thé festival for live music, all around town!
this amazing event takes place every year, on the 21st of June, the day the summer begins…..
Special about this festival is, it´s totally for free and really all around the city! It is an open air festival, a lot of different bands with different musical styles will perform and turn the city into one big live open air stage!
For the complete program of the festival klick HERE
Close to the EastSeven Hostel you will find the fete de la musique at the Mauerpark, at Bassy Cowboy club and ZumDrittenman (kollwitzstrasse/sredzkistrasse)
The festival starts at 4pm, and will approximately end at 10pm….after this there will be after parties at many different locations….fete de la nuit!
For more information on events and parties in Berlin please check our online staff-recommendations!
Hope to see you soon in Berlin!!

events in berlin

Just some great parties and things to do in Berlin, all events were recommended by the EastSeven Hostel STAFF!!

Parties and events on Friday the 15th of April
1. ACHTUNG BERLIN – NEW BERLIN FILM AWARD 2011
The Film Festival of New German Cinema from Berlin-Brandenburg
From April 13-20, 2011, Berlins third biggest film festival achtung berlin – new berlin film award will again present new motion pictures, documentaries and short films which have been produced or shot in Berlin-Brandenburg.

With a focus on film creation in the German capital city region, the film festival has made an unmistakable and distinctive mark on the film landscape. In the meantime, achtung berlin – new berlin film award has become the third-largest film festival in Berlin (next to the famous “Berlinale”), attracting a lot of attention from moviegoers and film professionals alike.

Annually, the festival presents around 70 contemporary feature and documentary films that have been either partially or completely made with a film production, producer or director in Berlin or Brandenburg – among these are numerous premieres held at the new berlin film award before their official theatrical release!

The variety of different genres and themes couldn’t be better with a combination of promising films from a new generation of film makers, artistic, low-budget films presented with award-winning productions and international co-productions. From documentary dramas and auteur films to thriller, horror zombie and splatter films and feel-good-movies – achtung berlin will present the pearls and unknown secrets of the current film year.

The competition is topped off with a retrospective and various film series:

The beloved documentary film section of “Homeland Documentaries” is devoted to selected documentary films, which define the term “homeland” very differently – with a strong local color, but also in the figurative sense.

The film festival achtung berlin – new berlin film award has created a yearly retrospective with a focus on actual events that reflect a rich film history. In the last three years, a retrospective has been created with the city of Berlin with numerous inside perspectives.

2. Party: TUNA PARK @TRESOR | +4BAR

+4Bar:
Dia (Vinyl Did It, WIP / USA)
Miz Kiara (Female Cuts / Rome)
P.Toile (Mothership / Berlin)
Tresor:
Peter van Hoesen (Time to Express, Curle / Belgium)
Tatjana Sünder (Wien)
TAG (Tresor / Berlin)
Ein Abend mit jeder Menge starken Frauen im Tresor. Clique Bookings initiiert monatlich ein
internationales come together in der +4Bar. Heute geben sich gleich drei DJanes die Klinke in
die Hand. Dia, die ursprünglich aus Kalifornien kommt, und mittlerweile zwischen Berlin und
Bologna pendelt, ist bekannt für ihre beeindruckende Plattensammlung. Gleichzeitig hat sie mit
einer klassischen Klavier- und Gesangsausbildung einen soliden musikalischen Hintergrund, was
man ihren eigenen Produktionen anhören kann. Mit Miz Kiara geht es dann italienisch weiter, sie
kommt aus Neapel und legt seit fast 15 Jahren europaweit ihren persönlichen funky Electro-
Techno-Style auf. Ihr Sound ist eine Mischung aus Electronic Dance, Acid und Deep House, der
immer auch belebt wird durch groovige und rockige Elemente. Komplettiert wird das Trio durch
P.Toile, die bei all den Spielarten elektronischer Musik niemals vergisst den nötigen Funk
einzustreuen.
Parallel dazu begrüßen wir im Keller einen immer wieder gern gesehenen Gast: Peter van
Hoesen. Mit ihm an den Decks: Tantjana Sünder und TAG.
www.myspace.com/petervanhoesen

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3. UB:STANCE & VIDAB NACHT AT BERGHAIN

Berghain – SUB:STANCE
Scuba
Shackleton
Hatcha
Illum Sphere
DJ Pete
Necta selecta

Panorama Bar – Vidab Nacht
Koljah
Stephan Hill
Shed (DJ-Set)
Newworldaquarium
Oliver Deutschmann (live)

Parties and more on Saturday the 16th of April

4. PARTY PARTY HITS HITS

We are full of fear, hate, lady Gagas and weapons of mass destruction
and, nevertheless, over and over again like a virgin. Would be bad if
everyone would be a sex bombs, then there would only be polluted love
because everybody can’t get enough of anybody!
We say: Don’t stop me now, oh Johnny!
If someone is trotting out now: Man, I doesn’t want to go yet, I want
to dance with somebody, we ask him what this has to do with Whitney
actually??
Aren’t we all Californian girls on the highway to the hell anyhow??
And why does it smell like teenager spirit in here??
Find out … at the Astra… at PARTY PARTY HITS HITS and always stay
sober, because, otherwise, there comes the prison rock.

and if you understood that, you know where to go …

Astra Kulturhaus
Revaler Str. 99
10245 Berlin

Begin at: 23:00

5. LONG NIGHT OF THE OPERA AND THEATRE

off to an individual, unique night of theatre!

