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Champions League Final in Goldman’s Bar

22. Mai 2013 in Beer, Circus Hostel, Events, Football, Goldman's Bar by Paul

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Oh boy, does this promise to be a cracker. In 1996 the German national team went to Wembley in London and won the European Championships, adopting the host’s anthem “Football’s coming home” in the process. Now the German fans are heading back across the channel, bring their best two club sides “home” to the new-look Wembley for the Champions League Final.

Yep, that’s right. This year the final of Europe’s number one club football tournament, and possibly the world’s when it comes to quality of play, is being played by Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. Both teams put on some incredible performances in the semi-finals to knock out the Spanish giants FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, and now they will battle each other for the biggest prize of all.

In recent years Dortmund appeared to have the measure of Munich, winning two Bundesliga titles in a row and winning some important games against their Bavarian rivals along the way, but this season it has all been about Bayern, as they won back the league title at a canter, and now are two games away – the Champions League final and the German cup final a week later – from a historic treble. They are definitely the favourites, but in a one-off game of football anything can happen.

We will be glued to our televisions on Saturday night to watch the game and we hope you will join us down in Goldman’s Bar to watch all the action on the big screen. A history-making evening for German football is guaranteed… all we have to find out now is which team will be bringing “old big ears” home from Wembley.

Champions League Final in Goldman’s Bar at the Circus Hostel, Kick-off: 8.45pm

The Circus in profile – Berliner Volksbank annual report

20. Mai 2013 in Circus Apartments, Circus Hostel, Circus Hotel, Circus News by Paul

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Last week the Berliner Volksbank published their business report for 2012, which also featured a focus on tourism in Berlin and Brandenburg. Amongst the articles included in the publication was a profile of The Circus, exploring the history of the company and key elements of The Circus philosophy. It also features the above photograph of the five owners of the company (l/r: Tilman Hierath, Christian Göppert, Andrew “Jim” Hadfield, Andreas Digel and Andreas Becker), as well as some our guests, Jule from our reservations office, and Roman, head chef in our restaurant Fabisch.

You can find the report here (it is in German) with the Circus story starting on page 5. Here is Andreas’s reaction:

“When the report from the Berliner Volksbank, which contains their annual accounts and has a print run of forty thousand, landed on our desks I couldn’t help but think back to the early days of The Circus. I remember walking the streets of Berlin with my mates, dressed in jeans and t-shirts, and marching into any bank we saw to try and persuade them to lend us the twenty thousand euros we needed to get The Circus project off the ground. Each time we walked in, and each time we failed… thirteen times.

So to find ourselves in the annual report of one of Berlin’s biggest banks is one of those moments where you realize you have come a long way, and as always, we have to offer up a big thank you to all those involved in the journey.” – Andreas Becker

Two Wheels Good

15. Mai 2013 in Berlin, Circus Apartments, Circus Hostel, Circus Hotel, Circus News by Paul

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So you’ve come to Berlin and want to explore the city. The weather is fine, so you don’t want to join the crowds on the U-Bahn or sit in a stuffy bus, but at the same time you have realized that the walk from the East Side Gallery to the Bauhaus Archive might be a little too much for your feet to take. Never fear, we have you covered. We already offered the chance to rent bicycles, segways and Elmotos here at the Circus, and now we have a new member of our two-wheeled family – the Pedelec, thanks to the good folks at Lautlos durch Deutschland.

Unlike the Elmotos they have pedals, and unlike our bikes they have a motor… so if you manage to actually find a hill here in Berlin (next mountain to the east, somewhere in Russia) then you can let the Pedelec take the strain. When you are feeling fit and good, like a 2012 Bradley Wiggins, then the Pedelec works just like a normal bike as you cruise through the streets.

If you want to rent two wheels for your tour of the city, the prices are as follows (per day): Bike €12, Segway €15, Pedelec €18, and Elmoto €20… and if you need MORE WHEELS FOR YOUR MONEY… we also have rollerblades, for the low, low price of a fiver a day. Get moving through the city!

Eurovision. Song. Contest. Party.

