Whether it’s summer or winter, there are always a million and two parties happening in Berlin. It’s pretty difficult not to stop mid-walk down the street without almost choking on your felafel, gasping at the posters smacking you in the face with info on your favourite DJs/bands playing at arguably some of the best venues in the world.
The insane amount of parties happening at any one time in Berlin is made all the more obvious when you see the volume of posters that pile up on Warschauer Straße.
Sheet by sheet layered on empty walls, telegraph poles and electricity boxes create perfect paper mache sculptures all over the city after it rains. The ghosts of good times past are left in these sculptures and fuel the fire for amazing times to come.
Amidst the seductively designed posters and perfectly spaced graphics, there’s also a broad mix of street visuals. From tacky Shawarma graphics of the kind seen at Görlitzer Bahnhof (below) to soaring hand-painted advertisements plastered on the sides of buildings.
There’s plenty of eye candy and inspiration everywhere you look – if you keep your eyes peeled – to keep you engaged in the city’s spirit and history. One place that is a must is the Kinderbauernhof (Kindergarten, or Children’s Farm) in Görlitzer Park, hiding within which are all the weed dealers.
If you’re a huge fan of travel, adventure and documenting life-changing good times boy do we have a job for you. We’re looking for a sixth Contiki Insider to join the likes of Andrew, who we can send overseas on one of four incredible Latin American adventures to immerse yourself into the culture, people, sights and sounds and report back for a series of Insider posts on Pedestrian.
The categories you can choose from are:
Canned Heat: Dance Your Way Across Argentina
The Beautiful Game: Play Sport with the Locals in Brazil
Meat Lovers: The Carnivores Guide to Peru
The Music Of Mexico: Explore La Bamba to La Cucaracha
So if you’re a dancer, a player, an eater or a music-maker, vamanos and hit up www.pedestrian.tv/contiki to enter by telling us which of these amazing Latin quests you want to go on. You could be joining our awesome crew of online travel bloggers as part of The Insider Project.
Get all up in the hottest local knowledge from our troupe of Contiki Insiders:
The Graffiti Guide To Unveiling Berlin’s Street Art (Part 1)
The Epicurean Guide To Chowing Down On Asia’s Best Eats (Hong Kong Edition)
The Skateboarder’s Guide To Australia’s Best Skate Spots (Sydney Edition)
The Clubber’s Guide To Paris (Parts One and Two)
