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The Top Three Ways To Remember The Fall Of The Berlin Wall

JetSetCD — 2009-11-09T09:29:24-05:00

Today in Berlin, a united city celebrates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Twenty years is not such a long time, and thus the partiers are peppered with those who not only remember the division of the Wall, but perhaps also participated in the breaking down of it in 1989.

You can imagine how boisterous Berlin is today, and we would love to be there, but we just got back from Berlin a few months ago. So, like you, we're anxious to join in the joy from home by remembering the Wall in other ways. We'll leave the 33,000-strong flash mob to those in Germany right now, and instead focus on The Top 3 Ways To Remember The Fall Of The Berlin Wall...from afar.

Berlin: Join 33,000 Others To Recreate The Fall Of The Berlin Wall On Its 20th Anniversary

JetSetCD — 2009-11-05T14:49:07-05:00

Here at Jaunted, we love us some flash mobs and all of the fun and city exploration that come with them. But this upcoming Monday, November 9 in Berlin, a flash mob will take on a somber note as up to 33,000 people gather to recreate the Berlin Wall on the 20th anniversary of the night it came down.

The "Mauer Mob"—know that "mauer" means "wall" in German— will happen at approximately 8:15pm on Monday, lasting for about 15 minutes so that visitors, Berliners, and even those who were there for the original tearing down of the wall can commemorate the date and capture photos of the scene. Already almost 6,000 people have registered to participate on the event's official site, and if you're in the vicinity, you should not miss this opportunity.

For tips on what to see and what to skip while you're not becoming part of a human Berlin wall in the city, be sure to check out our Berlin Field Trip series.

Related Stories:
· Temporarily Recreating The Berlin Wall [Kottke]
· Mauer Mob [Official Site]
· Walk The Path Of The Berlin Wall And Crash Into A Starbucks [Jaunted]
· Berlin coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: Jaunted]

Berlin: Walk The Path Of The Berlin Wall And Crash Into A Starbucks

JetSetCD — 2009-09-23T14:38:47-05:00

Fresh from our Most Shocking McDonald's Locations and Must-See Apple Stores Of The World series, we're taking requests for Subways as we begin our Most Shocking Starbucks Locations. Know of a 'Bucks randomly tucked into a curious corner of the world? This is going to be a running series, so email us your suggestions!

So let's say that you're enjoying a lovely evening out for a stroll in Berlin, Germany and you're perhaps following a brick path in the street that marks the former location of the Berlin Wall. You're walking along, eyes down at the ground as you ponder the history around Potsdamer Platz especially, when you run right into the side of a Starbucks.

Berlin: Berlin Shows Their Sausage Love By Opening A Currywurst Museum

JetSetCD — 2009-08-25T15:44:40-05:00

It's hot and greasy and goopy and fatty; it's a full, heaping plate of Berlin's favorite fast food Currywurst. Only a few months ago, we found ourselves on an informal tour of the Berlin's best Currywurst stands, from Konnopke's underneath an U-bahn station to the KaDeWe's department store kiosk. Believe us when we say that currywurst—sausage drowned with curry ketchup and curry powder and presented with a side of either french fries or potato salad—is the shizznit.

So apparently we headed to Germany a tad too early, as Berlin has just opened the first museum devoted completely to the history and varieties of currywurst. The Deutsches Currywurst Museum, cozying up next to the tourist trap that is Checkpoint Charlie, explores the eating habits of Berliners (who consume around 70 million currywursts every year!) and doles out samples of the tasty favorite.

Berlin: This Year, The Berlin Wall Goes Temporarily Nude

amandak — 2009-06-18T09:32:13-05:00

It may seem like a radical move, but large sections of the Berlin Wall were erased this year to ready it for the East Side Gallery makeover and to celebrate the 20th anniversary of a reunited Berlin.

The newly-erased wall has now been patched up and painted with a protective undercoat, and presumably there'll be protective overcoats on the finished artworks later. It's all the better to prevent the ravages of time and also save the artwork from the less artistic vandals and graffiti artists.

This week, perhaps the most famous mural has been started over: the Brezhnev-Honecker kiss, with artist Dmitry Vrubel admitting he is "a little bit afraid" that the finished work won't be the same as his original. He also said he'll need at least a month to get it done, so postpone your Berlin wall visits for a bit. It's probably best to wait until the grand reopening in November to be sure you'll see the wall remnants at their finest anyways.

Related Stories:
· Touch-Up Begins on Berlin Wall's Passionate Kiss [The Age]
· How Berlin Will Celebrate the Fall of the Wall's 20th Anniversary [Jaunted]
· Berlin Travel Guide [Jaunted]

[Photo: pixseb]

Berlin: Berlin's Wurst Tourist Traps: Checkpoint Charlie

JetSetCD — 2009-05-26T11:02:00-05:00

Jaunted's assistant editor Cynthia is currently kicking it in Berlin and all this week she'll be telling us what to do and not do in town. Any suggestions or questions? Let us know.

Taking a picture in front of a section of der Mauer (the wall) is a touristic rite of passage for visitors to Berlin, usually accompanied by a stop to the former location of the US Army's Checkpoint Charlie. We however chose to bike instead of walk around Berlin during the city's perfect early summer weather, and therefore literally breezed by most of the jammed tourist traps that dominate the areas where the Berlin Wall once stood.

Berlin: How Berlin Will Celebrate the 'Fall of the Wall's' 20th Anniversary

amandak — 2009-04-28T13:01:45-05:00

This November will mark 20 years since the Berlin Wall came tumblin' down, and Berlin has figured out plenty of ways to celebrate, making 2009 the ideal year to visit this buzzing city.

For one, they're scrubbing what's left of the wall clean at the East Side Gallery - the largest remaining portion of the wall - and have invited all the artists who famously painted murals on the section to come back and repaint it. The wall will be cleaned and resurfaced first so that the new paintings should be more resistant to car fumes and vandals. Visitors can watch the artists in action and a grand reopening is planned for November.