Kitchen TablesDining TablesDinningCommunal TableNarrow TablesDining FineDining SetsDining Table BoardForwardMogg & Melzer is a jewish-american deli located in a former jewish girls school in Berlin. Had fabulous chicken liver pate with toast and a Riesling!“The most precious things in life are not those you get for money,” Albert Einstein once said. In fact, you don’t necessarily have to dig deep into your pockets to experience unique moments in Berlin. Sure, the National Memorial in Viktoriapark is not as high as the TV Tower or Panoramapunkt, but, as far as I’m concerned, there’s no better place to enjoy wonderful views over the city. To top it off, there’s a waterfall splashing down the hill beneath my feet. One of the 440 galleries in Berlin, the East Side Gallery, is the longest permanent open-air exhibition in the world. At more than a kilometre in length, this longest stretch of the Berlin Wall still standing is decorated with art and is free to see. But there’s also art and culture to be seen on every street corner in Berlin.
Even construction sites are turned into creative spots, as can be witnessed at the changing exhibitions featured at the Spree Side Gallery between the Liebknechtbrücke and Rathausbrücke. In addition, the Outdoor Gas Lantern Museum in Tiergarten gives insight into the history of European street lights from 1826-1956, featuring unique lanterns such as the “Wilmersdorfer Widow” and the “Bull’s Leg”. Another beautiful evening stroll can be had among the old buildings in Danckelmann neighbourhood. City bus 100 follows pretty much the same route as the sightseeing buses and only costs bus fare. Another affordable option is a tour of the city on the circle line of the S-Bahn (S41 and S42), which will take you through nineteenth-century neighbourhoods that once lined the outer edge of the city. The complete journey takes just about an hour. If you have the Berlin WelcomeCard, by the way, you not only get unlimited travel throughout Berlin’s public transport systems, but also receive discounts on many Berlin attractions.
Sweet information about the cacao bean, the food of the gods, and its most famous product, chocolate, are offered at Ritter Sport Bunte Schokowelt. Old craftsmanship can be admired for free at the Bonbonmacherei, where the sugary smell coming from the cellar tells passers-by that original Berlin sweets are being cooked directly over the fire here. You can even enjoy a delicious four-course meal in Berlin on a budget: Opposite the Zionskirche (in Mitte), is the cosy little restaurant Der Hahn ist tot opened by Ralf Kern and Marcus Purkot in 2011 that offers French and German country cuisine. Various wooden tables and chairs, beautiful crystal glasses, and purplish-red wallpaper with a grape pattern lend the restaurant a very unique atmosphere. And you can put together a four-course prix-fixe menu from a number of selections for just €21. My absolute favourites are coq au vin as a main course and moules-frites when in season. Conclusion: Berlin does not have to cost the world, but the memories of a day in the metropolis are priceless.
And what about everyday life? There’s no such thing as everyday routine here, because new opportunities spring up every day in the city. But I’ve put together a couple of free tips for each day of the week here: Berlin – one week for little money (2/2)The Topography of Terror is a museum and memorial located in Berlin at the site of the national headquarters of the SS and Gestapo program of persecution and annihilation, dedicated to presenting and understanding the European dimensions of the Nazi reign of terror. Between 1933 and 1945, the headquarters of the Gestapo and SS headquarters –the Reich Security Main Office, the SS High Command, Security Service of the SS High Command and prison- were located on the present-day grounds of the Topography of Terror. The original buildings that housed the organization were leveled shortly after the end of the Second World War and the lingered, “historically contaminated” subject to random uses and eventual decay. In conjunction with Berlin’s 750th anniversary celebration in 1987, the site was open to the public as for reflection, research and education.
After the German reunification in 1992, a foundation was established to develop the site and an architectural competition was held to create a more permanent structure for exhibition. Architect Peter Zumthor was chosen though the winning entry was never completely built. In 2010, after almost a decade of delay, the Topography of Terror Documentation Center designed by architect Ursula Wilms of Heinle, Wischer und Partner in Berlin opened to the public. The museum is an unusual cultural artifact, yet an important one. Located at an ominous address, fallow for many years, the overall site intentionally retains the rough, depopulated look it acquired over its years of abandonment. It is one of a very few memorial museums located on an authentic site. The architecture is a cool, glass rectangle sheathed in steel lamellae, a perforated, screen-like surface, which yields views of the surroundings from almost anywhere on the ground floor. The building houses three permanent exhibitions, a varied program of temporary and special exhibitions, an extensive library, as well as a “Memorial Museums Department” that consults on initiatives institutionalizing national and international memorial sites.
Catifa chairs and Dizzie tables are employed throughout the museum’s offices, conference rooms, auditorium and waiting rooms. Cleaning and Care instructions Egon Eiermann Collection | “First I ask myself if something is right and then whether it is beautiful” Egon Eiermann (1904–1970), architect and furniture designer: For Eiermann furnishings are part of the overall architectural concept. Egon Eiermann was born on September 29, 1904, in Neuendorf, now a part of Potsdam-Babelsberg. Eiermann was already gaining building experience before he started his studies. After completing his studies, Egon Eiermann joined the Karstadt AG site office and after that the Berlin power station. Eiermann became a member of the German Werkbund and the Bund Deutscher Architekten. He started his own architect’s office. Eiermann designed “Gebt mir vier Jahre Zeit” [Give me four years] for the propaganda exhibition. From 1938 onwards his office was designing industrial buildings.
