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Enjoy the view… the roof terrace of The Circus Hotel

24. Mai 2013 in Circus Hotel, Circus News by Paul

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Once again we have opened up the roof terrace at The Circus Hotel for the summer season. Not only is it open every day from 9am until 10pm for our guests to relax, gaze out across the rooftops of central Berlin, and grab a drink from the “honesty bar” but we have a series of very exciting events planned. Starting in the first week of June is the return of our “rooftop yoga” sessions, whilst the others are in the planning stages – keep your eyes peeled for more information in the coming weeks.

In the meantime, we hope all our guests take the chance to enjoy the peace and quiet up on the roof and check out the view.

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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

Eyewitness History Talk: The Second World War and its aftermath

17. Mai 2013 in Berlin, Circus Hotel, Circus Talks, Events, Fabisch, History by Paul

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On Tuesday 21st May 2013 we are extremely pleased to be welcoming to The Circus another eyewitness speaker from the Zeitzeugenbörse (Centre for Witness to Contemporary History). This is part of our monthly series events that we have been running for the past two years, in which we invite speakers to come and join us for a while and tell us their own personal stories about different moments in Berlin and German history.

This month we are delighted to welcome Dr Golkowsky who will be coming to talk to us about the Second World War and its aftermath. Dr Golkowsky was born in 1934 in Silesia, and will share stories of his experience during the war, the flight to the west, and observations on life for himself, friends and family, on both sides of the iron curtain.

We are really looking forward to another fascinating evening of personal history in Fabisch, and we hope you will join us. The talk will be in English, is open to all, and is free… although we will be collecting contributions towards our own donation to the ZZB to help them continue in their important work.

Where: Fabisch at The Circus Hotel, Rosenthaler Straße 1 (U8: Rosenthaler Platz)
When: Tue 21st May at 6.45pm

(Photo: Bundesarchiv on Wikimedia Commons)

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!

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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IriS Romen – Live in Fabisch

24. April 2013 in Berlin, Circus Hotel, Events, Fabisch, Music by Paul

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Something very special on the Fabisch stage this Friday evening, as we welcome IriS Romen to the Circus as part of our regular live music events on Friday evenings. A veteran of the Clärchens Ballhaus stage, IriS is celebrating the release of her first album “Vintage Gal Hour”, from which she will be performing some songs on Friday evening. But words cannot do justice to what you have to look forward to on Friday, so watch this video instead and we will see you there:

IriS Romen – Live in Fabisch at The Circus Hotel
Friday 26th April at 10pm
Admission: Free

Eyewitness History Talk – The Legacy of a Divided Country

19. April 2013 in Berlin, Circus Hotel, Circus News, Circus Talks, Events, Fabisch, History by Paul

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On Tuesday 23rd April 2013 we are extremely pleased to be welcoming to The Circus another eyewitness speaker from the Zeitzeugenbörse (Centre for Witness to Contemporary History). This is part of our monthly series events that we have been running for the past two years, in which we invite speakers to come and join us for a while and tell us their own personal stories about different moments in Berlin and German history.

This month we are delighted to welcome Sieglinde Neff who will be coming to talk to us about her life in Berlin, first in the German Democratic Republic and then, having left illegally during the 1950s, in West Germany. She will share her experiences, including life for young people in East Germany, and the legacy of the division 24 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

We are really looking forward to another fascinating evening of personal history in Fabisch, and we hope you will join us. The talk will be in English, is open to all, and is free… although we will be collecting contributions towards our own donation to the ZZB to help them continue in their important work.

Where: Fabisch at The Circus Hotel, Rosenthaler Straße 1 (U8: Rosenthaler Platz)
When: Tue 23rd April at 6.45pm

(Photo credit: Bundesarchiv, B 145 Bild-F079010-0037 / CC-BY-SA)

Easter at The Circus

29. März 2013 in Circus Apartments, Circus Hostel, Circus Hotel, Circus News by Paul

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We hope that all of you that have come to Berlin for Easter Weekend are going to have a great time in Berlin and here at the Circus, and we just wanted to let you know about a few special things we have planned. All weekend in our restaurant Fabisch at the Circus Hotel we have a special Easter menu, so make sure you check out what head chef Roman Bigalke has planned. And on Sunday morning, in the Circus Hostel, the Circus Hotel and the Circus Apartments, we have an Easter Egg hunt planned, with special prizes to be won. So come down for breakfast and join the fun.

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