ACHTUNG, SCHWEINUNDS! RFI:Munich & Berlin

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Maybe this should go in ILE instead of ILM, but I rarely if ever post on ILE and this *IS* quasi-music related, so.....

I'm taking off on Saturday to pick up my wife in Frankfurt, Germany.
She's over there on business for an annual publishing conference, but we found out we had enough "miles" stored up on our collective cards (I really don't know how that stuff works) to score me a round-trip ticket. So, I'm going over to pick her up and then she and I are going to goto Munich and Berlin for the remainder of the week.

So,...any suggestions? I've been to Munich, but that was back in 1987 as a beer-crazed, Sisters-of-Mercy-obsessed twenty year old, so suffice to say I don't remember much of that trip. In Berlin, I'm most curious to see the Brandenburg Gate and maybe go on a pilgrimage to Hansa Studios (where several seminal albums were recorded by everyone from Celtic Frost, Marillion, Depeche Mode, the Cure -- but most notably Bowie, Iggy and U2....not to mention my beloved KILLING JOKE!) Beyond that, I'm in the dark -- any of you savvy, world-weary road-dogs familiar with cool places/cool disc shops/live music venues to check out in these two burgs?

If so....do tell!

Danke!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 14:42 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm taking off on Saturday to pick up my wife
*start song "She ain't heavy... she's my wife..." Alex, don't forget to put her back down on the ground. ;-)

― nathalie (nathalie), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 14:51 (twenty-three years ago)

If the weather is good in Munich in your place I'd go to the Chinese Tower (Chinesischer Turm) in the Englischer Garten for a beer or two. My favourite beer garden in Munich. You can meet rather interesting people there from all social backgrounds. I would maybe not go Sunday mornings as there is a brass band playing on the tower making a lot of noise.

If you are into art, Alex you can see nice paintings of the Blauer Reiter (Franz Marc) in the Lenbachhaus at the Königsplatz which is equally well worth to be seen. A huge square with neoclassistic monumental buildings. I think the Nazis you used it for parades...

I am not an expert on Berlin and find the rebuilding especially in the Eastern part and the government district rather unsuccessful and too massive. Especially the chancellor's office and the Potsdam square dominated by DaimlerChrysler and Sony. The interesting parts of Berlin where there is some action are Kreuzberg and Prenzlauer Berg. Nice pubs there as well.

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 14:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Cheers, Alex!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 15:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Not directly anything, but perhaps obvious:
www.muenchen.de
www.berlin.de

And check out the "party dates" on www.techno.de for your clubbing needs :)

― Siegbran (eofor), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 15:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Berlin:
especially east-berlin is worth spending time: lots of interesting places, bars, restaurants, shops.

Clubwise:
try to check out the legendary Tresor before it closes permanently,
it's not far from brandenburg tower,
if you can't stand the techno in the basement there's always Globus, the houseclub on groundfloor level for smoother sounds

other clubs: Ostgut has good line-ups, Icon is a very small but enjoyable drum & bass club, sternradio also has international line-ups (right off the berlin alexanderplatz) and last but not least WMF where Jazzanova used to have a residence (but this club moves at lot, so i'm not sure they're still open and where they are)

― Johan (Johan), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 20:24 (twenty-three years ago)

berlin is cool, i went there in august. the east is definitely the best, hakescher makt was quite nice, some good bars and restaurants a couple streets away from the metro...

― gareth (gareth), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 20:31 (twenty-three years ago)

http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/chatterton45/vwp?.dir=/august+02/berlin+part+1&.dnm=muhlen+strasse.jpg&.src=ph&.view=t

http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/chatterton45/vwp?.dir=/august+02+part+2/berlin+part+2&.dnm=nalinicafe.jpg&.src=ph&.view=t

http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/chatterton45/vwp?.dir=/august+02+part+2/berlin+part+2&.dnm=simondachstrasse.jpg&.src=ph&.view=t

― gareth (gareth), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 20:35 (twenty-three years ago)

Hw about record stores? I'm going to berlin aswell...would be nice to drop by a few GOOD shops!

― tobias, Thursday, 10 October 2002 06:16 (twenty-three years ago)

Thanks for everyone's help! I also echo Tobias' request!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 10 October 2002 20:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Munich: go to a shop called Optimal in "the Au" section of town.

Berlin: go to "Mr.Dead & Mrs.Free" (strange name, I know) on Nollendorf Platz.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 20 October 2002 23:11 (twenty-three years ago)

one year passes...

me: geeky tourist
you: a cheap hotel
I'm looking for: cheapness, proximity to cool stuff in east

― You've Got to Pick Up Every Stitch (tracerhand), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 11:52 (twenty-one years ago)

east what? berlin, munich, germany?

― :|, Wednesday, 8 September 2004 12:35 (twenty-one years ago)

oops, Berlin!

― You've Got to Pick Up Every Stitch (tracerhand), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 12:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Crash with Momus. (You can sleep in the igloo.)

― nickn (nickn), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 19:30 (twenty-one years ago)

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