For the 3rd Long Night of Opera and Theatre there are 60 venues and over 200 productions to choose from, spanning opera, dance, theatre, chanson, classical and popular music, literature, cabaret, puppets, youth theatre, improvisation and acrobatics.

The programme includes both sections of current repertoires and programmes specially assembled for the Long Night. Anyone who thinks they have seen everything the Berlin stage has to offer or been to every cutting-edge venue has a surprise in store at the Long Night of Opera and Theatre. Or have you already experienced an underwater opera? For those who would rather take part than watch there are opportunities for this too, whether in improtheatre, as a criminalist or at the Neuköllner Parade. Let yourself be inspired by Schillers motto: “man is only really complete when he is acting…”

Simply plan your own theatre evening and we’ll take you there, with shuttle buses following seven different routes.

The programme runs from 7pm – 1am, and with performances lasting approx. 30mins each, there is plenty of time to catch many different shows over the night with just the one ticket. What better way to get to know the theatre? Maybe you’ll combine a first night at the opera with a spot of cabaret, check out the action behind the scenes and then watch a live rehearsal! Astonishing discoveries of venues, genres and performers are guaranteed- and not just for tourists and theatre-novices; Berliners and regular theatre-goers are bound to be impressed by the night’s exclusive line-up.

Map of bus routes and venues (http://www.kulturprojekte-berlin.de/en/projects/current-projects/long-night-of-opera-and-theatre/map/)

6. WHISK IT, SHAKE IT, BEAT IT! @ GLOBUS | TRESOR

Globus:
Ivan Smagghe (Kill the Dj / Paris)
Howie B (Fabric / London)
Future Beat Alliance (Tresor Rec. / Berlin)
Tresor: Damage Music Release
Live: Alexander Kowalski (Damage Music)
d_func. (Damage Music)
Secam (Konsequent Records)
Für Ivan Smagghe läuft es auch 2011 weiterhin Bombe. Alle lesen seinen Blog, alle mixen seine
Tracks. Musikalisch ist er erfolgreich solo oder gemeinsam mit Tim Paris als Teil von It’s A Fine
Line. Immer mit etwas „french flavour“ im Gepäck schüttelt er heute Nacht den Globus mit
feinstem Techhouse. Derweil packt im Keller Alexander Kowalski die Platten auf den Teller, ein
Live Act der schon viele Jahre mit dem Tresor verbunden ist. Daher kann man nur Gutes
erwarten, vor allem eine anständige Show zu basslastigem Techno, tiefen Harmonien und
zackigen Beats. Quirlen, schütteln, Bass!
www.myspace.com/ivansmagghedj
www.alexanderkowalski.de
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7. TERRABEATS WORLDMUSIC PARTY

DJ’s: PEPE VARGAS & BORIS VIANDE – Best of Worldmusic: Balkan, Latin, French, Oriental, African & Classics.
Live: • TARA LA LOBA – Gipsy Tribal Dance.
Start: 23.00
Where: SO36, Oranienstr. 190 (close U-Bhf. Kottbusser Tor, U-Bhf. Görlitzer Bahnhof).
damage: 6 Euro.
What to do on Sunday the 17th of April??
8. YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A NICE AND COSY PUB? HAVE ALOOK at SOUPANOVA

Soupanova
Stargarder Str. 24
10437 Berlin (Prenzlauer Berg)

U-Schönhauser Allee

15mins walk from East Seven

9. KIEZKANTINE

If you are looking for a cheap place for breakfast or lunch, have a look at “Kiezkantine” in Oderberger Straße 50 near Kastanienallee (blue house).
They open their doors on week-days from 10am until 5pm. For lunch you have the choice of five different meals starting by 2,-€ per dish for students. Regular price is 2,80€. You need to buy the voucher at the cashier in Kiezkantine…afterwards have a seat…the waiter picks the voucher and will serve your choice within five minutes.

They do also serve delicous cake

Ask the receptionist for directions…it is just 8mins walk from East Seven

10. EXHIBITION: RADICAL JEWISH CULTURE @ JEWISH MUSEUM

»Radical Jewish Culture« war Anfang der 1990er Jahre eine avantgardistische jüdische Musikbewegung, die sich aus der New Yorker Underground-Szene entwickelte. Sie war nicht zuletzt durch die Beschäftigung mit der nationalsozialistischen Massenvernichtung der europäischen Juden motiviert, die bislang von der Generation der Überlebenden und Immigranten erfolgreich verdrängt worden war.

Ausstellungseröffnung

7. April 2011, 19 Uhr
Dauer

8. April 2011 bis 24. Juli 2011
Wo

Eintritt

4 Euro, erm. 2 Euro

In ihrer Musik verschmolzen freie Formen des Jazz mit Klezmer-Improvisationen, Experimentalmusik mit Rock, Blues und Punk. Musiker wie John Zorn, David Krakauer, Marc Ribot, Anthony Coleman und Frank London untersuchten leidenschaftlich die Möglichkeiten einer neuen jüdischen Musik und emanzipierten sich von einer Haltung, für die Anpassung und gesellschaftliche Unauffälligkeit kennzeichnend war. Sie spielten in Clubs und auf Festivals und gründeten eigene Musiklabels.

