The Love Parade was organized as a peaceful, political demonstration in 1989, a couple of months before the demolition of the Berlin Wall. Its message was peace and international understanding through love and music. It originated out of the electronic underground music scene and still today it is one of the biggest and most recognized electronic music events in the world.

A lot of people not only from Germany but abroad come to the Love Parade every year to express themselves. Many people show off exhibitionistic tendencies and get very creative with outfits.

Until 2003 the parade was always held in Berlin. In 2004 and 2005 there was no parade because the organizers weren’t able to come up with the necessary funds. In 2006 the parade made a comeback, however already the following year other problems occurred and the parade had to move from Berlin to the Ruhr-Area. Even though this didn’t hurt the popularity of the event, the Love Parade continues to be plagued by legal issues and many fans of the original Love Parade miss Berlin in the equation.

This year the city of Berlin does not want to do without a little Love Parade flair so the idea of the B-Parade came up. It is basically a replacement to the Love Parade. Even though there no official date has been set yet, it will be a 2 day event in July. It’s expected to be like the Love Parade, just on a smaller scale. It seems that the planning of the event is quite difficult (which essentially is the reason why the Love Parade had to move in the first place) but the organizers try to keep everyone updated on the latest news via Facebook http://www.facebook.com/group

My suggestion is to check out this new happening in the birth place of the Love Parade. It’s going to be a long weekend so be sure to rent apartments in Berlin to get some rest.

Kissing, from Old English cyssan “to kiss”, describes the action of touching something with the lips by contracting and spreading them, and id the action that makes up 80% of sex. According to Sigmund Freud’s, the mouth is the first place where we sense sexual desire.

Kissing clearly expresses emotions or feelings and combines three senses: taste, smell and touch to produce strong emotional reactions.

Then, 10 little known things about kisses that will let you know why you like to kiss your partner so much:

1.According to the Kamasutra there are 30 different ways of kissing, from kissing inclined, tilted, panting, to ignite the flame, nominal, to butterfly kisses (where eyelashes caress the lips) and the list goes on.

2. During kiss your brain releases oxytocin, the hormone that influences love and orgasm.

3. Studies show that a three minute kiss can burn 15 calories.

4. Kisses improve breath because they increase the secretion of saliva which in turn drains the mouth of the dead cells and bacteria.

5. The experts say that the effect of the chemical processes during passionate kissing can be compared with an overdose of amphetamines.

6. Men are twice as likely as women to sleep with someone who kisses wrong.

7. In the middle Ages a man was forced to marry the woman he kissed.

8. A passionate kiss uses 34 facial muscles.

9. During a kiss the body produces chemicals that protect against infection.

10. A kiss is composed of 60% water, 0.4% salt, 0.7% fat, 0.7% proteins and many bacteria.

Enjoy a weekend of passionate kissing, Rent Apartments in Berlin and show your partner how well you have mastered the art of kissing.

Gay Pride 2010 in Berlin

You surely know that the German capital is one of the most welcoming capitals for members of the LGBT community. Whatever your sexual orientation, Berlin is the ideal place to you feel like a fish in water. And of course, the Gay Pride March here is celebrated on a large scale: June 19th, the heart of the city will beat in rainbows. If you do not know the fascinating faces of Berlin nor the “gay” universe, take this extraordinary chance to get to know them better. You won’t regret taking a chance to be a part of this huge event beneath the suns rays.

“Be an angel and get your wings”

For this 32nd edition, of course you can wear what you please, but have some fun and get inspired by this year’s angelic theme! Surely you have the imagination to put together something amazing, which goes beyond angels and demons … This year, there are a few changes to the itinerary the route for parade floats; the route is as follows: Joachimsthaler Street / Kurfürstendamm – Wittenbergplatz – Nollendorfplatz – Einemstreet – Lützowplatz – Klingelhöfer Street – Hofjägerallee – Siegessäule – June 17th – Brandenburger Tor. The Kick-off is at 13h!

Other Events

A little history, because we love to keep you in the know: in Berlin, the first pride parade began in 1979 with a tiny parade of about 100 people. Today, thousands of people come each June to celebrate, and also throughout the year … On June 16, join the Zoo night party that begins at 19h (Gay Night at the Zoo), it should be a smash and there are more than 55 bands invited.

On June 17, climb aboard one of the boats that float on the Spree River There will be one reserved for the girls too … There will be Djs and drag queens and everything ends with a huge barbecue party, and the hippest new music. If you like to dance swing, tango, foxtrot or cha-cha-cha, come out to enjoy the concerts that have been organized.

And if you are still around in July, get out for the Come Together Cup … Check out more information, because some of these events require a ticket. For an intimate, affordable stay, don’t hesitate to rent apartments in Berlin.

The name is inspired by the dangerous game of Russian roulette, but since this game takes place via the Internet, it’s not quite so life-threatening. The weapon in this case is not a gun, but a web cam. The chatroulette service was invented by Andrey Ternovskiy, a Russian high school student who used to play hooky from school to spend more time in front of the computer. He wrote a few lines of code with the idea of meeting new people because he was tired of talking with the same old folks via skype and wanted to do something a little more challenging. He bought his domain Chatroulette.com, for the grand sum of $ 7, and opened the site in November of 2009. In less than a month, had attracted 50,000 new users, and today has about 1.5 million users.

The interesting thing is that chatroulette gives you a chance to chat with someone random, may be a person who would never have known otherwise. The downside, of course, is that it could be a person you do not even want to meet. According to a recent study, people who appeared in the chat window, 89% were male, and only 11% were women. On the other hand, 1 of 8 chats opened with someone possibly offensive on the screen, typically a teen masturbating.

You might go to the site looking for your better half, but you are much more likely to come across someone who believes that the best way to communicate with a stranger is to flash them his equipment. Of course, if you open the window and there is a caveman with a sign that says “Show me your tits,” you just have to push “next” and your next guest pops up. You might just go through a session of 50 mini “conversations” in the space of 15 minutes. If you think the digital age is sheer madness, why not rent apartments in Berlin to enjoy its great international community, and its fantastic nightlife? Surely you’ll meet someone interesting.

Save the date! On June 11, the sixth Berlin contemporary art Biennial will open, and run until the 8th of August. The event and its exhibitions will be held at various locations and galleries in Berlin, and the headquarters will be the KW Institute for Contemporary Art. The previous Biennial was a great success and attracted 100,000 visitors. Over fifty artists will participate in this edition, and more than half of the exhibits have been created specifically for the event.

One of the current trends of contemporary art is the concept of the Curator as artist. If an exhibit is, say, more than just an art collection, and represents its own artistic happening, of course that happening has its author. Kathrin Rhomberg will curate the biennial, and is well known in the world of contemporary art for her innovative exhibitions, and especially for her work with Manifesta, the itinerant biennial of Pan-European art.
For the Berlin Biennial, instead of establishing a theoretical base that unifies the event outright, she suggested some questions: Do you believe in reality? Why is reality always positioned as the “other”? How does contemporary art deal with reality? She has established the Biennial as an opportune time to explore the cracks in reality, and the moments when self-deception can be painful. Through art, the fictitious weapons promoted by popular culture will be questioned. There will be group exhibits, solo shows and a historical exhibition, as well as projects and workshops

Featured exhibitors include photographer Michael Schmidt, and a retrospective on Adolph Menzel (1815-1905) has been organized to contextualize the Biennial. There will be more, but of course the best way to find out is to be there. Rent apartments in Berlin to be at the centre of artistic action and see the future of art.