What I hope to do and see in the Big B
This is my evolving to do list for Berlin. I have found so many things I want to do that I almost started hyperventilating with excitement. To keep the overload at bay, I decided to make a list. I am not going to put pressure on myself to do all of this, but I want to continue adding ideas here, and when I do something, I’ll add a strike-through and a link to a blog post where I describe the activity.
Art galleries
Boros Collection (a private gallery in an old bunker)
Eastside Gallery with the 1.3 km section of wall painted by artists
Max Liebermann Villa in Wannsee
Museum Dahlem
Dali Museum
Surrealism Museum
Hamburger Bahnhof
Kunstgewerbe Museum (applied arts — closed for renovations)
Berggrün Museum (closed for renovations)
Platoon Kunsthalle
Bode Museum
Emil Nolde Museum
Other art-related activities
Meet Nina, a Berlin-based artist I met online
Museums
Jewish Museum
Museum der Dinge
Museum of Musical Instruments
Museum der Kommunikation
Film Museum
Local Sightseeing
Mauerpark (where a section of wall is preserved)
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Go up the TV Tower
Go to the Panorama Cafe in the highrise on Potsdamer Platz
Schloss Charlottenburg
Bunkerberg
Teufelsberg
Müggelberg
Events
Attend a concert by the Berlin Philharmonics
Attend an operetta or “Komische Oper”
Experience German techno
Scenes to sketch
Schlesisches Tor U-Bahn Station
Wittenbergplatz U-Bahn station
large doors under train tracks
street car with TV Tower in background
a Soviet style building (Frankfurter Tor?)
a Soviet monument
Good Eats
Shopping
Find an art supply store nearby (I found it on Kastanienallee)
Buy socks (found them at Falke!) and underwear (I don’t have room in my suitcase to bring back much else)
Buy a dress
Buy pajamas (they make nice ones in Germany, Schiesser is the brand we used to buy, and it’s not related to the swear word)
Things to do
Attend a Bundesliga soccer game
Suggestions from a blog visitor, Roger (thanks!)
Eisbären hockey club (I doubt my lack of hockey enthusiasm will take me there)
Supalife street art store
Street art walking tour
Tempelhof (decommissioned) airport
RAW-tempel for nightlife in an industrial setting
Excursions
Visit Potsdam and Sanssouci Castle
Visit Leipzig and the Cotton Mill artist studios (Baumwollspinnerei)
Visit my friend B. in Wermelskirchen