Die Ausstellung »Radical Jewish Culture« stellt diese Musikszene mit audiovisuellen Dokumenten, vielen Musikbeispielen und zum großen Teil unveröffentlichtem Material vor.

Eine Ausstellung des Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme, Paris.
Im Begleitprogramm zu »Radical Jewish Culture«

Zur Sonderausstellung »Radical Jewish Culture. Musikszene New York seit 1990«, die am 7. April eröffnet, bietet das Jüdische Museum ein spannendes musikalisches Begleitprogramm: In der Konzertreihe »New Voices in Jewish Music« stellt das Museum zusammen mit dem Jazzbassisten Greg Cohen zeitgenössische jüdische Musik vor. Den Anfang machen am 4. Mai das polnische Bester Quartet und die New Yorker Sängerinnen von Mycale. Das Montagskino gibt Gelegenheit, in drei dokumentarischen Filmen die Protagonisten der »Radical Jewish Culture« näher kennen zu lernen.

That´s all for now! Hope you enjoy your visit to Berlin! If you need more insider information just come ask it at the reception OR check out our online recommendations!

 

No plans for the weekend? We have selected some cool events and things to do for the weekend!

On Friday during the day:
1 THE BERLIN WALL MEMORIAL: GEDENKSTäTTE BERLINER MAUER

The Documentation Centre known as Dokumentationszentrum Berliner Mauer is one of three integral elements which together make up the Gedenkstatte Berliner Mauer – Berlin Wall Monument at Bernauer Strasse – combining a stretch of the former Berlin Wall, the Kapelle der Versöhnung (Reconciliation Chapel) and, across the road, the Documentation Centre itself.

This is an important source of information and an original documentary source/archive devoted to the history of the Berlin Wall. A multimedia presentation draws on the local historical experience at Bernauer Strasse, exploring varied aspects of the political background and historical detail surrounding one of the most poignant and significant events of the Cold War.

The street’s unique position cut into two sides by the Wall with East Berlin buildings on one side and a pavement/sidewalk on the side of West Berlin evoked the madness of the concrete Wall dividing the city.

Information panels are in German and English.

Address:
Bernauer Str. 111
13355 Berlin

Admission free!!!

15mins walk from East Seven

On Friday night:

2 INTO THE PIT – LEVEE CLUB (EX BANGBANG CLUB)

A nice mixture of Electro, Minimal, Indie and live music!

Levee Club (Ex Ban Bang Club)
Neue Promenade 10
Berlin-Mitte – S-BHF Hackescher Markt

start: 11pm
end: ?

3.  TIRED OF ALL THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC? ROCK AG AT LIDO EVERY FRIDAY

The Rock AG exists since September, 2002 and is with it one of the
most established rock parties of Berlin.
The musical range of the Rock AG encloses classic and news from almost
all genres of the popular rock music. According to musical
predilections of the respective DJs and the visitors interfere Indie
and punk, Grunge and alternative, Britpop and Heavy Metal, progressive
and Glam, freak’s beat and crossover, etc. (Wikipedia lists approx.
200 subspecies of the “rock”, so here no claim to completeness!). But
all tracks have in common – they rock the Floor!

Lido
Cuvrystraße 7
10997 Berlin

On Saturday during the day:

4. ÖKOMARKT AM KOLLWITZPLATZ

On a late Saturday morning you should go to where the locals go – the farmer´s market on Kollwitzplatz – 200 Meters from EastSeven. Fresh organic vegetables, varieties of sausages and a lot more of savoir vivre. By your food of the season there, go back to the hostel and prepare it in our fancy self catering kitchen.

5.THE BERLIN-HOHENSCHöNHAUSEN STASI MEMORIAL OLD STASI PRISON

The site of the main remand prison for people detained by the former East German Ministry of State Security (MfS), or ‘Stasi’, has been a Memorial since 1994. Since the vast majority of the buildings, equipment and furniture and fittings have survived intact, the Memorial provides a very authentic picture of prison conditions in the GDR and gives another view of the divided Berlin.
Tours of the prison are usually led by former inmates, who provide first-hand details on prison conditions and the interrogation methods employed by the GDR’s Ministry of State Security (MfS).

It is only possible to view the extensive prison complex on a official guided tour as Visitors require detailed guidance in order to understand the various sections of the prison.

Public tours every Saturday and Sunday, every hour from 10am to 4pm in various languages, but better call ahead to ask at what time it is in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Danish or Norwegian…

Phone Visitor’s Service: Phone: +49 – (0)30 – 98 60 82-30

Admission:
Regular fee 5,00 Euro, concessions*) 2,50 Euro, Students 1,00 Euro
*) university students, senior citizens, handicapped persons, Berlincard-holder

How to get there:
Take the Metro U2 from the Hostel and go 2 Stops to Alexanderplatz. From here you take the Tram M5 to the stop “Freienwalder Strasse”. The Memorial is then about a 10 minute walk down Freienwalder Strasse in Genslerstraße 66.

On Saturday night:

6. MIAU – TECHNO & HOUSE

Aleator (lost and sound)
Victor Laffleur (chef de cuisine berlin/ morlox)
Jason Wilding (tinpot)
Chris Kruit (chef de cuisine berlin/ morlox)

+ Special Guest:
Por.No (hangar/ lisa simpsons dream)
Dj Clementine (süss & sauer/ tonkind)

Haasestraße / Ecke Revalerstraße

three euros only!

