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What’s on in Germany: June 11 – 17

This Week's Highlights: Exberliner Magazine throws a birthday bash in Berlin and Düsseldorf celebrates Japan Day.

Published: 9 June 2009 11:08 CEST
What's on in Germany: June 11 - 17
Berlin's In Transit Performing Arts Festival. Photo: Sankai Juku

BERLIN

Events

Exberliner Magazine 7th Anniversary Party

The Local’s editorial partner EXBERLINER Magazine is celebrating its 7th birthday (and its new redesign) with a big bash at Festsaal Kreuzberg this Friday. Team Plastique, AJ Pitt and the Cry Babies will make it a late night.

Price: €7

Location: Festsaal Kreuzberg, Skalitzer Strasse 130

Times: Friday, June 12, 10pm

More Information: www.exberliner.com

Hopped-Up: European Hot Rod Culture

Photographer David Bien presents his new book exploring the European hot rod scene with art photos of hopped-up rides and the people that love them. Live bands playing revved-up rock n’ roll afterwards will keep things motoring along.

Price: Free before 8pm

Location: White Trash Fast Food, Schönhauser Allee 6-7

Times: Saturday, June 13, 6pm till late

Phone: 030 5034 8668

More Info: Hopped-Up

Festivals

In Transit Performing Arts Festival

Ten days of thought-provoking performances, art installations, parties, and lectures begin Thursday night at the House of World Cultures. Japanese butoh company Sankai Juku performs a moving choreography in parallel with the opening. Stick around for the late-night DJ set.

Price: Opening, Free; Sankai Juku Performance, €15

Location: House of World Cultures, John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10

Times: Opening, Thursday, June 11, 7pm; Sankai Juki, 8pm; Festival runs through Sunday, June 21

Phone: 030 39 78 71 75

More Information: www.hkw.deberlin.de

German Russian Festival Days

Fill up on beer and borscht this weekend. Three days of festivities feature Russian folk music, Russian rock bands, and traditional Russian dancers. Revellers of all ages will be enthralled by the colourful costumes.

Price: Free

Location: Trabrennbahn, Berlin-Karlshorst, Treskowallee

Times: Friday, June 12 – Sunday, June 14

Phone: 0174 858 6867

More Information: www.drf-berlin.de

COLOGNE

Festivals:

Cologne Commons – Festival and Conference for Free Music and Free Culture

Musicians and media experts gather in Cologne this weekend to discuss the cultural and technological shifts going on in the music world. Nightly concerts feature musicians, bands, and VJs that embrace new media and the “Creative Commons” concept.

Price: Two-day ticket for concert and festival, €32; Friday & Saturday concerts, €8

Location: Gebäude 9, Deutz-Mülheimer-Strasse 127

Times: Friday, June 12 & Saturday, June 13, conference begins at 2pm, concert begins at 9pm

Phone: 0221 880 0767

More Information: cologne-commons.de

Music/Concerts:

De La Soul

The soulful New York rappers have come a long way since their 1989 debut 3 Feet High and Rising, but their latest disc Are You In? continues the group’s core sound of truthful, jazzy lyrical flow. The guys only stop off once in Germany this time around, Sunday night in Cologne, so if you’re a fan, you know where to be.

Price: €27

Location: Gloria Theater, Apostelnstrasse 11

Times: Sunday, June 14, 9pm

Phone: 0221 660 630

More Information: www.gloria-theater.com

DÜSSELDORF

Events:

Japan Day

You always wanted to learn how to make one of those paper cranes. Stalls set up between the Old Town and the banks of the Rhine will host demonstrations of Japanese art forms like origami, ikebana and calligraphy, while sumo wrestlers and samurai soldiers show off their skills. Don’t miss one of the cutest things ever, a song and dance performance by boys and girls from Japanese kindergartens.

Price: Free

Location: Events centre around Burgplatz in the Old Town

Times: Saturday, June 13, 1pm-midnight

More Information: www.japantag-duesseldorf-nrw.de

Book Stroll On The Kö

No cars will cruise down Königsallee this weekend, the elegant boulevard will be lined with nearly one hundred book vendors. For lovers of literature, there’s no better way to spend a June morning. Take the little ones to one of the children’s readings at Stall No. 81.

Price: Free

Location: Königsallee

Times: Thursday, June 11 – Monday, June 14, 10am-8pm

More Information: www.buecherbummel-auf-der-koe.de

FRANKFURT

Festivals:

Höchster Schlossfest 2009 Opening Celebration

The Blue Blistering Barnacles play spirited Irish music under an open sky at the Bolongarogarten Saturday night to kick off a month of festivities. This year’s festival partner is Ireland, so wear something green, and raise a Guinness to cultural collaborations.

Price: Free

Location: Bolongarogarten

Times: Saturday, June 13, 6pm-1am

More Information: www.schloss-fest.de

HAMBURG

Theatrical Reading

Imago

Acrobats and trapeze artists fly through the air as Eduardo Macedo plays Brazilian guitar, and Hamburg author Isabel Abedi reads her wondrous story about a girl named Wanja. Part of the Hamburg Tent Festival, the event promises to be great fun for kids ten and older.

Price: Adults, €6; Children, €5

Location: Sternschanzenpark, Sternschanze 4

Times: Saturday, June 13, 4pm

Phone: 040 3990 2696

More Information: www.bajazzo.de

MUNICH

Music/Concerts

Neil Young

The “Godfather of Grunge” rolls into Munich on Wednesday and he’s been at it for nearly 40 years, so you know he’ll be rocking Olympiahalle like the best of them, which he is.

