We
all know John F Kennedy wasn’t a Berliner ...
Berlin
was named the most fun city in the world according to a survey of 2.000 travellers
on TripAdvisor and Yelp, read it here.
Oh
my, just when I said “come and visit us Berliners” I knew there are people who
will be upset about it. Many of the Berliners are very proud. They really
thrive on telling everyone they have been born and bred in Berlin and lived in
Berlin all their life, and their Berlin roots get back to at least 378 years and
more. They get so excited about it, and yes, to them it is a really big thing.
I am not sure. Would you fancy staying in the same place all the time? But each
to their own, I guess, as long as everybody is happy.
Meanwhile in Berlin: I'm Berliner. You aren't! |
If
JFK could claim to be a Berliner I am pretty sure, that Yes, we can certainly
all claim to be Berliners. What I can’t say is “I am Berliner.” Everyone can in
fact only say that, when born in Berlin, and to be more precise, only when
ancestors were here, before dinosaurs roamed the area Unter den Linden.
Here are 10 reasons
why Berlin is indeed a lovely place to visit and to live in
1.
Berlin is very affordable (cheap)
2. People are welcoming, nearly everyone is an immigrant of some sort, which makes it easy to settle
3. Lots of green spaces in the city
4. Many lakes in close proximity of the city
5. There are Restaurants, Cafés, and bars galore
6. The tube system (U-Bahn) is well developed. Dirty secret is that delays occur frequently, and passengers find themselves constantly at risk, to have to use the rail replacement service (Schienenersatzverkehr). But hey, simply take pictures of the station and post them on Instagram to shorten the wait time. Use your imagination, this is Berlin after all. See, it is a fun place to live (please see pics above).
7. 175 museums
8. 300 galleries
9. 250 public libraries
10. 130 cinemas
It
feels really amazing to live in a place where everyone is so delighted to be.
Would you like to move to Berlin? Are you already living here? What makes
Berlin so popular for you? Looking forward to hearing from you.
From
Berlin with love