14 Dec 2024, 15:25 UTC≈1,670 views13 reactionsread 8 August 2026 Photo
Most festive scent ever🎄
Pomanders are my personal christmas tradition! No matter if I am at home, or traveling somewhere to see my family, I absolutely love to make these at home and enjoy the scent.
The recipe is beyond simple. Take good-looking and firm oranges or grapefruits, tie them tightly with decorative ribbons. Then pierce their skin with a toothpick and stuff those little holes with clove sticks - I love…
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13 Dec 2024, 19:34 UTC≈1,190 views12 reactionsread 8 August 2026 Photo
How to save a life in 3 phone calls
#1
A very worried woman from country X calls the embassy of X in country Y and says she wants to speak to the consul. The woman explains that her adult daughter who lives in Y, is pregnant and was about to give birth, but suddenly disappeared and there is no contact with her. The consul promises to help and writes down all the details.
#2
After significants efforts to locate preg…
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11 Dec 2024, 15:33 UTC713 views8 reactionsread 8 August 2026 Photo
Anna Karenina Bambi story 🙈
My good friend travelled yesterday from Düsseldorf to Berlin with Deutsche Bahn train. I made a predictable joke, kinda “let’s see how Deutsche Bahn performs this time”
So halfway there, my friend texts me that her train is stuck in Hannover, because something broke down.
Surprising? Nope 🙄
About an hour later the train went on. In the spirit of clarity, Deutsche Bahn announced to the p…
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9 Dec 2024, 20:20 UTC909 views4 reactionsread 8 August 2026 Photo
Yesterday's news from Syria shows what real opinion pluralism feels like 🇩🇪
I mean, everyone's seen the news, right?
Subject of Syria is incredibly relevant to Germany, because of Syrian refugees - up to 1 million of these people live here, with very different levels of integration, obviously. They benefit the country and also cause tensions at the same time. I even dated a Syrian guy - he worked for Mercedes-Benz …
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8 Dec 2024, 17:17 UTC416 views4 reactionsread 8 August 2026 Photo
✨Second advent today!✨
So, halfway there, two more to go till Xmas.
This Sunday is actually special! Normally shops in Germany are closed on Sundays, but today most shops are open due to Verkaufsoffener Sonntag, so everyone can buy Xmas presents.
It was quite a cultural shock for me, when I first moved. What do you mean, everything is closed on Sundays?! I lived in Vienna at the time, and if my fridge was empty on…
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5 Dec 2024, 18:52 UTC741 views7 reactionsread 8 August 2026 BVG is the AviaSales of public transport advertising😆
Seriously, nobody comes even close in tone of voice!
BVG (aka Berlin Verkehrsbetriebe) includes buses, trams, underground and in-city trains - all in bright canary yellow color, that became recognizable symbol of Berlin.
They had every reason to be boring.
AND THEY CHOSE NOT TO! 🤩
Every BVG brand asset - from train seats to navigation posters - is like Berlin i…
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2 Dec 2024, 07:14 UTC685 views7 reactionsread 8 August 2026 Photo
A man comes to busy street corner in Kreuzberg, one of central districts in Berlin. Looks around, then kneels down and tries to pull out the paving slab. Then another one. And another one. He proceeds, until he forms a rectangle about the size of average human grave 😱
A second man comes, and you could tell, he's carrying something heavy. As he unpacks, it turns out to be a cross-like gravestone with odd inscription …
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1 Dec 2024, 15:31 UTC240 views12 reactionsread 8 August 2026 Photo
✨First Advent today, my friends!🎄
So I thought this year I’ll join the German tradition of lighting the candles every Advent Sunday in the anticipation of Christmas and New Year.
Went to home decor store and got myself this fancy tray with candles. Flower shops are selling spruce and pine branches, so my home smells like Christmas farm these days, love it!
Changing seasons is amazing. Creates the rhythm and there’…
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28 Nov 2024, 14:52 UTC275 views7 reactionsread 8 August 2026 Photo
Here is my view on Kudamm today - the German 'Mutti' is back 🤩 (sort of).
The country is in this 'in-between' transition period:
⏪ Scholz is the outgoing and quite unpopular chancellor.
⏩ Merz is most likely the future chancellor, leader of opposition.
Remember, how paparazzi used to blend celebrity couple's name, like 'Brangelina''? Well, Germany now is in the middle of two-chancellors "Schmerz", that also transl…
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25 Nov 2024, 12:20 UTC269 views4 reactionsread 8 August 2026 Photo
Best caption wanted!! 😅
That’s entrance to one of the regular residential houses in my district of Berlin, fascinates me every time I see it 🙈
If it were a meme, what would you write there?
#berlin
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24 Nov 2024, 19:17 UTC704 views9 reactionsread 8 August 2026 Photo
Death is one of my cultural shocks in Germany.
Or better said, how the topic of death is ever present in people's everyday life.
For example, today is Totensonntag - a remembrance day for the dead. And can you imagine, Krematorium Berlin is hosting the day of open doors, with literal public tours about how it works (!), architecture, rituals around deceased, violin concert and so on. I quite literally thought it was…
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22 Nov 2024, 18:55 UTC588 views4 reactionsread 8 August 2026 Photo
Sad news of the day 😭
This December 1st, 2024 is Berlin's last Museumssonntag!
As a reminder, here I wrote about the Museum Sunday concept itself and how I used it extensively over years. Well, German budget is going into hard discipline mode in 2025, Berlin included. Budget cuts heavily impacted "nice-to-have" things, such as culture, transport, urban development, etc. And unfortunately, no more Museum Sundays, wa…
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