CITY MYTHS ''True or false?''
We hear all kinds of facts about Berlin. Which ones are true? You tell us. If you know the answer to any of these, please let us know at ![[MAILTO]](?source=moinmoin&mode=attachment&uri=%2Fwiki%2Frightsidebar%2Fimg%2Fmoin-email.png)
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1) Berlin has more bridges than Venice or Amsterdam together.
2) Berlin is the largest major city built completely on sand.
3) Berlin has no geographical reason to be a major city _ no harbor, no bay, no mines, no valley, no big river or thick forests and poor soil.
4) Berlin is on all the magical maps that list the earth's 1,528 geomantic spots such as stonehenge, the pyramids or the Aztec temple Teotihuacan. But it is one of the city's best kept secrets and this place reportedly is the only one worldwide that was ever sealed--in 1933.
5) Berlin is the third youngest major city in the developed world--behind Los Angeles and Miami--to rise to prominence, emerging in the second half of the 20th century under the Prussians.
6) Between 1990 and 2000, one million people moved in and out of the city _ roughly a quarter of the population.
7) Prenzlauerberg has the highest birth rate in Germany. Another Berlin district, Neukoelln, has the most residents on social welfare.
8) Berlin has the highest percentage of smokers in Germany.
9) Berlin has around 400 galleries at the moment and counting.
10) Underneath the city, Berlin has the largest number of tunnels and underground constructions in the world.
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Opening Friday June 1st 18:00 1st June - 23 June 2007; wed-thurs 16-19h, fri 16-21h, sat 14-18h.
an exhibition of 3 contemporary Swiss Artists: Patricia Bucher, Tatjana Marusic (image above), Loredana Sperini
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HACKmit! Exhibition Medien und Kunst zum Leben (Media and Art to Live)
1st May - 26th August 2007, MACHmit! Museum, Berlin, Germany Opening: 1st May, 11 am, Free entrance The HACK MIT! event at MACHmit! Museum fuer Kinder (www.machmitmuseum.de) is an exhibition and event about art and new media, with a particular focus on the concept of hacking. read more...
NACH STRICH UND FARBE
In the last five weeks of spring, some befriended Berliner artists are showing their latest works. This group has no name, follows no manifesto, their work is unrelated, and their association with one another is purely random. read more...
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