“Science is an integral part of culture. It’s not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. It’s one of the glories of the human intellectual tradition.” – S.J. Gould.
Opened 3 weeks ago, construction of the Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple began in 2010 with financing entirely from donations. Near Berlin Hermannplatz, 22 June 2026.
Berlin’s northeast sky at 323am: unusually bright slivers at upper-left appear to be an example of noctilucent clouds high in the atmosphere. A sleepless 22-23 June 2026.
Berlin, City West, 23 June 2026.
Berlin U-Bahn, U5 Museumsinsel – 24 June 2026.
Not soon enough. Berlin Frankfurter Allee, 24 June 2026.
“The Dream”, by Victor Ash, 2019. Berlin Hellersdorf, 26 June 2026.
Weather forecast for Saturday, June 27: temperatures from +27°C (81°F) on the North Sea coast to +41°C (106°F) along the upper-Rhine and in Saxony.
Berlin airport train station, 27 June 2026.
Vienna airport train station, 27 June 2026.
“Notes of Berlin” display at Tempelhofer Feld, 24 June 2026.
Berlin Hauptbahnhof (central station) – 15 June 2026.
“Plot twist: your vacation begins here.” Dussmann KulturKaufhaus, one of my favourite places in Berlin – 16 June 2026.
Berlin Landwehrkanal – 16 June 2026.
“Ovine trinity.” Pfaueninsel, 17 June 2026.
62 seconds; leucistic snow-white Indian peafowl 🦚 , Pfaueninsel – 17 June 2026.
On 2 June 1915, Albert Einstein presented his Theory of Relativity to the public for the first time in this hall at Berlin’s Archenold Observatory – 19 June 2026.
I just got here, I have to leave. Berlin Elsenbrücke – 19 June 2026.
“Der Sommertopf über die Hauptstadt.” Berlin Westkreuz, 20. Juni 2026.
Botschaft (embassy), Berlin Leipziger Platz – 21 June 2026.
Berlin’s transport authority is getting into the swing of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, as BVG has only recently and temporarily changed signage at 6 of their U-Bahn stations.
These specifically are stations with the word “Tor” at locations which used to be gates in the city’s 18th-century excise-tax wall. The stations are: Brandenburger Tor, Frankfurter Tor, Hallesches Tor, Kottbusser Tor, Oranienburger Tor, and Schlesisches Tor.
It doesn’t exactly have the same enthusiasm and flavour as football announcers in South America with their shouts of “G-g-g-g-gOOOOOl !!!”, but the word “goal” in German happens to be “Tor.”
That’s where we come back to Berlin’s BVG, because their motto “weil wir dich lieben” (because we love you) suggests a knowing wink-and-nod to Berliners. Here are images of all 6 stations.
U5 Brandenburger Tor.
Street-level entry-exit, U5 Brandenburger Tor.
Street-level entry-exit, U6 Oranienburger Tor.
Street-level entry-exit, U6 Oranienburger Tor.
Passage between U1/U3 & U6, Hallesches Tor.
Passage between U1/U3 & U6, Hallesches Tor.
U1/U3 Hallesches Tor, platform for eastbound trains to Warschauer Strasse.
U1/U3 Kottbusser Tor, platform for eastbound trains to Warschauer Strasse.
U1/U3 Schlesisches Tor, platform for westbound trains.
U5 Frankfurter Tor, from the northeast street-level entry-exit.
I made all photos above on 16, 17, and 21 June 2026. This post is created with Jetpack for iOS for Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.
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