Cycleastok - Explore Berlin & Brandenburg

11/03/2026

🌞It was a wonderful day at one of the most beautiful spots near Berlin, Blankensee lake, its park and castle, old village with some nice cafes & home made products...

🚲🚂Take a 20 minutes Regio RE3 train from Berlin Südkreuz south to Trebbin and then bike leisurely 20-30km loop to Blankensee and back.

Whole region of Teltow-Fläming has so much to offer.

Der Fläming
Germany Tourism

05/03/2026

Cycling tour around Buch and Bernau area and short stop at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Bauhaus architecture near Bernau Berlin.

Guided tours of interiors possible, exteriors there for everyone to admire.

Slow Travel Berlin
UNESCO-Welterbe Bauhaus Besucherzentrum Bernau

18/02/2026

Wonderful in every season, Grunewald forest.

🚶🚲Walking or cycling, spending time on sandy dunes Sandgruben, bathing at the Teufelsee with the view to the ex spy station Teufelsberg, admiring the castle Jagdschloss Grunewald...



Germany Tourism

11/01/2026

The coolest winter playground in the city, frozen pond Ententeich next to the Ubahn Rathaus Schöneberg.

The whole area around it and all the way to the small hill "Hippiehügel" now used for sledding next to the "Harry Potter Spielplatz" is nothing short of a nature spectacle in one of the most beautiful parts of Berlin.





Rathaus Schöneberg

01/11/2025

Electronic music concert at the church?

Why not?

Yesterday evening, great event.

One of my favorite electronic music performers, "Shlohmo", arrived to Berlin and held one of the few concerts in Europe just in time his new album "Repulsor" hit the shelves.


Shlohmo

29/10/2025

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/28/cemetery-cafes-trend-berlin-germany

While cemeteries in the German capital have long been rooted in communities, some cafe owners have gone one step further

03/10/2025

26/09/2025

What a great list, especially the first thing on it.

"Perhaps it still rings a bell: the "Balkan wars" in the 1990s, which meant a deep break for thousands of people: They were forced to leave their homeland and make a new start in Germany - accompanied by loss, uncertainty and numerous hurdles.

At the event evening"Speaking. Talking about what was lost and what was found" will focus on precisely these people from Bosnia-Herzegovina: contemporary witnesses will give personal accounts of how they experienced arriving in Germany, the worries and hopes that accompanied them and how it later felt to return to their old homeland for the first time in years."

Historical places, events, exhibitions related to a current topic

09/07/2025

Women's Euro 2025 Switzerland in football is in a full swing, there are many places around Berlin where you can watch games both outdoors and indoors.

My favorite has to be in Schöneberg church indoors viewing with the live music playing in the background.

Not far from the ubahn station Kurfürstenstrasse and colorful and vibrant Nollendorf Kiez in the church of Zwolf-Apostel almost every weekend day "Fussball Konzerte"(Football concerts) takes place.

Person behind this football games musical interpretation it is Stephan Graf v. Bothmer.

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephan_von_Bothmer

Next time it's this Friday and Saturday, 21h.

Evenings there in the church with the lights and the sounds following events in the football games are magical.

There is of course obligatory bratwurst and beer to buy and pray for your favorite national team to win included.

StummfilmKonzerte
Stephan Graf v. Bothmer, site
Zwölf-Apostel-Kirche
Slow Travel Berlin

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28/06/2025

🚴 Recommendation for a weekend summer biking tour around wonderful town of Schwerin its famous castle and beautiful Schweriner See lake.

🏰 Schwerin Castle and parts of the historic city center survived World War II without bomb damage. It is now one of over 50 places in Germany listed as a World Heritage Site.

🚉 Hop on RE 8 regional train from Berlin, head to Schwerin Hbf, bike around the old town and lake, maybe prolong the ride to another gem city of Wismar...



Visit Schwerin Tourismusverband Mecklenburg-Vorpommern e. V. Germany Tourism

24/06/2025

Watch this great video about demise of East German football.

The DDR Oberliga - East Germany's Top Football Division was plagued with controversy. It's well documented that the Stasi favoured BFC Dynamo - leading to a ...