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WELCOME TO BERLIN

Love Yourself!

The streets are still covered in used
fireworks, we've opened all our holiday
presents, and our tummies haven't yet
digested the festive meals. To me, this
means we are ready to kick off the year with
new resolutions and plans. To help us better
focus on our personal promises, our writer
Hilda Hoy came up with a list of places
and activities to get our self-improvement
process started. Check out pages 10 and
11 for tips on where to find healthy food,
workout sessions, and cultural treasures to
feed our brains.

2017 promises to be an exciting year, with
important events such as the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation,
which will be celebrated through exhibitions at Deutsches Historisches
Museum and Martin-Gropius-Bau, the 150th birthday of Berlin artist Käthe
Kollwitz, and the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, which will be
covered extensively at the Deutsches Historisches Museum in October.
And since Berlin is in constant growth and evolution, this year will also see
the first concerts of a new musical institution, the Barenboim-Said Academy,
which works to promote peace in the Middle East through its Arab-Israeli
orchestra, and the opening of the Barberini Museum in Potsdam, featuring
art from the GDR period. And after years of renovations, the Staatsoper will
finally reopen at its historic location on Unter den Linden, so stay tuned!
SOLVEIG STEINHARDT
EDITOR, WHERE BERLIN
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