7.    PRETTY VAKANT AT HORST KRZBRG

Horst Krzbrg/ Tempelhofer Ufer 1, Kreuzberg, Berlin 10961
Cost / 10 Euro

Line-up /
Alex Smoke (live), Tolga Fidan, Nico Purman, DeWalta
Special Guest: DJ Phono

On Sunday during the day:

8. Go for a fantastic breakfst to Cafe Entweder Oder @ Oderberger Straße 15.

It is a small walk from the EastSeven Hostel to this lovely cafe.
And after a good breakfast visit the Mauerpark Fleamarket, which is great for hanging out on sunday!

9. SUNDAY FLEAMARKETDAY go to the FLEAMARKET Mauerpark

Sunday is fleamarket day. Close to the hostel (500 m)you find the Arkonaplatz Fleamarket and the famous Mauerpark fleamarket. You don´t want to buy something – no problem you first of all go there to see all kind of urban subjects with hangover and even sober ones. Berliners go there – you should as well.

On Sunday night:

10.YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A NICE AND COSY PUB? HAVE ALOOK AT SOUPANOVA

Soupanova
Stargarder Str. 24
10437 Berlin (Prenzlauer Berg)

U-Schönhauser Allee

15mins walk from East Seven

Hope to have enspired you! Enjoy your stay in Berlin. For more great events and things to do in Berlin just check our weekly staff-recommendations!

Our top 10 of parties for this weekend!

we´ll start with friday!

1    BERGHAIN/PANORAMA BAR

Berlin’s premier techno club, housed in a former power generation plant near the Berlin Ostbahnhof train station. The building is enormous — the dancefloor 18 metres high and there’s room for around 1500. The main design elements are steel and concrete. The first room at the entrance near the cloakroom displays a 20-30 square meter black & white painting of the artist Piotr Nathan. On the upper floor, the Panorama Bar contains a large-format painting by Wolfgang Tillmans.

Fridays is usually upstairs Panorama Bar only.
Saturday night through Sunday both rooms are open.

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2    STEREO MCS DJ-SET AT ICON

Rob Birch (Stereo MCs/Graffiti/PIAS/UK)
Cyberpunkers (IT)
Marvin Suggs (Duscholux/Oye Records/D)

Begin at: 00:00
Open End
Link

3    GLOBO CLUB

PEPE VARGAS & ANDYLOOP (Barcelona) – Club Classics & Global Electrónica.
ZIGAN ALDI & A.K. – Balkan, Swing & Party Classics.
start@: 23.00
entry: 4 Euro till 24.oo after that 6Eur
Where: CASSIOPEIA, Revaler Straße 99, Berlin-Friedrichshain (close S/U-Bhf. Warschauer Straße)

And then…Saturday night!!!

4 YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A NICE AND COSY PUB? HAVE ALOOK TO SOUPANOVA

Soupanova
Stargarder Str. 24
10437 Berlin (Prenzlauer Berg)

U-Schönhauser Allee

15mins walk from East Seven

5  DASWOHLGEFUEHL MEETS L(I)EBE ZUR MUSIK AT MARIA AM OSTBAHNHOF

Maria am Ostbahnhof/ Stralauer Platz 29, Berlin
Cost / 10€
Line-up /
Main Floor | daswohlgefuehl:

Turmspringer (get physical|tonkind)
Haito (boxer rec.|spagat)
Diringer (kickboxer)
Larsson (bpitch|daswohlgefuehl)
Liefeldt&Chlass (daswohlgefuehl)
Jacob Richter (spagat|daswohlgefuehl)
+guests…

Josef | liebe zur musik floor:

Bshosa (detroitZDRoJ / warschau)
freu(n)de aka lektor (l(i)ebe zur musik / daswohlgefuehl)
tomas fernandez (l(i)ebe zur musik)
+guests…

Promoter /
daswohlgefuehl
Eine lange und große Freundschaft verbindet die Booking Agentur „DASWOHLGEFÜHL“ und der Verein L(I)ebe zur Musik. So liegt es nahe sich auch mal zu einer Party zusammen zu schließen. In dieser Nacht wollen sie gemeinsam die Maria am Ufer und ihre Gäste mit ihrer Musik in den Bann ziehen. Im Josef begrüssen euch eine kleine Auswahl der “L(I)ebe zur Musik” Resident Dj’s und einer sehr speziellen Licht Deko die von Dj Lektor entworfen wurde. Auf dem Main Floor hat sich DASWOHLGEFÜHL zu seinen Resident Dj’s noch ein paar gute Freunde und Berlin bekannte Dj’s eingeladen. Ob Luft & Liebe Festival, die Veranstaltung Freier Fall im Suicide Circus, oder die Silvesterparty in der Brunnen 70 es wurde ziemlich bunt gefeiert und getanzt, das wollen sie in dieser Nacht auch wieder mich euch.

