The forest takes its name from Grünewald, meaning greenwood, a forest that is green, which it decidedly was not in March. - by SL Wong

A Wander in Grunewald

When I visited my first ‘real’ forest in Berlin, I could not help feeling how sparse it was compared to ...

Where can one find the German equivalent of Oxford English? Does it matter? - by SL Wong

Real German

It started with a reaction to Romy saying she wanted to spend time in the UK to learn to speak ...

How is news packaged for the U-Bahn's captive readership? - by SL Wong

Headline Malaysia

Malaysia doesn’t make it to the news very often in Berlin, especially the news digests that flash on the little ...

Siegessaule - Festival of Lights - by SL Wong

Reinventing Victory

In the sublime 1987 film, ‘Der Himmel über Berlin‘ (‘Wings of Desire’), filmmaker Wim ... ...

Tempeholf Airport Installation - by SL Wong

Tempelhof: From Airport to Park

Trust Berlin to have an airport-sized park in the middle of the city that was actually once an airport.

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Reeds in Britzergarten - by SL Wong

Come Dance with Me

What stunning use of video. Through this medium, original dancers from Lucinda Childs' 1979 piece, 'Dance', 'partnered' live dancers on stage,.. ...

Initially, I did not even know what the German for 'on' and 'off' was (see bottom left), what more the rest of the manual. - by SL Wong

Contemplating the Washing Machine

I shall contemplate the washing machine. Dictionary firmly in hand, I sit before the machine,.. ...

Strudel by any other Name

“As German as apple strudel” should in the name of accuracy really be: “As Habsburgian as apple strudel”. Habsburg was ...

Not just an Asian obsession at the Mauerpark Bearpit Karaoke. - by SL Wong

Karaoke in the Park

The man sings his heart out – badly – and the several hundred-strong crowd cheers. This is karaoke Berlin-style, happening ...

Cacti of every shape and size in the Botanic Garden Berlin. - by SL Wong

Cactus House

Go the Botanic Garden and sit in the warm greenhouse, was a how-to-survive-a-Berlin-Winter tip offered us by our friend Silke. ...

Jüdische Opfer des Faschismus by Will Lammert - by SL Wong

Discover Truth

“Discover truth, love beauty, seek goodness, do the best one can,” (“Nach Wahrheit forschen, Schönheit lieben, Gutes wollen, das Beste ...

Kranoldplatz, after the big leaf shedding - by SL Wong

Blue Sky

When the weather behaves, the intense blue of cloudless Berlin skies inspires a favourite indulgence: lying on my back and ...