Berlin

:This article is about the city in Germany. For other uses, see Berlin (disambiguation).

The Arts and Culture

After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 many buildings in the former city center of East Berlin (today the district Mitte) were renovated. Many had not been rebuilt since World War II. Illegally occupied by young people, they had become a fertile ground for all sorts of underground and counter-culture gatherings. It was also home to many nightclubs, including Tacheles, Techno clubs Tresor, WMF, Ufo and E-Werk.

Related Topics:
1989 - Underground - Counter-culture - Nightclub - Techno - Tresor

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The art scene in Berlin is extremely rich and it is home to hundreds of art galleries. The city is host to the Art Forum annual international art fair. Berlin also offers one of the most diverse and vibrant nightlife scenes in Europe. Most Berliners take great pride in their city's reputation as one of the most socially progressive cities on the continent. Source: Press

Related Topics:
Art - Art galleries

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Berlin's annual Carnival of Cultures, a multi-ethnic street parade, and Chistopher Street Day celebrations, Central Europe's largest gay-lesbian pride event, are openly supported by the city's government.*http://www.berlin-tourist-information.de/english/unterwegs/e_uw_berlinprogramm_gay.html**http://www.berlin-tourist-information.de/english/zielgruppen/e_zg_gay_bezirke.php.

Related Topics:
Carnival of Cultures - Chistopher Street Day

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Another event is the techno-demonstration "Loveparade" (every year in July or August).

Related Topics:
Techno - Demonstration - Loveparade

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Despite the city's high unemployment levels, a significant number of young Germans and artists continue to settle in the city, and Berlin has established itself as the premiere center of youth and pop culture in Europe.

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Unemployment - Youth - Pop culture

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Signs of this expanding role were the 2003 announcement that the annual Popkomm, Europe's largest music industry convention, would move to Berlin after 15 years in Cologne. Shortly thereafter, German MTV also decided to move its headquarters and main studios from Munich to Berlin. Universal Music opened its European headquarters on the banks of the River Spree in an area known as the mediaspree.

Related Topics:
2003 - Popkomm - Music industry - Convention - Cologne - German - MTV - Universal Music - Spree

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Film Industry and Films about Berlin

Berlin is the centre of the German Film Industry, partly due to the existence of the Babelsberg Studios and many important film and TV production companies like UFA, Senator Film, Goldkind etc. Many international movies and European co-productions have been filmed there. Berlin is also home of the European Film Academy, the German Film Academy and host of the Berlinale film festival. There are many films that were set in or portray the special "Berlin-Atmosphere" from different eras, among them are:

Related Topics:
Film Industry - Babelsberg Studios - UFA - Senator Film - Goldkind - European Film Academy - German Film Academy - Berlinale - Films

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• Die Sinfonie der Großstadt -- 1927 Documentary Type Film "Day in the life of Berlin" http://german.imdb.com/title/tt0017668/
• Berlin Alexanderplatz -- 1920s Berlin
• The Blue Angel -- 1930s Depression
• M -- Early 1930s Berlin
• The Testament of Dr. Mabuse -- 1933 Berlin
• Downfall -- Final days of the Third Reich 1945
• One, Two, Three -- Cold War before the Wall 1961
• Funeral in Berlin 1966 Cold War Thriller- A bit dated, filmed in Berlin with some nice scenes in Kreuzberg
• Cabaret -- Filmed in 1972, set in the early 1930s
• Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo -- 1970s
• Run Lola Run -- Filmed 1998 in post-reunification Berlin
• Good bye, Lenin! -- Set in East Berlin in 1989
• Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of Desire) -- A cult film about divided city by Wim Wenders from 1987
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch -- A cult film and musical about a German singer-transvestite who escapes East Berlin in 1989. 2001.
• Der Untergang (the Downfall)-- 2004 German film portraying the last days in Hitler's bunker

Museums

• Archenhold Observatory Archenhold-Sternwarte http://www.astw.de
• Museum Island with the Altes Museum, Pergamon Museum and Alte Nationalgalerie
• German Museum of Technology in Kreuzberg, located at the site of an old freight train hub
• Museum for Post and Telecommunication
• Gemäldegalerie (Picture Gallery), European art (mostly paintings) from the 13th to the 18th century http://www.museen-berlin.de/gg/e/s.html
• Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery), one of the last buildings by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
• Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery), 19th-century painting and sculpturehttp://www.smpk.de/ang/e/s.html
• Jewish Museum Berlin
• Hamburger Bahnhof (Museum for contemporary art)
• Museum of European Cultures
• Berlin State Gallery http://www.berlinischegalerie.de/en/71-1-1_0.htm
• Bauhaus Museum http://www.bauhaus-archiv.de/english/index.htm
• Broehan Museum http://www.broehan-museum.de/home1.htm
• Deutsche Guggenheim Museum http://www.deutsche-bank-kunst.com/guggenheim/e/
• German Film Museum http://www.berlin-tourist-information.de/english/veranstaltungen/e_ve_filmmuseum.html
• Kaethe Kollwitz Museum http://www.dhm.de/museen/kollwitz/english/home.htm
• Museum of European Cultures http://www.museen-berlin.de/mek/e/s.html
• Vitra Design Museum http://www.design-museum.de/berlin.php
• The Berggruen Collection (Picasso and his Age) http://www.smb.spk-berlin.de/shb/e/s.html
• Museum of Natural History http://www.museum.hu-berlin.de/home.asp?lang=1
• German Museum of Technology http://www.dtmb.de/index_en.html
• Museum of Medical History http://www.charite.de/kompakt/english/p8.00_frame.html
• Berlin Wall Documentation Center http://www.berliner-mauer-dokumentationszentrum.de/index_e.html
• Prussian Palaces and Gardens in Berlin http://www.spsg.de/index.php?id=1&sessionLanguage=en

Theaters

• Schaubühne http://www.schaubuehne.de
• Volksbühne http://www.volksbuehne-berlin.de
• Deutsches Theater http://www.deutsches-theater.de
• Berliner Ensemble http://www.berliner-ensemble.de
• Theater des Westens http://www.theater-des-westens.de
• Grips-Theater
• Theater am Potsdamer Platz http://www.stageholding.de/6307.htm
• Maxim Gorki Theater http://www.gorki.de
• Renaissance Theater

Opera houses

• Deutsche Oper
• Staatsoper Unter den Linden
• Komische Oper