6 COMEDYSPORTZ EXTREME: THE LATE SHOW

Not comedy about sports, but comedy played as a sport! Finally, a fun, fast-paced comedy show that’s great fun for all ages and audiences… and its in English!
It’s ComedySportz, an award-winning interactive comedy show where two teams of “act-letes” compete for audience laughs and points while improvising scenes, games, operas and musicals based on audience suggestions.
A referee calls fouls and keeps the match moving at a blistering pace. The audience is always a part of the interactive show, giving suggestions for every game, voting for the winners and sometimes even winding up on stage!
It’s fast and fun, and edgy in English for all audiences
o Live!
o Interactive
o Hilarious
o Performed in English
o Different
o Clean
o Fool-proof!
o Fast-paced, positive and fun. Guaranteed!
The Kookaburra Comedy Club, Schönhauser Allee 184
Tickets 10/8euro

and after partying….relax on sunday!

7 FREEZING? NEED RELAXATION?

The “Badeschiff” is a sauna with a spectecular view of the skyline and also has outdoor swimming on the river Spree. They have special offers as well. Located close to Kreuzberg, a multicultural area with many things to do. Would make a nice end of a stroll through that district (or a good start of a party night)
Ask at the reception about german sauna habits, not that you will be surprised They have gents and ladies only times as well, if you prefer those.
Two saunas with a view of the river Spree, swimmingpool, rest area, massages, lounge with bar, exceptional panorama view of the skyline of Berlin. A variety of healthy snacks and drinks on offer at the lounge bar.
Water temperature: 24 °C. Saunas: 95 °C & 70 °C.

8  BRUNCH IM CAFE MORGENLAND

10am – 4 pm / 9€
Skalitzer Str. 35 / Kreuzberg
it´s delicious !!

9 VISIT THE EXHIBITION ´LIVE TO TAPE´ AT THE HAMBURGER BAHNHOF

Live to Tape.

The Mike Steiner Collection at Hamburger Bahnhof
1 February 2011 – 8 January 2012

From the beginning of the 1970s, gallerist, collector and artist Mike Steiner was one of the earliest proponents of the young medium of video art in West Germany. Inspired by several trips to New York, where he came into contact with developments in video and action art, he opened the Studiogalerie in the vicinity of Berlin’s Kurfürstendamm in 1976. The gallery soon became one of the defining exhibition spaces for Berlin media artists, who had received little attention before, as well as presenting international pioneers in video art and performance.

The exhibition “Live to Tape” presents a selection of works from the Mike Steiner Collection in the Nationalgalerie holdings spanning the years 1972-1985. It traces directions in early video art; in particular, the relationship between live performance and video is brought into focus as in taped endurance performances that test the physical limits of the body by Marina Abramović, Charlemagne Palestine and Ulrike Rosenbach. Also on view is a group of works from the rarely shown action Hotel Room Event, organized by Fluxus artist Ben Vautier and Mike Steiner. During the event fifteen artist videos were taped in different rooms of the Hotel Steiner. Another highlight is Ulay’s spectacular action There is a Criminal Touch to Art (1976), documenting his temporary theft of the Carl Spitzweg painting The Poor Poet (1839) from the Neue Nationalgalerie.

Artists included in the exhibition: Marina Abramović, Cornelia (jetzt Kali) Balcerowiak, Wojciech Bruszewski, Valie Export, Jochen Gerz, K.H. Hödicke, Dorothy Iannone, Joan Jonas, Raimund Kummer, Joan La Barbara, Charlemagne Palestine, Friederike Pezold, Lil Picard, Ulrike Rosenbach, Mike Steiner, Endre Tót, Ulay, Ben Vautier, Helmut Wietz.

10   SING LIVE ON STAGE

mit Monk
Partys Sing live on stage @ Monster Ronson’s Ichiban Karaoke
Friedrichshain

ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND IN BERLIN!!!!

Staying in Berlin during this time? Then pay a visit to the ITB Travel Trade Show.

At the ITB you will find information on everything that has to do with travelling. From hotels to tour operators,from destinations to booking systems.
They will show how travelers can make the most out of their vacation.

Ofcourse the ITB is the place to be for trade-visitors. It offers a teriffic opportunity for business people to meet business partners and to do business. This is the time and the place to learn about new trends, explore new concepts and cooperation possibilities. But beside this, the ITB gives the visitor a unique chance to explore and discover the world within a couple of hours.

There is a seperated hall reserved soley for Youth travel, ECOtourism, Adventure tarvel, economy accomodation and travel for disabled people. You can imagine how big this trade show is! There is so much to see and learn. Luckily the exhibition area is clearly structured, divided into geographical aspects and markt segments.

Other things you will find at the ITB are for instance: Training and Employement in Tourism, wellness, Travel technology, culture tourism and wellness.

A map of the exhibition grounds can be found here KLICK.

The ITB has over 10000 exhibitors from 180 different countries, and more than 180000 visitors. It´s easy to tell that the ITB is the leading B2B Platform of all tourism.

For a complete programm of events at the ITB klick HERE!

For a complete programm of the convention klick HERE!

Hope to see you soon in Berlin at the EastSeven Berlin Hostel .

For more events in Berlin check our online staff-recommendations!!

On Mondays and Wednesdays it´s FREE DINNER PARTY at EastSeven

This is thé opportunity for you to meet other travelers and share your travel-experiences while enjoying a nice cheap dinner!

We started with our ´free food on mondays´ about two years ago. And now, as we see how fun these evenings are, we decided to do another free food event on wednesdays!

