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My pop is going to Berlin November 21st (2023). This is going to be my Berlin exploration space notes while I explore where he is going.

Associations prior to this study: Cabaret, Babylon Berlin (currently on Netflix).


First watch videos of others there: 

Richard Ayoade (Comedian from IT Crowd among other things) with a fellow comedian. 

Elissa and Rodrigo (19 minutes).


Skim the Wikipedia article. Look at all the photos.

Look at the list of 11 best novels set in Berlin. The first one that comes to my mind that I've heard about is Isherwood's novel that was the basis for Caberet.

Of course I join r/Berlin on Reddit.


There are supposedly 51 museums in Berlin. There is a museum island. There are 55 Exhibits in museums and galleries about photographs. When I search "free of charge" I get 620 results.

There are 11 jazz bars in Berlin (source).


I learned about Albert von Le Coq. I would like to go to the museum in south west Berlin that has all the looted Silk Road Buddhist stuff. 





Last updated 7/17/24.



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