MMmm...new airport. Do you know that Berlin has three airports? You're most likely to fly into Tegel, or Schoenefeld if you're on a low-cost European airline, and their modernist Tempelhof one is now just an event space. But come October 2011, a fourth airport will be added into the mix: Berlin-Brandenburg International (BER).

BER is currently under construction, but helping it to move along quickly is the fact that it'll use some of Schoenefeld's infrastructure (it's basically a new airport next to Schoenefeld). Additionally, Tegel Airport wants to close by 2012. Although BER will serve as the main airport in Berlin from its opening, it will only end up with two runways at its completion (one of the runways will be an existing one of Schoenefeld's). It'll only have ten boarding gates, but at least one will be equipped to handle the hot new airplane in town: the Airbus A380. BER seeks to battle it out with Munich airport for the title of Germany's second-best airport, after the behemoth that is Frankfurt am Main International.

A video, after the jump ]]> JetSetCD 2010-02-05T10:45:12-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/1/14/212457/658

Can you feel that electricity in the air? It's fashion...or rather, it's probably the static electricity of fashionistas donning their trendiest wool ensembles for winter fashion weeks around the world.

Just yesterday began the short-but-sweet Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in Berlin. They won't be driving cars down catwalks, no, as Mercedes is only a sponsor, but Berlin is a welcome start to the fashion week season as the city climbs in cool factor.

After the jump, where the real focus is this year]]> JetSetCD 2010-01-21T16:20:04-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/11/9/05159/7122

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. ]]> JetSetCD 2009-11-09T09:29:24-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/11/5/135025/624

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]]]> JetSetCD 2009-11-05T14:49:07-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/9/23/133515/517

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. ]]> JetSetCD 2009-09-23T14:38:47-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/8/25/15413/5695

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. ]]> JetSetCD 2009-08-25T15:44:40-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/6/18/72845/7650

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]

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