Here is in short how it works:

• Sign up at the reception till Monday 15h00
• Meet us in the lounge at 19h00
• You´re welcome to help us
• Feel free to bring your own extra ingredients
• We sell drinks at the reception

The big plus is, you get free food and  in the meantime you can get in touch with others.  During the free dinner there is always a happy hour for beer at the reception. We serve some of germanies finest beers, like Augustiner and Berliner Kindl. And than after eating & drinking you can start exploring the vivid prenzlauer berg neighbourhood. Ask your fellow travelers to join you or go on one of the many pub crawls Berlin has to offer.

For more input and information on what to do in Berlin don´t hesitate and ask our friendly staff at the reception. Also check our online staff-recommendations. Here you´ll find recommendations from all the receptionists and it gives you an insight in how the spend there time and what they like to do in Berlin.

That´s all for now, enjoy your stay in Berlin and I hope to welcome you soon to the EastSeven Berlin Hostel.

Berlin!

The EastSeven Berlin Hostel made you an amazing top 10 of cost-free activities and events in Berlin this winter.

Berlin is an exciting capitol, where lots of events are being organized all through the year. Some of these events are free of admission.
So if you are traveling on a low budget, like a lot of backpackers staying in hostels do, read on! You will be able to have a great time in berlin without spending too much money .

1. Visit the Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum.
When visiting Berlin, you should visit some historical sites aswell. for instance the sachsenhausen concentration camp. It’ s not going to be a fun trip, but you will learn so much more about the terrible second world war and its victims.
Opening Hours: 15 October until 14 March: daily 8:30 – 16:30. Entry is for free.
2. Visit the Mauerpark fleamarket, every sunday! You will find a lot of nice bargains there! Besides that, there is food, music and a lot of young people enjoying a lazy sunday together! The market is within walking distance from the hostel.
3. EastSide Gallery, is a 1.3km-long section of the wall near the center of Berlin. Approximately 106 paintings by artists from all over the world cover this memorial for freedom and make it the largest open air gallery in the world.

4. The Berlin Wall Documentation Centre is one component of the memorial site ensemble at Bernauer Strasse. The ensemble consists of the Berlin Wall Memorial, the Chapel of Reconciliation and Documentation Center.
The Documentation Center on the history of the Berlin Wall provides historical information and educates the public. It makes information and in-depth programs available to the interested public. Beginning with the historical, political events that occurred at Bernauer Strasse, an area situated at the border between East and West and hence a focal point of German postwar history, the center researches and presents the history of the division of Germany. A visit is free of charge and really worthwhile!
5. Ping pong bar, Dr. Pong, at the Eberswalder straße. You pay a deposit of 5€ to get a bat , and then you just start playing table tennis with evryone that is there! Its definately a great deal of FUN!
6. Don´t miss out on the monday & wednesday evening cooking events at the EastSeven Hostel. The food is for free, it´s vegetarian and 100% delicious. Our cook Florian makes the best food in town! Its also a nice opportunity to meet up with other travelers.
7. Go on a walking tour to visit all important sights in Berlin. Just take the Brewers walking tour, they come to pick you up every day at 12.45 from our hostel.
8. The stasi prison in Berlin Hohenschönhausen is free of admission on mondays.The Memorial’s charter specifically entrusts it with the task of researching the history of the Hohenschönhausen prison between 1945 and 1989, supplying information via exhibitions, events and publications, and encouraging a critical awareness of the methods and consequences of political persecution and suppression in the communist dictatorship. The former Stasi remand prison is also intended to provide an insight into the workings of the GDR’s political justice system.
Since the vast majority of the buildings, equipment and furniture and fittings have survived intact, the Memorial provides a very authentic picture of prison conditions in the GDR. The Memorial’s location in Germany’s capital city makes it the key site in Germany for victims of communist tyranny.
9. Holocaust Memorial. Berlins ultra-controversial memorial for the murdered Jews of Europe, 2,711 concrete blocks jutting off at offensive and suffocating angles. Co-incidentally only a stones throw away from the site of Adolf Hitlers former underground lair, the Führerbunker.
10.Reichstag – The German parliament building,
re-opened in 1999 after the government and most of the ministries moved from Bonn to Berlin. British architect Lord Norman Foster redesigned this place, complete with a huge glass dome with public access, so you can watch the politicians at work.

If you need more help and inspiring ideas for planning your berlin city trip make sure to also check out our online staff-recommendations. Also just come ask our friendly staff at the reception. Hope to see you all soon in Berlin at the EastSeven Berlin Hostel!!

The International Green Week (IGW) is a one-of-a-kind international exhibition for the food, agricultural, and horticultural industries. Established in 1926 it will take place for the 76th time in 2011. Producers from all over the world use the IGW  to test-market food and luxury items and establish a brand image. Exhibitors often organize around national, regional, or product themes. Presentations feature fresh produce, fish, meats, and dairy products. These combine with a vast selection of international wine, beer, and spirits specialties, to satisfy every culinary palate. Right in line with consumer trends, the IGW also includes direct agricultural sales and the BIO MARKT organic products section.

The International Green Week (IGW) is a one-of-a-kind international exhibition for the food, agricultural, and horticultural industries. Established in 1926 it will take place for the 76th time in 2011. Producers from all over the world use the IGW  to test-market food and luxury items and establish a brand image. Exhibitors often organize around national, regional, or product themes. Presentations feature fresh produce, fish, meats, and dairy products. These combine with a vast selection of international wine, beer, and spirits specialties, to satisfy every culinary palate. Right in line with consumer trends, the IGW also includes direct agricultural sales and the BIO MARKT organic products section.

