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04.Jul.2009 - Selling food at Berlin markets (16)
03.Jul.2009 - Social soccer/football teams in Berlin (10)
03.Jul.2009 - Are there no public swimming pools in Kreuzberg? (4)
03.Jul.2009 - How to obtain free legal aid in Berlin (9)
03.Jul.2009 - Good places to meet girls in Berlin (72)
03.Jul.2009 - How and where to get a German tax card (20)
03.Jul.2009 - Fixed-gear bikes spark police crackdown in Berlin (21)
03.Jul.2009 - Jesus christ it's warm in Berlin (20)
03.Jul.2009 - Music industry pulls plug on Popkomm trade fair (24)
03.Jul.2009 - Dermatologist appointments easy to get? (4)

 Berlin events:   (more: events next three months and how to add an event)

Sat 04.Jul
 
Connect Club annual summer BBQ  From 5pm @ Tiergarten
 
 
 
Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD)  Update: U.S. Meets Europ...
 
 
Sun 05.Jul
Movie: Feature Doc 9 to 5 – Days in Porn  9:25pm Sun @ Central...
Mon 06.Jul
Backgammon evening, 7pm Monday 6.Jul.2009  A BerlinKiez Club eve...
 
Scrabble playing meetup  Next one: 8.30pm,
Tue 07.Jul
 
 
 
Wed 08.Jul
Boat party on the "Eastern Comfort"  Every week in Friedrichshai...
Thu 09.Jul
Kaffee Burger Klezmer Night  10pm @ Torstraße 60

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Berlin residents to get free wireless internet - I've just read that Berlin is to go the path of Portland, Oregon and will offer FREE internet all over the city. This is fantastic. The hope is to attract more young people. Say good-bye to all the internet cafes (sorry Turks, you're going to have to get another job). I will provide the link but wanted to tell you all right away.… read more…

Tacheles faces closure, the famous Berlin squat - BBC News: Famous Berlin squat faces closure. When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, Tacheles, a ruined building in East Berlin, was taken over by artists. It became a centre of artistic subculture. It has been put up for sale and the artists served with an eviction order, so they have begun a campaign to buy it. The building's hallways are open to the public 24 hours a day and visitors are encouraged to leave their mark with graffiti on the wall.… read more…

Plans to rebuild Berlin's royal palace - kitsch oder kutur? Bloomberg: Berlin Palace to Blend Baroque, Modern in $750 Million Design The challenge, Stella said in an interview in Berlin, lies in reconciling the Baroque architecture with a modern use. The German parliament insisted that three of the palace’s four facades should be rebuilt as they were. Stella’s design has a modern interior, with a covered courtyard for exhibitions. The building will house a museum, library, theater,… read more…

Fare dodgers are crowding Berlin prisons - Via The Local: Fare dodgers crowding Berlin prisons. Hundreds of Berliners who end up in prison each year for riding public transportation without tickets are stressing the city’s already overcrowded prisons “At least 155 of our 480 inmates have been jailed in lieu of payment for fare dodging,” said Udo Plessow, warden of Berlin’s Plötzensee correctional facility TTers are frequently busted for "travelling black". They… read more…

Berlin sweet shop sold hallucinogenic chocolates - Ooh, yummy. Magic mushroom chocolate and cannabis lollipops. Hallucinogenic Chocolates Doom Berlin Sweet Shop Berlin (Reuters) Sept 12, 2008 - Police closed down a Berlin sweet shop after discovering the owner was selling chocolates and lollipops laced with hallucinogenic mushrooms and marijuana.… read more…

Naked shop assistants at "Lush" cosmetics store - Lush, a British chain of hand-made soap stores, has recently started a rather cheeky promotion campaign. Their shop assistants have been working naked, with only an apron to hide their modesty. This is not only a cunning advertising strategy, but also a protest at the use of too much packaging in retail products. According to Lush, packaging contributes to two per cent of overall greenhouse gases, and plastic uses eight per cent of the world's oil… read more…

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