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Ok, I guess I’m one of those girls who does love a man in a uniform. And they are everywhere in Berlin! All tradesmen/women wear these kinds of jumpsuits. Not sure if it’s because it seems old-school but I find this tradition charming. To me, it signals a level of professionalism and quality service.
Berlin has a monthly subway card for non-rush hour travel. A regular single card is 2.80 € but the monthly card (if you don’t need to commute during rush hour) is only 56.00 € – I’m just blown away by that value.
Today’s One Cool Thing is about Berlin’s multi-culti student mix at the local community college.
The Berlin Volkshochschule (Berlin Community College) offers intensive German classes and the real sweet part isn’t the quality of the curriculum or the affordability. It’s the multicultural aspect of the class. We have twenty students representing seventeen countries.
There is a sweetness and openness in the class that gives me hope.
Classmates are from:
Australia
Romania
France
Syria
Turkey
South Korea
China
Venezuela
Argentina
Thailand
Iran
Cuba
Afghanistan
USA
England
Poland
Taiwan
Welcome to my one cool thing blog series about Berlin.
Did you know that Berlin has a contemporary art lending library for locals?
The n.b.k. Artothek allows Berlin residents (with proper registration) to “borrow” original pieces of art for one Euro per piece per month. That’s just over a US dollar per month to borrow an original art work by a Berlin artist.
The maximum number of works one can borrow every ninety days is six. My apartment has gone from awkward huge white walls to a gallery-like, warm and interesting space. The investment was twenty bucks.