Munch in Berlin

DAY 11

Today has been a very Scandinavian day I have to say!

Aktivity: This year on the 12th of December Edvard Munch would have turned 150. On the occasion of this big birthday the Felleshus (that is danish and means "house for everyone") of the Nordic embassies in Tiergarten is showing a little exhibition in the foyer.
The current exhibition is called "Munch im Comic" and shows some drawings of the comic-artist Steffen Kverneland which made a graphical-biography about Evard Munch.
You can buy the book in the publisher's shop (avant-verlag) if you click HERE.
I looked a bit around and went to eat a soup in the canteen after.

The Nordic embassies

Entrance of the "Felleshus"

Foyer of "Felleshus"

Exhibition "Munch im Comic"

 

Sour cucumber soup

Right next to the nordic embassies is the Mexican embassy. That could be interesting if you are looking for a christmas present alternative. Instead of buying something, you could think about getting an angel picture of yourself with these awesome wings which are right next to the embassy. The wings were a gift to Berlin from the government of Mexico-City on the occasion of the 20 year anniversary of the city-partnership between the two cities. The wings were made by the artist Jose Marín and it's officially allowed to take pictures - the artist even invites people to share their photos on his website which you can find HERE.

Wings of Mexico - Jorge Marin

Since I was already in the district of Tiergarten - I thought I could do something for my Canadian readers and present a possibility to buy real Canadian beer in Berlin. So I went to visit the food department in KaDeWe which is at U-Bahnhof Wittenberplatz (U1/U3/U2). I was looking around and found something for the Norwegians...

Voss - Norwegian water

...but nothing for the Canadians... I knew they had "Moosehead" beer at KaDeWe because I bought it there already. After I investigated a bit - I got this information: "Moosehead" is only available when the official "Kanada-Woche" is going on. And the beer which isn't sold during this week is available until it's sold out. Sadly I just missed the last "Kanada-Woche" (Canadian-week) and the last Moosehead as well. But I have great news: I didn't spare no effort and found out when the next "Kanada-Woche" is going to be: Canadians, get your calenders 2014 out and note down: the first week in February it is. To be precise, it starts on the 3rd of February 2014.


If you are at the KaDeWe anyways you might want to go up to the 7th floor and have a look at the view which you can get for free:-)

View from the KaDeWe towards Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche at Ku'Damm

Since the weather was very nice I decided to make a short trip over to Schöneberg to complete my scandinavian day. There is a Swedish shop in Berlin! Basically everything that the Swedish heart can wish for you can find here. And if your heart desires something which you cannot find here, you can ask the super friendly shop owners to get it for you. But first you want to check out what they already have which is a lot - the products range from orignial swedish clogs, smör, knäckebröd, swedish cookies and chips over to decorations like the famous red horses or the "be aware of the moose"-sign - mandatory for every fan of Sweden.

Swedish Gourmet
Bundesallee 139, 12161 Berlin
Opening hours: Mo-Fr: 9.00-17.00h
Saturday: 10.00-14.00h

Knäckebröd

Cookies, chocolate, clogs

Chips, chips and knäckebröd

I know that not only Swedish hearts beat a bit faster but also Norwegian's when they enter the shop. To check out their website click HERE.

The 11th of November is a special day in Germany. Not only is it St. Martinsday where kids walk around with lanterns while singing songs - but it is also the start of the carneval-season in Germany. In Berlin we actually don't really celebrate so much the carneval but traditionally you have to eat a "Pfannkuchen" also known as "Berliner" except in Berlin where we call it Pfannkuchen which means pancake. Speaking of pancakes - in Berlin we call actual pancakes "Eierkuchen" (eggcake).

Laternenumzug am Kanal in Kreuzberg in front of the "Urban-hospital"

Food:

Breakfast: Müsli with milk (which I still had)

Lunch: sour cucumber soup in the canteen of the nordic embassies. It tasted much better than it sounds:-) (costs: 1,20€)

Tea-time: Since it's St. Martins-day today - I bought a "Pfannkuchen" for 0,60€ which I had for tea as well as 2 slices of the homemade toastbread with homemade raspberry-jam (made this summer) plus tea (which I still had) and fresh orange juice from the oranges I bought on DAY 8.

Dinner: For dinner we had baked potatoes (bought on DAY 9) with paprika, zucchini, tomatoes, 2 eggs(bought on DAY 1), some sausage (which we still had) and some cheese on top.

very yummy and easy to make

Transportation: Bike

Total spendings today: "Pfannkuchen": 0.60€ + zucchini and paprika for 1,01€ (can I devide these costs if I shared the food with someone?) adds up to 1,61€ + the sour cucumber soup for 1,20€ = 2,81€