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What’s on in Germany: March 11 – 17

This week's highlights: Trojan warriors dance across a Berlin stage, Cologne hosts a spring festival, and continental Europe's largest St. Patrick's Day parade marches through Munich.

Published: 11 March 2010 09:33 CET
What's on in Germany: March 11 - 17
'Troy' in Berlin. Photo: DPA

BERLIN

Theatre

Troy

Drama, passion, and intrigue combine to create an extraordinary stage show based on the Legend of Troy. Directed by Turkish choreographer Mustafa Erdogan, “Troy ” features a vivid cast of one hundred and twenty exceptional dancers. For one night only, these legendary characters grace the stage at Berlin’s O2 World. Be seduced by Spartan warriors and Anatolian maidens.

Price: €54 – 102

Location: O2 World, Mühlenstrasse 12

Times: Saturday, March 13, 8pm

Ticket Hotline: 01803 20 60 70 (.09/Min)

More Information: www.o2world.de

Galleries/Museums

Sounds: Radio – Art – New Music

In an age of high tech 3D cinema, radio as an artistic medium is often overlooked. This exhibition at Berlin’s Neuer Berliner Kunstverein highlights radio’s ability to create interesting experiences. Have a listen to the radio plays and sound compositions, new and historic, that circulate through the space through the end of March.

Price: Free

Location: Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Chausseestrasse 128/129

Times: Tuesday – Sunday, noon-6pm; Thursday, noon-8pm ; through March 28

Phone: 030 280 7020

More Information: www.nbk.org

The Secret Garden of the Nightingale

The mysteries of the forest emerge in the works of German artists Claas Gutsche and Sebastian Nebe. Illuminated bird’s nests and bare branches create a setting reminiscent of a Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Mingle with the artists at Friday night’s opening reception.

Price: Free

Location: Wagner + Partner, Karl-Marx-Allee 87

Times: Friday, March 12, 7-10pm (Opening); Tuesday – Saturday, noon-6pm; through May 2

Phone: 030 2196 0137

More Information: galerie-wagner-partner.de

COLOGNE

Events

Spring Culture Festival

Bands, ballet, theatre, and circus performances! Spring is nearly here, and Cologne’s Bürgerhaus Kalk is celebrating with a vibrant cultural festival on Saturday. Bring the whole family and kick off the season with a day full of fun.

Price: Free

Location: Bürgerhaus Kalk, Kalk-Mülheimer Strasse 58

Times: Saturday, March 13, 3-5pm

Phone: 0221 987 6020

More Information: www.buergerhauskalk.de

Dance

Aterballeto

The Italian dance company Aterballeto puts on the kind of show that leaves you stunned. Physical power, unabashed elegance, and spirited Mediterranean vibrancy shine through as the dancers’ sparsely costumed bodies enact exquisite choreography on stark stages. Monday, the group performs three works “Omaggio a Bach,” “Pression,” and “Cantata” in Cologne.

Price: €37 – 56

Location: Cologne Opera House, Offenbachplatz

Times: Monday, March 15, 7:30-10pm

Tickets: 0221 22 12 82 49

More Information: www.operkoeln.com

Film

South Africa Special: The Myth and Reality of Freeing

Apartheid is the subject of three films screening this weekend at Filmforum. “When the Mountain Meets its Shadow,” a new documentary directed by Alexander Kleider and Daniela Michel portrays the struggle for survival in settlements around Cape Town. “Memories of Rain,” a documentary by Gisela Albrecht and Angela Mai, traces ten years in the lives of two underground resistance fighters. And John Kani’s narrative “Nothing But the Truth,” explores the harsh reality of life in post-apartheid South Africa.

Price: €6

Location: Filmforum NRW in the Museum Ludwig, Bischofsgartenstrasse 1

Times: Saturday, March 13, 7pm; Sunday, March 14, 5pm and 8pm

Phone: 0221 221 24498

More Information: www.filmforumnrw.de

HAMBURG

Events

Easter Market

With the chocolate bunny holiday just a few weeks away, it’s time to get into the Easter spirit. The Museum Elbinsel Wilhelmsburg’s Easter Market features all sorts of springtime crafts. Browse the hand painted eggs, spun wool knitwear, and little ceramic animal figurines, Sunday.

Price: Free

Location: Museum Elbinsel Wilhelmsburg, Kirchdorfer Strasse 163

Times: Sunday, March 14, 11am-5pm

Phone: 040 31 18 29 28

More Information: www.museum-wilhelmsburg.de

Music/Concerts

Taxi Taxi

There’s something about waif-like Swedish twins that few can resist. Brooding passion mingles with acoustic innocence in the sweetly philosophical tunes of Miriam Eriksson Berhan and Johanna Eriksson Berhan. They pour their hearts out Thursday night in Hamburg.

Price: €8.75

Location: Fundbureau, Stresemannstrasse 114

Times: Thursday, March 11, 10pm

More Information: www.myspace.com/taxitaximusic

Galleries/Museums

Paperficial

From “pleated containers” to “origami vases,” designers from around Europe are doing some pretty amazing things with paper. Each object in this new exhibition exudes a delicate fragility that makes it all the more precious.

Price: Free

Location: craft2eu – Agency and Gallery for European Craft & Design, Eppendorfer Weg 231

Times: Monday – Friday, 12-7pm; Saturday, 11am-4pm; through May 8

Phone: 040 480 928 22

More Information: www.craft2eu.com

LEIPZIG

Galleries/Museums

To Nature – The ALTANA Art Collection

The relationship between nature and art is a timeless one. On Saturday, nearly 600 works from the ALTANA collection in Bad Homburg go on display in Leipzig. Be surrounded by flowers and trees, forests and wheat fields, in the cosy environs of the Museum for Contemporary Art.

Price: €5

Location: GfZK, Museum of Contemporary Art, Karl-Tauchnitz-Strasse 9-11

Times: Tuesday – Friday, 2-7pm; Saturday and Sunday, noon-6pm; March 13 – May 24

Phone: 0341 140 81 26

More Information: www.gfzk.de

MUNICH

Events

St. Patrick’s Day Parade

No St. Patty’s Day parade is complete without a good old troupe of bagpipers, and though Claymore Pipes & Drums comes from Italy, the IPS Pipe Band is as Irish as they come. Both groups lead the boisterous crowd through the streets of Munich, Sunday, and once the marching is done, six post-parade parties keep the Gaelic spirit going. On St. Patrick’s Day, everybody’s Irish! Erin Go Bragh!

Price: Free

Location: Münchner Freiheit to Odeonsplatz via Leopold and Ludwigstrasse

Times: Sunday, March 14, 2:30pm

More Information: www.stpatricksday.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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