Elettrowave Out is a festival of electronic music within the festival “Italy Wave.” It is produced by the Arezzo Wave Italia foundation, which organizes various events for electronic music and digital arts throughout Europe and is the only one that focuses on digital culture in Italy.

Electronic music, also called experimental music, is now a very established and growing reality, which attracts millions of young people around the world. This is music produced with the aid of electronic instruments and with all the advances that technology has witnessed; this music is still in continuous experimentation.

With the advent of the synthesizer, (an instrument that through electronic components reproduces existing or new sounds) this has meant a radical change for the musicians and their ability to approach the music itself. When we talk about this kind of music, we refer to different types such as techno, technopop, ambient, new age, trip-hop, micromusic, drum and bass, etc.

Elettrowave out is an international event of musical exchanges with other clubs and music festivals that want to represent a spirit of innovation. The idea is to provide visibility and a place for musical promotion for the artists. Many famous DJs have been discovered throughout the various editions of this festival.

Elettrowave Out starts on Saturday April 26 at Maria am Ostbahnhof in Berlin, where the participants are: Shikatapult meets Elettrowave with Fenin (Shitkatapult, Berlin), Shrubbn! (Musik, Berlin), Sonotheque (Elettrowave / Tenax, Firenze), Ether (Elettrowave, Homework, Firenze) and DJ set di T. Raumschmiere (Shitkatapult, Berlin), Phon.o (Shitkatapult / clp, Berlin), Mass Prod (Elettrowave / flexible Geneva)…

If you like to experience different realities, or if you are a fan of electronic music, you can not miss this great event: come and enjoy several world-famous musicians and DJs. Rent now Apartments in Berlin where you can enjoy a comfortable place to stay and the best in innovative music!

A trip to the unsichtbar in Berlin

In 2002, a pretty unsusual restaurant opened its doors in Berlin: if you like to experiment and challenge your sensations, this restaurant is for you!
It would be hard to talk about the decoration, because it is plunged into the most complete darkness!
Guided by blind servers, you will dine in the dark; watches, cell phones, all bright objects are strictly prohibited. I can guarantee you an unforgettable experience!

The restaurant “unsichtbar” is managed by an association of blind people and wants to give the customers the opportunity to enter the world of the blind while rediscovering the use of their senses. In order to focus on taste only, you can even order a surprise menu, dishes will be chosen for you, and you will have to guess what you are eating! (you can specify your preferences meat, fish, etc..)

You will be surprised by your palate and will discover unknown sensations. Are you afraid of spilling wine on yourself? Don’t worry, during the three hours of this outside the ordinary experience at the unsicht-bar a waiter will be standing at your side and in case of problems you can count on him! And if you need to go anywhere, he will kindly help you. Anyway, and it is quite surprising, people do not spill their drinks, nor stain their clothes more than usual. Another fun fact: people start to speak louder in the dark because their perception is distorted, so don’t be surprised if the waiter asks you to speak a little bit more softly.

Upon arriving you will pass several rooms closed by black curtains, guided by the waiters; they will take you around each room so you can gradually accustom yourself to the darkness. Because they are blind, they have no problem in finding their way: blindness, instead of being a disability, becomes an asset at this restaurant. You will understand better their daily lives, and roles will be reversed for a few short hours. And you’d better be nice to the waiter if you ever want to find your way out of the unsicht-bar!

We advise you to experiment this restaurant dining with 4 to 6 persons; you’ll rediscover the art of conversation and for sure you will have a good laugh! You can also arrange a real blind date if you don’t want to be fooled by appearances!

Are you ready to experiment something new? Fly to Berlin to rediscover your taste buds with the unsichtbar, rent our great Apartments in Berlin, you won’t regret it!

The best way to dive into Berlin is to adapt oneself to its way of life. Berlin is an open-minded city with a young population. Uncountable important events take place in the German Capital. After celebrating huge events like the ITB or the Berlinale during the last months, now it’s time for another interesting period which you should get to know: The SPRINGTIME!

The springtime offers you a lot of cultural and music events which captivate millions of tourists from all over the world. With the month of March the winter goes and the spring arrives, as well as the good weather. Along with the sun the varied festivals and cultural events come to the city. For example, the spring festival in Spandau, where old and young come together. On this huge event are uncountable food stalls and a lot of fireworks which illuminate all parts of the city. When you visit this festival you get the impression you are celebrating carnival.