The IGW also features commercial and non-commercial agricultural, forestry, and landscaping exhibits. Changing annual themes typically include such topics as renewable resources or scientific livestock breeding and production. These trade show elements are of particular interest to those involved in the developing markets of central and eastern Europe.

Opening Hours

From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Extended hours on
Saturday 22, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday 28, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday 29, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Place of Event

Exhibition ground Messe Berlin
Berlin-Charlottenburg

A day ticket costs 12€

(Text: Messe Berlin)

Coming to Berlin and you have no plans yet where to stay? Come to EastSeven Berlin Hostel! No plans what to do? Check our online staff-recommendations! See you soon in Berlin!!

 

Check our TOP 5 of cool parties in Berlin

1.    NEW YEAR @ HBC

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NEW YEAR.HBC
20:00
Bar / Foyer / Gallery / Kino / Musik / Restaurant
5 Dancefloors / 6 GAng / NEw YEAR / party

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER INFORMATION / PRESALE FOR DINNER / ASK FOR RESERVATION: reservation@hbc-berlin.de

Begin at: 20:00

2.    ODERBERGER NEW YEARS EVE AT ODERBERGER STADTBAD

AKA AKA Live
Turmspringer Live
TILL WEST Live
Cinthie
Term & TheMNKY
NICOLAS AVOLOS
Liam Hardman
Marcus Welz
MARVIN HEY
MACADON
Aaron Lanz
KENNY WHITE
Johannes Fröhlich
DJ LAE

3)    NEW YEASR EVE PUB CRAWL

meeting point:

A.M.T. Coffee Bar at the entrance to S-Bahn station hackescher markt.

8pm.

Costs 35€

As an Insider you’ll have guaranteed entry into Berlin’s top Bars and Clubs! Don’t risk having to wait in queues, being overcharged, or not getting in anywhere at all on the busiest party night of the year!

We’ll visit insider bars, hip gallery bars, cocktail lounges, authentic east German pubs and truly happening clubs!

With us you’ll receive all the legendary extras of an Insider Tour New

NO PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED!!!

4.    KLUBNACHT TOTAL SILVESTER 2010 AT BERGHAIN/PANORAMA BAR

Line-up /
Berghain – Ostgut Ton Nacht
Chris Liebing (Clr)
Fiedel (Ostgut Ton)
Ryan Elliott (Ostgut Ton)
Jerome Sydenham (Ibadan)
Ben Klock (Ostgut Ton)
DJ Pete (Hard Wax)
Marcel Dettmann (Ostgut Ton)
Marcel Fengler (Ostgut Ton)
Boris (Ostgut Ton)
Len Faki (Ostgut Ton/Figure)
Adam Beyer (Drumcode)

Panoramabar – Ostgut Ton Total
André Galluzzi(Ostgut Ton)
Tom Clark (Highgrade)
Dinky (Ostgut Ton)
Margaret Dygas (Ostgut Ton)
Radio Slave (Rekids)
nd baumecker (Ostgut Ton)
Prosumer (Ostgut Ton)
Oliver Deutschmann (Vidab)
Nick Höppner (Ostgut Ton)
Tama Sumo (Ostgut Ton)
Dixon (Innervisions)
Steffi (Ostgut Ton)

xxx-Floor
Steffi (Ostgut Ton)
Magnus von Keil
nd_baumecker (Ostgut Ton)
Prosumer (Ostgut Ton)
Soundstream (sound stream)
Boris (Ostgut Ton)
Lady Miss Kier (of Deee-Lite)
Promoter /
OstGut GmbH
Klubnacht Total heißt konkret: über 50 Stunden Techno mit 26 DJs auf drei Floors, und zwar Non Stop. Mit Sets fast aller unserer Residents, erprobten Gast-DJs wie Adam Beyer, Chris Liebing und Dixon, visuellen
Überraschungen und dem ein oder anderen Knallbonbon. Wie in den Jahren zuvor gibt es auch an diesem Silvester wieder Räume zu entdecken, die ansonsten eher unter Ausschluss der großen Öffentlichkeit bespielt werden. Um die Türsituation etwas zu entspannen, empfehlen wir unseren Karten-Vorverkauf. Ab dem letzten November-Wochenende wird es Tickets an
der Garderobe geben, der Vorverkaufspreis liegt bei 24 Euro, an der Abendkasse wird es 26 Euro kosten.

5. Fuck Me Now & Love Me Later Meets Gruppenzwang – NYE 2010 at Münze Berlin

Line-up /
Justin Martin
Stimming LIVE
Format B
AKA AKA feat Thalstroem
M.in
Channel X
Hanne & Lore
Adam Port
Sven Weisemann
Chopstick & JohnJon
Oliver $
DJ Emerson
Asem Shama
Jake the Rapper
Mz Sunday Luv & Aaron Hedges LIVE
Holgi Star
Dirty Doering
Ronald Christoph LIVE
Alle Farben
Drauf & Dran DJ Team
Sqim
Toni Haupt
Herr Süss & Herr Sauer
Das Christl LIVE
Retro
Steve Red

Make sure to get your tickets in advance, check the website links for details on how and where to get them. For more information ask our team at the reception or just check the online staff.recommendations!!

