The Swede in Berlin
It went really well! Annika was very happy, the opening was very well attended, and the feedback was great. Phew. Gerhardsen Gerner is a really nice space, just by the river. You can see the grey waters from the windows along the back wall.
Berlin was pretty cold, much colder than here. And as we spent most of the time in East Berlin, there was a nice, grey DDR ambience in the drizzle and driving wind. Some class brutalist architecture around Alexanderplatz.
After the opening, we piled into various cars and went to Kosmetiksalon Babette, which was a showcase for DDR glamour – on Karl-Marx-Allee, the ultimate communist boulevard statement (if there is such a thing).
I was completely drained the day after, and spent hours in the hotel with my laptop. Annika had a really frightening encounter with a psychotic taxi driver as she headed back the night before, and just hearing about it shook me. Luckily, she was OK.
Some photos below…
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