13. Mai 2013 in Circus Hostel, Circus News, Events, Goldman's Bar, Music by Paul

Oh baby! Coming up this Saturday in Goldman’s Bar is arguably our favourite party of the year… because it is time for the EUROVISION SONG CONTEST. This year the festival of cheesy tunes is being hosted by Sweden, which seems fitting as that was the land that gave us the most Eurovision of all Eurovision acts, ABBA. Whether or not any of this year’s contestants can reach those heights remains to be seen, but if you want to catch all the fun, and get inspired to sing a song or two of your own, then get down to the bar on Saturday night and join the fun. Here’s what is going on:

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Newcomers to the Circus Hostel

6. Mai 2013 in Circus Hostel, Circus News by Paul

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We have a new addition to the Circus Hostel who stands guard over the main entrance. We will be running a little competition based on our friendly doorman which we will announce later in the week, but for now we hope you will come by and say hello. Meanwhile, out back, our regular non-paying guests have returned to the hostel courtyard… and we wish the new family all the best for the future…

More pics from the hostel on facebook here

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Springtime at The Circus

30. April 2013 in Circus Apartments, Circus Hostel, Circus Hotel, Photography by Paul | Comments closed

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Finally the winter appears to have beaten a chilly retreat, and as we approach the 1st May it seems that spring is actually and finally upon us. At all three houses we have spots for you to sit and enjoy the ever warmer weather, from the relaxed pavement setting on the Choriner Straße outside the Apartments, with plenty of birdsong for company, or the courtyard of the Hotel at Fabisch where you can escape for a lazy afternoon away from the hustle and bustle of the city…

Or perhaps that is what you are looking for, so pull up a chair on the terrace of the Hostel or outside the Café and watch the Rosenthaler Platz – immortalized in Döblin’s Berlin Alexanderplatz – go about its business. Grab and beer or a coffee and enjoy the tram-spotting and the people-watching, as they move between Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg, from Hackescher Markt to Kastanienallee and back again…

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Road to Wembley: Champions League Semi Finals in Goldman’s Bar

29. April 2013 in Circus Hostel, Football, Goldman's Bar by Paul

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Last Tuesday in Munich. Barcelona, the greatest club team in recent history take on local heroes Bayern Munich for a place in the Champion’s League final. For once Barcelona are not favourites, thanks to Bayern’s wonderful form in the Bundesliga, which they have wrapped up with games to spare. The pundits are split, but their predictions have one thing in common: it is going to be a close game. Problem is, no-one told Bayern… as the final whistle blows it is 4-0 to the German side, who have one foot firmly in the final.

Twenty four hours later in Dortmund. Real Madrid, led by the self-proclaimed “special one” Jose Mourinho are in town for the second of the Spain vs Germany semi finals, looking to get revenge on Jürgen Klopp’s Borussia Dortmund who beat them in the group stages earlier in the competition. Again, the pundits declare the tie too close to call, and again the local team refuse to follow the script… only a defensive mistake prevents the scoreline matching the previous nights action but no matter. With a 4-1 lead, Borussia Dortmund also feel confident that they will make it through to the final.

A week on… FC Bayern look safe, but in the Camp Nou anything can happen. Real Madrid will fancy that an early goal might give them a chance of overturning the deficit… Will we have an all-German final at Wembley Stadium in London, or will the giants of Spanish football fight back and achieve the improbable? Come down to Goldman’s Bar this week to find out…

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI FINALS – SECOND LEG

Tuesday 30 April @ 8.45pm: REAL MADRID versus BORUSSIA DORTMUND (First Leg: 1-4)

Wednesday 1 May @ 8.45pm: BARCELONA versus BAYERN MUNICH (First Leg: 0-4)

BOTH GAMES LIVE ON OUR LOVELY LARGE BRAND NEW MEGA-BIG SCREEN

Goldman’s Bar @ The Circus Hostel
Weinbergsweg 1a
U-Bhf: Rosenthaler Platz

Café Conversations at The Circus Hostel

15. April 2013 in Berlin, Circus Hostel, Circus News, Circus Talks, History by Paul

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Tomorrow evening sees the start of a new series of events at The Circus Hostel, that is tied into our current monthly programme of Circus Talks that takes place across the road at The Circus Hotel. In a couple of weeks we will be welcoming the next of our “Eyewitnesses” to Fabisch (keep an eye out here on the blog for details) but our new event brings one of Brewer’s Berlin Tours expert guides to the café to talk about a particular period in the city’s history. Tomorrow the topic of the talk is The Rise of the Third Reich, and it promises to be an informative and interesting evening.

As always at The Circus the event is free, and guests can also join us an hour earlier for free dinner as part of our daily “Dinner Time”.

Circus Talks – Café Conversations
in association with Brewer’s Berlin Tours
at The Circus Hostel, Weinbergsweg 1a (UBhf Rosenthaler Platz)
16th April 2013 at 8pm

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