Enjoy partying in Berlin and happy new year!!!!

events in berlin

A fine selection of parties and events is presented here.

Just to keep you informed and up to date, we post a blog on parties and events every now and then! Our focus today is the coming up weekend, from December 17, till December 19!
We created a top 10 of amazing things to do this weekend. Enjoy your stay in Berlin

On Friday:

1.FORMULA_X: ECOSISTEMA URBANO LOOKING THROUGH ECOSISTEMA URBANO EYES

ecosistema urbano’ s name is program: Their projects combine architecture, urbanism, engineering and sociology to strive for a ‘creative urban sustainability’. The focus of their work is on the complex phenomenon of the city, which they react to (or activate) through innovative, creative and holistic interventions. The interdisciplinary office from Madrid is an international consultant on sustainable urban development for cities and regions. Public space is thereby a central issue : ecosistema urbano catalyses urban processes that help citizens to change their own environment through proactive interventions.

The work of ecosistema urbano defines new boundaries of the profession of architecture and urban planning: They are moderators, develop strategies, systems and social media interfaces for a spurring on urbanity. With their own social network, blog and web – TV, ecosistema urbano offers various platforms to bring people together and to share knowledge about sustainable urban development and ideas for the city.

Designing processes and situations where the relations between people can be optimized is ecosistema urbano’ s key to a successful project.
Their exhibition at the DAZ will visualize, through a classical 3 D optical system, the process and strategies for a selection of recent works.

open:
Tue-Fr 12-7 pm
Sat/Sun 2-7 pm

2. INDEPENDENT FAN CLUB – INDIE, ROCK, ELEKROCLASH

@ KAFFEE BURGER

Begin at: 23:00
Open End
Link

3. BOOTIE BERLIN

Real Mash-Up Rambo Crew, Mashup-Germany, Morgoth, Dr. Waumiau (Mashups, Bootlegs, Bastard Pop & Remixes)
Zusätzliche Information
Free BOOTIE CDs für die ersten 50 Gäste.
Beschreibung
Wir ruinieren Deine Lieblingslieder!
100% Mashups, Bootlegs & Bastard Pop auf 2 Floors im:

CASSIOPEIA
Revaler Strasse 99 / Tor II / Ecke Simon-Dach-Str.
S/U Warschauer Str.
10245 Berlin – Friedrichshain

Open Doors: 23:00 – late
Eintritt: 7EUR / mit Flyer bis 01:00 nur 4EUR
Im Piratenoutfit ist der Eintritt kostenlos.

Begin at: 23:00

4. PARTY AT WHITE TRASH!!

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20:00h

DEATH FROM BERLIN & IRON BONEHEAD present live: DEATHHAMMER (NO), OCCULTA (D); FINGERNAILS (I) , BLACK SALVATION at the Diamond Lounge
+ DJ STEVE THE MACHINE (Rock/Punk – D)
*

20:00h

Berlin Bombshells & WTFF present: TALK DERBY TO ME! live: SLIME THE BOOGIE (PunkRock’n'Roll – Berlin) at the Restaurant
+ DJanes Zandy Zunder and Citysin Pain

Begin at: 20:00

5. APPARAT DJ-KICKS RELEASE PARTY

Berghain – Apparat Dj-kicks Record Release
Apparat LIVE
Adam Freeland
Phon.o & Skate

Panoramabar – Playhouse Nacht
Clement Meyer
Roman Flügel
Chloé

On Saturday:

6. ÖKOMARKT AM KOLLWITZPLATZ

On a late Saturday morning you should go to where the locals go – the farmer´s market on Kollwitzplatz – 200 Meters from EastSeven. Fresh organic vegetables, varieties of sausages and a lot more of savoir vivre. By your food of the season there, go back to the hostel and prepare it in our fancy self catering kitchen.

Begin at: 09:00
End at: 16:00

7. DELICOUS BREAKFAST AT CAFé ENTWEDER ODER

Delicous breakfast at Café Entweder Oder. Nice and warm atmosphere, super friendly staff.
fair prices.
dishes start by 4,- Euro
also really good cake available

location:

Café Entweder Oder
Oderberger Str. 15, Prenzlauer Berg, 10435 Berlin
just 10mins walk from East Seven

Opening hours: everyday 10am until midnigh

8. KARRERA KLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY@ LIDO

Indie-Pop-Disko
Live: CURRY & COCO (F)
DANCE ON THE TIGHTROPE (D)
Sa 18.12.
Konzert & Party Start 23:00h

On Sunday:

9. CHRISTMAS MARKET @ KOLLWITZPLATZ

Far away from techno loaded, crowded Christmas markets you´ll find a very
nice one just around the corner of East Seven.
The Christmas Market at Kollwitzplatz offers various organic and fair
traded Christmas specialties.

Where: Kollwitzplatz from 12:00 till 19:00

Begin at: 12:00
End at: 19:59

10. NO PLANS YET FOR THIS SUNDAY? VISIT THE SOMA EXHIBITION AT HAMBURGER BAHNHOF

SOMA by Carsten Höller
A very unique exhibition of contemporary art
daily 10:00 til 18:00
Regular 8 Euro
Reduced rate 4 Euro
Hamburger Bahnhof
Invalidenstr. 50–51,
10557 Berlin
www.somainberlin.org

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