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Hitchhiking to Berlin

On a random weekend in April, after seven hours of speedy highway driving with noisy Deutsch-Rock in the background, Nancy and I got dropped in one of the quiet, dark streets in Berlin.

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Shoes on Wall - Mitte (Berlin) -

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Yeah, we did it: our first Hitchhike, found on the internet.

What to do in Berlin? I’ve already seen the Brandenburger Tor and the Berliner Wall and even the Bauhaus Museum is not new to me anymore.

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Brandenburgertor - Berlin -

Thanks to Verity and Hans, two of the Mediamatic Travel Guides, I got to know the ins and outs of that weekend’s cultural program. Both Hans and Verity were very helpful to me and had sent me a long list of cool places and events for the weekend. What were the options?

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Prenzlauerberg - Berlin - StreetArt -

Celebrating the Portuguese ‘revolution’ (1974) with some Portuguese artists? Checking out a Girl-Only DJ Battle on Stattbad Wedding? Joining the production of an arty TV-program in the Sloppy Joe Bar? Or wandering around the RAW Tempel and enjoy music and art at the mini-festival ‘Berlin Festee’?

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Spree Ufer - Berlin -

Two days is not enough if you have guides giving you so many suggestions... We did not get bored! After having walked for 8 hours to visit several arty markets, experimental music festivals, ancient squats and vintage shops, we additionally danced another 5 hours to the electro tunes of some Berliner DJ, in a small club with an amazing light show. Only to return back into the arms of our German driver who drove us back safely to Rotterdam....

ZZZ... Sleeping with speedyrock on the background...