about customers who 'order a beer and think they've got the right to sit here the whole evening'..."

Feature: The Berlin Stories (Slow Travel Berlin)

Feature: Solid Gold (Slow Travel Berlin)

A short piece on Berlin's Solid Gold store, THE place to buy band t-shirts and assorted oddities:
http://www.slowtravelberlin.com/2010/06/07/solid-gold/

Feature: Solid Gold (Slow Travel Berlin)

Feature: In Praise Of Edgar Reitz's 'Heimat' (Slow Travel Berlin)

An ex-pat's take on the wonderful first season of the evergreen 1980's German TV series, Heimat:
http://www.slowtravelberlin.com/2010/06/02/in-praise-of-edgar-reitzs-heimat/

Feature: In Praise Of Edgar Reitz's 'Heimat' (Slow Travel Berlin)