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WELCOME TO BERLIN

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When I first moved to Berlin in 1990, the first (worth 2,80€)
thing I noticed was the limited choice of food in
the supermarkets. I had been living in Florence, open daily:
Italy, where I'd become a bit spoiled by the huge mon - sat 12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
variety of produce and cheeses available. In Berlin, sun + holidays 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
the only food remotely comparable to what I was
used to was some mozzarella-like imitation cheese. (24th December closed)
The reddish globes at the local supermarket
tasted nothing like the tomatoes of Tuscany, Potsdamer Platz
finding zucchini was not something you could entrance: Leipziger Platz 7
take for granted, and if you wanted something as
"exotic" as chard, you would just have to go to the Infos: 0700 - 325 423 75**| Tickets: www.DaliBerlin.de
gourmet section at the KaDeWe luxury department store (p. 20). Mind you, this
was not East Berlin – we are talking post-reunification West Berlin. Back then, the (**0,14€/ Min. from a landline, mobile communications vary, max 0,42€/ Min.)
city just did not have much of a culinary culture. *only in combination with the entrance fee. Cannot be combined with other offers.

A quarter of a century has passed and, believe me, everything has changed. Valid until October, 31st 2015.
If, as I firmly believe, cultural shifts always pass by way of people's kitchens,
then the major changes brought about by German unification also triggered With over 450 exhibits from private collections
a whole new way of looking at food. The average Berliner’s refrigerator is now this permanent exhibition provides general
filled with all sorts of international influences, and the city landscape is dotted
with hundreds of different restaurants, exotic food stores, and street-food trucks insight into Dalí’s virtuous mastery in almost all art
selling delicacies from every corner of the planet. This month, Hilda Hoy writes techniques in Berlin’s lively city centre.
about the many ways immigrant communities and international influences
have shaped the city’s multicultural cuisines. Flip to page 10 to explore her www.daliberlin.de
world map of Berlin’s diverse culinary scene.
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This month is also filled with events that are testament to just how international LEAKSHACKERV
this city has become. The annual Tanz im August dance festival (p. 53) draws ATIKANWOLFMF
top performers and choreographers from around the world, while global music SGEHEIMESNAP
talents Björk (p. 54) and Patti Smith (p. 56) play some of the city's biggest venues. OLEON9/11SCH
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