Price: €50-80

Location: Olympiahalle, Spiridon-Louis-Ring

Times: Wednesday, June 17, 8:30pm

More Info: www.muenchenticket.de

Festivals

Town Founding Festival

Celebrate Munich’s 851st birthday with a toast to the monks who developed the very first settlements, and to Henry the Lion, the powerful medieval prince who made it official. A craftsman’s village offers a first hand glimpse at how traditional handicrafts are made, while a Kinderland will keep the children occupied with plenty of fun and games while you raise another toast to those monks.

Price: Free

Location: Marienplatz

Times: Saturday, June 13, 10am-11pm; Sunday, June 14, 10am-10pm

More Info: www.muenchen.de

Events

Looking Back at Edward S. Curtis: An American Indian Perspective

In 1906 Edward S. Curtis set out to document the way of life of the Native America Indian. The result was a collection of thousands of recordings of language and music, in addition to tens of thousands of photographs of over eighty different tribes. Tuesday night, Delores J. Huff, American Indian studies professor, and native Cherokee will lead a discussion on the images from a Native American perspective.

Price: Free

Location: Amerika Haus, Karolinenplatz 3

Times: Tuesday, June 16, 7pm

Phone: 089 5525 3713

More Info: www.amerikahaus.de

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BERLIN

EXPLAINED: Berlin’s latest Covid rules

In response to rapidly rising Covid-19 infection rates, the Berlin Senate has introduced stricter rules, which came into force on Saturday, November 27th. Here's what you need to know.

Published: 27 November 2021 16:16 CET
Updated: 29 November 2021 14:17 CET
A sign in front of a waxing studio in Berlin indicates the rule of the 2G system
A sign in front of a waxing studio indicates the rule of the 2G system with access only for fully vaccinated people and those who can show proof of recovery from Covid-19 as restrictions tighten in Berlin. STEFANIE LOOS / AFP

The Senate agreed on the tougher restrictions on Tuesday, November 23rd with the goal of reducing contacts and mobility, according to State Secretary of Health Martin Matz (SPD).

He explained after the meeting that these measures should slow the increase in Covid-19 infection rates, which was important as “the situation had, unfortunately, deteriorated over the past weeks”, according to media reports.

READ ALSO: Tougher Covid measures needed to stop 100,000 more deaths, warns top German virologist

Essentially, the new rules exclude from much of public life anyone who cannot show proof of vaccination or recovery from Covid-19. You’ll find more details of how different sectors are affected below.

Shops
If you haven’t been vaccinated or recovered (2G – geimpft (vaccinated) or genesen (recovered)) from Covid-19, then you can only go into shops for essential supplies, i.e. food shopping in supermarkets or to drugstores and pharmacies.

Many – but not all – of the rules for shopping are the same as those passed in the neighbouring state of Brandenburg in order to avoid promoting ‘shopping tourism’ with different restrictions in different states.

Leisure
2G applies here, too, as well as the requirement to wear a mask with most places now no longer accepting a negative test for entry. Only minors are exempt from this requirement.

Sport, culture, clubs
Indoor sports halls will off-limits to anyone who hasn’t  been vaccinated or can’t show proof of recovery from Covid-19. 2G is also in force for cultural events, such as plays and concerts, where there’s also a requirement to wear a mask. 

In places where mask-wearing isn’t possible, such as dance clubs, then a negative test and social distancing are required (capacity is capped at 50 percent of the maximum).

Restaurants, bars, pubs (indoors)
You have to wear a mask in all of these places when you come in, leave or move around. You can only take your mask off while you’re sat down. 2G rules also apply here.

Hotels and other types of accommodation 
Restrictions are tougher here, too, with 2G now in force. This means that unvaccinated people can no longer get a room, even if they have a negative test.

Hairdressers
For close-contact services, such as hairdressers and beauticians, it’s up to the service providers themselves to decide whether they require customers to wear masks or a negative test.

Football matches and other large-scale events
Rules have changed here, too. From December 1st, capacity will be limited to 5,000 people plus 50 percent of the total potential stadium or arena capacity. And only those who’ve been vaccinated or have recovered from Covid-19 will be allowed in. Masks are also compulsory.

For the Olympic Stadium, this means capacity will be capped at 42,000 spectators and 16,000 for the Alte Försterei stadium. 

Transport
3G rules – ie vaccinated, recovered or a negative test – still apply on the U-Bahn, S-Bahn, trams and buses in Berlin. It was not possible to tighten restrictions, Matz said, as the regulations were issued at national level.

According to the German Act on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, people have to wear a surgical mask or an FFP2 mask  on public transport.

Christmas markets
The Senate currently has no plans to cancel the capital’s Christmas markets, some of which have been open since Monday. 

According to Matz, 2G rules apply and wearing a mask is compulsory.

Schools and day-care
Pupils will still have to take Covid tests three times a week and, in classes where there are at least two children who test positive in the rapid antigen tests, then tests should be carried out daily for a week.  

Unlike in Brandenburg, there are currently no plans to move away from face-to-face teaching. The child-friendly ‘lollipop’ Covid tests will be made compulsory in day-care centres and parents will be required to confirm that the tests have been carried out. Day-care staff have to document the results.

What about vaccination centres?
Berlin wants to expand these and set up new ones, according to Matz. A new vaccination centre should open in the Ring centre at the end of the week and 50 soldiers from the German army have been helping at the vaccination centre at the Exhibition Centre each day since last week.

The capacity in the new vaccination centre in the Lindencenter in Lichtenberg is expected to be doubled. There are also additional vaccination appointments so that people can get their jabs more quickly. Currently, all appointments are fully booked well into the new year.

 

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