Tagged Berlin

Playgrounds in Berlin

We call them secret playgrounds because we hardly ever see them labeled on a map. Tucked between buildings and across from cafes, these wild spaces are a blessing to traveling families. Berlin is the only city where my kids come back to the hotel every night with dirty feet, a collection of sticks, and sand …

Read more

Bunker Berlin #3

This windowless, storied, concrete building filled with art is an exceptional place to visit. You need to reserve a spot on a tour to visit this private collection. The art and the tour are enriching experiences.  The vision for the collection feels personal and focused. I am equally impressed with the tour guide’s script and …

Read more

James Turrell in the Dorotheenstädt Cemetery

I’m not a huge fan of taking my children on guided tours of artworks, especially large groups of adults. Adults and children look at art differently, and the institutions usually want my children to act more like adults. I’ve learned over the past few years of writing this blog that I prefer to look at …

Read more

Hamburger Bahnhof

Learning to explore an art museum with my children is one of the most inspiring projects I’ve done. Last summer, we went to Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin to see a temporary exhibition questioning the boundaries of our political and social perspectives. You can read the specifics on the museum website.  When I sit down to …

Read more

Travel List: Berlin & Dusseldorf

We are going to Germany for a few days. Here are the planned art stops. What other art should we make time for (in between playgrounds, some World Cup, and getting lost)? Hamburger Bahnhoff Boros Collection James Turrell’s light installation for Dorotheenstädtischer Cemetery Kindl Art Museum Marta Herford Center for International Light Art Sculpture Park …

Read more

Boros Collection in Berlin

They say the only hills in Berlin are buried Nazi bunkers. Before the Second World War, over 200 bunkers were built to house the entire population of Berlin, 4 million people. Only about twenty bunkers remain, and one of them houses the Boros Art Collection.  Originally built to be an air-raid shelter for nearby train …

Read more

Berlin: Travel with Kids

After visiting Italy for two weeks, we took our family to Berlin for a few nights. And I can’t wait to go back. I loved that rose gardens and graffiti can go together in Berlin and that there were 5 different playgrounds on the 7 minute walk from out hotel to the KW Institute for Contemporary Art. Below is our basic travel list for …

Read more