Berlin Weekend

Berlin Weekend is a longstanding BCB tradition, giving our community the opportunity to welcome and get to know our new students and show them what Berlin has to offer. There are a variety of events taking place over the entire weekend. Be sure to sign up!

Complete list of Berlin Weekend events:

Friday, September 6: Pink Synagogue - Exhibition Tour (12pm)
Meet Avi at 12 pm in front of Wannsee Contemporary, Chausseestr. 46 14109 Berlin-Wannsee (max. 40 people)
You are welcome to join a preview of ‘Pink Synagogue’ - a newly envisioned exhibition and installation relating to Jewish life in Berlin-Wannsee before WW2, while simultaneously creating a contemporary and all inclusive queer artistic space open for all people from all backgrounds, genders, faiths and religions.
Attendance is limited. Please register here to reserve your spot on the tour.

Friday, September 6: Refugee Voices Tours (4pm)
Meet Hesham at 4 pm at the U-Bahn station Mohrenstrasse, at the Wilhelmstrasse exit. The tour will last around 2-2:30 hours and ends at Gendarmenmarkt. Please be aware that these tours are run on a tip basis and the suggested donation is between 10 and 15 euros.
In 2015 an estimated 1 million people arrived in Europe seeking refuge, many of these people came from Syria. The media focuses intensely on the so-called 'refugee crisis' but often fails to mention why people have been forced to flee their countries. This tour, led by a BCB Alumnus, gives you the chance to understand, first-hand, the situation in Syria and why it became too dangerous for many people to stay. By using places of historical significance in Berlin, the walking tour seeks to draw parallels between what has happened in the history of Berlin and what is currently happening in Syria.
Please register for the tour here.

Saturday, September 7: Naturpark Südgelände Walk (3pm)
Meet Geoff on the platform of the S2 train in Südkreuz station at 3 pm on Saturday (max. 20 people)
This walk will be a visit to one of Berlin's most unusual, creatively-designed and fascinating urban spaces. Naturpark Südgelände occupies a site that was once a busy train yard south of Südkreuz station and that has long since fallen out of use. A combination of the gradual encroachment of nature over many decades and the recent, selective intervention of a group of sculptors has created a park that is at once a post-industrial site, a wildlife preserve and a sculpture garden.
Register for the walk here.

Saturday, September 7: Soundwalking in Tempelhofer Feld (4pm)
Meet Francisca at 4 at Blaue Stunde Café (Oderstraße 22, 12051 Berlin)
Join us for a soundwalk at Tempelhofer Feld, inspired by Hildegard Westerkamp's approach to deep listening. As we go through this historical urban space, we’ll tune into the sounds that define the area. This event invites you to connect with the acoustic environment of Tempelhofer Feld through the simple act of listening.
Register here.

Sunday, September 8: Tour of West Berlin, 1968 (12:45pm)
Meet Ina at 12:45pm at W15 Cafe (15 people max)
Join Ina and Revolutionary Tours for a tour of West Berlin in the year 1968. As the year 1968 began, young people in West Berlin went wild. They began demonstrating against the imperialist war in Vietnam, against authoritarian structures at the universities, and against a “Federal Republic” run by former Nazis. All of West Berlin society opposed these “long-haired hooligans.” But this only radicalized them further. Before long, some sections of the movement were throwing Molotov cocktails and building bombs, while others began a “long march through the institutions.” 1968 changed Berlin, Germany, and the world.
Register here.

Sunday, September 8: Guided Tour of Stasi Prison--Berlin Hohenschönhausen Memorial (1:15pm)
Meet Kerry at 1:15 at the guest registration desk at the Hohenschönhausen Memorial Site, Genslerstraße 66, D-13055 Berlin  (max. 10 people)
Please join Kerry Bystrom and students from the LT 314 "Global Cold War Literatures" class on a guided tour of the Stasi Prison at the Gedenkstätte Hohenschönhausen. The GDR State Security Central Remand Prison was located on this site. Between 1951 and 1989, over 11,000 people were imprisoned here for political reasons. Large parts of the site and the buildings have been preserved and provide an authentic impression of the conditions and everyday life in prison. The tour includes a visit to the grounds of the former detention centre, the cells and the interrogation rooms. It is run by former political prisoners and historians. 
Registration required and is limited to the first 10 sign ups (first come, first served). Sign up here.

Sunday, September 8: Treptow's Soviet War Memorial and Walk through Kreuzberg (2pm)
Meet Aya at 2 pm at S-Bahn Station Treptower Park 
This walk leads us from Treptow S-Train station to the Soviet War Memorial - burial site of 7.000 of around 80.000 Soviet soldiers who died in the Battle of Berlin and designed in the late 1940s in Stalinist aesthetics - and from there along the river and past the former wall strip to the Kreuzberg neighborhood around Schlesisches Tor.  
Register here.

Part of the Weeks of Welcome event series. Click here to see the full list of WoW events.

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