Katrin Strohmaier spends her days as a spokesperson for Photocircle, a Berlin-based start-up connecting photography and humanitarianism.
WG, they wanted to have a place of
their own. They had grown up, but so had the city – and all of a sudden, a
two bedroom apartment wasn’t €400 anymore, but almost double that. So
yes, says the nostalgic little man in our heads – it looks like Berlin is over after all. And yes, says the media, say
the bloggers, again and again: Berlin
r e i a m h o r t
S n i tr eu a K hn T : t x te tos: o ph
So Berlin is over. We’ve heard, read and – let’s be honest – said it ourselves on numerous occasions: while we were standing in line for two hours last
time we wanted to go to that open air club that only a year ago was still an insiders’ tip; when we went to that
new IPA place and a half pint was over
€5; when our friend came back tired
and disillusioned from house hunting, because after ten years of living in a DEARSOUVENIR
is over.
By that, we obviously don’t mean that
the world isn’t interested in the German
capital anymore: in February, the Berlinbased newspaper Der Tagesspiegel
proclaimed a record-high in numbers of visitors: with 28.7 million overnight guests, 2014 was Berlin’s most
successful year in terms of tourism
– ever. And just over a week ago, The Guardian published yet another article
about young Brits moving away from buzzing, yet unaffordable London, in order to try their luck over here. Many of them are here to stay: according to
the newspaper, in 2013 an estimated 10,000 Brits were living in the German
capital, and this number increased
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