Mai 2011

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Eyewitness History Talks: Life in the Divided City

30. Mai 2011 in Berlin, Circus Hotel, Circus News, Circus Talks, Events, Fabisch, History by Paul

circus-talks-buttonThis Tuesday we are extremely pleased to be welcoming Jutta Hertlein to The Circus in the next in our series of talks in cooperation with the ZZB (Centre for Witness to Contemporary History).

Frau Hertlein grew up in East Berlin until the age of 13, when she moved with her mother to West Germany. At the age of 25 she moved back to Berlin with her husband, living in the West of the city for 24 years until the fall of the Berlin Wall. During that time she made many visits to friends and family in East German and the GDR, and she will share her experiences of living in the divided city with us.

After the talk Frau Hertlein will be available to answer any questions you might have. Once again we are expecting it to be an extremely interesting and informative evening and, as always, the talk will be in English and is open to everyone.

Details:

Where: Fabisch @ The Circus Hotel, Rosenthaler Strasse 1, Berlin-Mitte
When: Tuesday 31st May @ 6.45pm
Topic: Life in the Divided City
Speaker: Frau Jutta Hertlein

Stuff We Like: 4rtist

25. Mai 2011 in Art, Berlin, Streetart, Stuff We Like by Paul

If you have ever wandered around the streets of Berlin you might have seen numerous painted “6′s” and smiley faces. Always painted on temporary objects and trash, they have been part of the city landscape for as long as I have lived in Berlin (just over nine years).

“The man who does the sixes” goes by the name of 4rtist – here’s his website – and the following video has an interview with him about his work. It is in German, but with English subtitles…enjoy:

Milan aka Papa Fisch

23. Mai 2011 in Circus Hotel, Circus News by Jim

Papa Fish 2

How do you know with 100% authority that the good weather is here to stay? Ask the German weather service? Nope! Check with the BBC? Double nope! Have a look to see if the fish have been taken out of their winter quarters and have been moved into the water fountain in the Circus Hotels courtyard? You bet!

Not many people know that our dedicated maintenance team, who are known for their masculine good looks, strength and bravado, actually have a much softer side. With much love, care and affection from Milan (he refers to himself as Papa Fisch), the fish population has exploded. Asked if he had a favourite Papa Fisch was slightly reluctant to say but finally confessed that he has a soft spot for a certain blue guppy called shiney.

Feeding times: Monday to Friday at around 9am

Don’t Hassel the Hoff

18. Mai 2011 in Berlin, Circus Hostel, Circus News, Streetart by Jim

The Finished HofNow for many in the US, Canada, Australia and the UK you may only remember David Hasselhoff as the hunk in trunks from Baywatch. Or if you are lightly older as Michael Knight in Knight Rider; the bloke with coolest car since the Dukes of Hazards General Lee went into the big car garage in the sky.

For many Berliners and for us at the Circus David Hasselhoff is far more….. singer, actor, lover,  and of course the man that not only brought down the Berlin Wall in 1989 but united East and West Berliners on that cold New Years Eve concert in that same year.

In honour of this great man The Circus has commissioned what we believe to be the largest painted stencil of the Hof. We have installed it in the back courtyard of the Circus Hostel…we believe it brightens things up no end. At the same time, “The Guinness Book of Records” has been informed and adjudication is expected to take between 4-6 weeks. The German media at the time liken the phenomena of David to that of the Beatles. We still feel the magic!

I´M CRAZY FOR YOU, YOU`RE CRAZY FOR ME
YOU AND I BELONG TOGETHER, LIKE THE SAND AND THE SEA
I´M CRAZY FOR YOU, YOU`RE CRAZY FOR ME
I WILL BE FOREVER CRAZY FOR YOU

Details of our application:

Guinness Book of Records Summary Claim Details

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Largest painted stencil of David Hasselhof

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On the 12.05.2011 Theo Bishov from Australia produced what we believe to the largest painted stencil of David Hasselhof and it measures 2 metres by 1.5 metres. Why it was painted is because David Hasselhof is absolute legend and was responsible for the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. We look forward to hearing from you

Theo with his creation:

Theo and Hof

The Circus Welcomes Gino the Clown

17. Mai 2011 in Circus Hostel, Circus News, Events by Jim

clown2This weekend the Circus Hostel received a little help and a few laughs a long the way in the form of Gino Luino the clown. You name it he can do it…. Questions concerning how to change your facebook profile? Gino is there. Looking to check in? Gino is there. The art of clowning has existed for thousands of years from ancient Egypt and court jesters have performed in China since 1818 B.C.

Throughout history most cultures have had clowns we can assure you none are as lovely as our Gino. He even melted the heart of die hard Coulrophobe (abnormal, irrational fear of clowns) who arrived in Berlin with psychological baggage and left as free as a bird…. So it is a very big “Mercy BooKoo” to Gino our Swiss friend!

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C Magazine – Issue 2 is Launched

16. Mai 2011 in Circus Hotel, Circus News, Design by Paul

At the end of last week we took delivery of the second edition of C Magazine, our in-house publication for the Circus Hotel. You can take a look below, and I just wanted to take the opportunity to thank everyone of the Circus team who helped put it together, with special thanks to Lotte for her translation/editing work, Theresa for the wonderful photographs, and to Julia who brought the whole thing together and made it look so good. I hope you enjoy the new edition…

Oh Yes…This Saturday is Eurovision!

12. Mai 2011 in Circus Hostel, Events, Goldman's Bar, Music by Paul

You know that this is the greatest cultural celebration that Europe has on offer right? The finest musical songwriters on the continent pared with the very best performers? A competition judged on musical merits and merits alone? An event that gave us Abba, Lulu, Riverdance (thanks for that), Celine Dion, Lena and those cheeky chappies Lordi from Finland? An extravaganza that surely cannot be missed…

And you don’t need to! Oh no, because this Saturday in Goldman’s Bar the whole thing will be broadcast in its cross-border-loving, europopping, nul-pointing glory. After Lena’s triumph last year we were naturally extremely excited by the possibility that it could be Berlin hosting the 2011 event, but unfortunately Europe’s Capital of Cool (copyright the New York Times) was rejected in favour of Düsseldorf. In any case,  we will be partying as if it was actually on our doorstep, and we have happy hour from 9-10pm, plus €1 Jägermeisters all night, plus a tipping competition on the final result which could win you some drinks prizes.

Can Lena triumph again? Will Europe once again show her our “loff”? Will Denmark vote for Sweden? Who persuaded Blue that this might be a good idea? Can we take much more excitement? Probably not… be there on Saturday to find out…

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Never Mind Munich…Here’s the Mocktoberfest!

11. Mai 2011 in Beer, Berlin, Circus Hostel, Events, Food by Paul

Mocktoberfest 2

Of course we are biased and think that Berlin is the greatest city in the world, let alone Germany, but there is one thing that our good friends down in Bavaria do way better than we do and that is beer and sausages. So in what we like to think of as a tribute to the good life down in the south, we are transforming the Circus Cafe every Tuesday evening into our own, very special Pavement Biergarten as the venue for our weekly Mocktoberfest. Last night was the opening, and as you can see the one litre beers proved very popular. There are some that would say that there is no way the Weinbergsweg can compete with the Theresienwiese but we think that they are just, you know, different.

The Mocktoberfest at the Pavement Biergarten, The Circus Hostel
Every Tuesday from 6pm
Litre Beer + a Sausage = €5

PS. If you are heading down to the real thing this year, go and stay with some friends of ours (but book early!): The Euro Youth Hotel Munich

Mocktoberfest 1

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