SE 42 – unique three-legged chair Seat and back optimally adapted to the human shape: The SE 42 three-legged chair consists completely of molded wood; a unique innovation with highly distinctive lines. When his Berlin office suffered war damage, Eiermann made a new start as an architect in Mosbach (Odenwald). Egon Eiermann was appointed to the chair of architecture at the Karlsruhe Technische Hochschule. SE 40 / SE 43 – swivel chair and stool, classic Take a seat please! Swivel stool SE 43 and swivel chair SE 40 resplendent with all the strengths of Eiermann design: These chairs have distinctive presence but are unpretentious. Eiermann moved his architectural office to Karlsruhe, where he worked as an architect until he died. S 38 S/1 and SB 38 – united in understatement Stackable stool S 38 S/1 and bar stool SB 38: The delicately shaped seat and slender construction have an elegance that is never obtrusive. In the USA Eiermann grappled with American design;
he met Gropius and Breuer, and later Mies van der Rohe. Clarity as a program Organically shaped seats and backs made from molded wood: The four-legged chair SE 68 SU is stackable and has a linking device for use in rows in large rooms. VS developed the wooden skid chair. This school chair classic was frequently copied in subsequent decades. SE 68 – slender tubular steel, organic shape Minimalistic but with powerfully expressive lines: This classic from 1951 is still cutting edge today. The four-legged chair is also available with armrests and writing tablet. Eiermann’s award-winning handkerchief factory in Blumberg gained recognition; he became the founding member of the German Design Council. SE 330 – minimalism with maximum effect A design program convincingly realized: The couch or café table SE 330 is also light and stable, slender but substantial, refined and modestly informal. Church of St. Matthews, Pforzheim: Design features included a simple concrete frame structure and wall areas with honeycomb window elements.
SE 18 – it folds flat easily! SE 18 Folding chair: In the Museum of Modern Art in New York since 1953, at the Brussels World’s Fair in 1958 – and still today it has not lost an ounce of its original charm. The KN 38 stackable chair, designed by Karl Nothhelfer, with its slender functionality was a decidedly modern chair when VS introduced it on to the market - and it is manufactured still today. As a stylistically influential college teacher and architect, Eiermann became a member of the Berlin Academy of the Arts. The new VS administrative building (designed by Karl Nothhelfer) was completed. Its linear, clear concept displays a sure commitment to post-war modernism. A highpoint in his career: Eiermann with Sep Ruf designed the glass-cube German pavilion for the Brussels World’s Fair. Continuation of modernism: With his non-dogmatic designs aligned with Bauhaus ideals Eiermann determined the image of the young German republic. The internationally renowned German pavilion at the 1958 World’s Fair in Brussels was one of his most significant buildings (in collaboration with Sep Ruf).
The German pavilion group for the Brussels World’s Fair was designed by Egon Eiermann in collaboration with Sep Ruf. Exhibiting there on the theme of education and learning, VS’s contribution included modern tubular-steel swivel chairs (design Falk Müller). Eiermann built a six-story, 300-meter long company headquarters for Neckermann AG in Frankfurt. SBG 197R – archetype of the modern office chair Compellingly functional and the absolute favorite of many architects: For the 1958 World’s Fair, Egon Eiermann created a swivel chair with the special structural form of the Brussels base frame. The school was the main topic at the XII Milan Trienniale. The VS swivel chair designed by Falk Müller was amongst the school furniture exhibited in the German section. Department store with honeycomb facade A frequently criticized but distinctive feature of post-war Germany: Horten tiles – ornamental cladding designed by Eiermann for the Horten department store.
It allowed for a highly flexible building floor plan and, by means of structural unification, it also provided a consistent corporate identity for the store chain. The famous Horten façade: Eiermann developed a superior, abstract facade without reference to its urban context. Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Berlin Eiermann’s new construction in 1961 represented one of the most famous buildings of post-war modernism in Germany – in a central area of what was then West Berlin. The modern ensemble of octagonal nave, separate bell tower, foyer and chapel displays a responsible and reflective handling of issues around post-war reconstruction. Part of the Eiermann new construction of the Memorial Church, Berlin: seating for the building restored by VS in the company-owned training workshop. Eiermann won the competition and implemented the reconstruction of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin. Eiermann conceived a terraced construction for the German Embassy in Washington, integrated into the grounds.
The idea of an architect’s table – E1/E2 table frame In 1953 Eiermann designed the famous E1 metal table frame for work in an architect’s office. The construction consists of two side-piece frames securely welded to the table frame with a diagonal cross-shaped rod; on the top was a simple wooden board. In 1965 his assistant modified the table to create the E2 that could be dismantled and transported. Main headquarters of IBM in Stuttgart – one of the most important buildings of Eiermann’s later work. The Olivetti high-rise towers in Frankfurt were not finished until two years after Eiermann’s death. The high-rise parliament building in Bonn was an architectural expression of democracy. Egon Eiermann is seen as the architect of the early Federal Republic period. Not least for his parliament high-rise building in Bonn, inaugurated in 1969. As an architectural expression of early post-war democracy, Eiermann’s concept was of logic, purity and clarity.