If you are a real lover of classical music, you shouldn’t miss the days of music which take place in one of Berlin’s best theatres. From the 13th of March on you have the possibility to visit the concerts like The Triumvirate of classical music. Futhermore, two symphonies of the brothers Haydn in honour of Mozart will be organized. On 9th April the orchestra “Simplicius Simplicissimus”, founded in the year of 1989 with the aim of uniting new classical musicians, will give a spectacular concert. Another famous orchestra is the Deutsche Symphonie Orchester Berlin, which give concerts in one of the most important cultural venues, the Berliner Philharmonie.

Enjoy the enchanting springtime in a Berlin without snow. Rent one of the best apartments in Berlin and listen to the best classical music in one of the most spectacular venues.

Let imagine the following situation: after having been thinking for a long time about where to spend our next holidays, we buy a ticket to Berlin. Perhaps we were lucky enough to find a cheap flight. We tell our friends our plans about Berlin to make them jealous, and everyone asks us about what we are going to see in the German capital. Then, we buy the typical travel guide, but it floods us with so many offers and cultural events that we don’t know what to do. ¡STOP! Let’s get you out of this wrong. Read the following article and soak up the four sites that you should not miss in Berlin!

1. Fernsehturm de Berlín: this TV tower (pictured above and 368m high) is the highest second building in the whole of Europe. It is placed close to the famous Alexanderplatz and offers a wonderful view of the city. What better way to start discovering Berlin? The German capital is rich in historical monuments, and from this tower you’ll discover a different point of view. This tower, built in 1969 in the GDR as an East Berlin symbol, allows you to see all the districts of Berlin while taking a coffee in its restaurant, located on the cusp. Undoubtedly, it will be an unforgettable experience, as it turns 360 degrees each half so you can enjoy of wonderful views.

2. KaDeWe: if you want to make a spectacular journey through the fashion world and the best gastronomy, you should visit the largest shopping centre of Europe: the KaDeWe, situated in the Berlin-Schönefeld neighbourhood. There are great offers divided into five large floors, where you’ll find over 1,800 brands: from international designers, jewellery or cosmetics, to its most valued treasure, the gourmet paradise. The KaDeWe is the perfect place if you are a gourmet, because it counts on more than 33,000 delicacies from all over the world.

3. Tiergarten: Berlin stands out for its countless green areas. At the heart of the city you’ll find the lung of Berlin, the Tiergarten. This is the largest green area in the city, where you can relax and forget about your everyday life – especially in summertime, when the park becomes a large area to celebrate joyous barbecues. It’s a perfect place to relax and enjoy the wonderful nature!

4. Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche: If you want to visit a place full of history, take a look at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. This church, located next to the famous Kurfürstendamm Boulevard, was built in 1891 and has gone through many German history stages. After being destroyed in World War II, it has remained in ruins as historical memory. The church will leave you with your mouth open because it makes you think you were walking among real ruins. The Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche is a destruction symbol of the war and it has been declared a protected monument. Let yourself be led by this historical world.

Don’t you feel much more relaxed? If you follow our advices, your travel to Berlin will be an unforgettable experience. And so you have a comfortable accommodation, rent one of the best apartments in Berlin. Come to Berlin, the city is waiting for you!

The ITB Berlin (International Tourism Exchange Berlin), the world’s largest travel exhibition, will be held at Messe Berlin from 11th to 15th March. This year it will focus on “business travel in times of crisis”. For five days the whole world will meet at ITB Berlin: people who want to find the perfect destination and people working in the travel industry. Turkey is co-hosting this year’s ITB Berlin Convention.

Business travel has become as important as leisure travel and now it has become a fruitful pillar of the travel industry. For this reason, ITB Berlin focuses on the newest sector trends, its concepts and corporation possibilities. Another dominant feature of the 2009 ITB Berlin is “the European Capital of Culture RUHR 2010”. ITB Berlin’s director declared that ‘despite the difficult global economic situation, in 2009 demand still exceeds supply’, which will probably be noticed in the fair’s participation.
ITB Berlín 2009 will present a whole range of travel deals: tour operators, destinations, booking systems, communication & information systems providers, hotels and any thing a company or traveller could need. So it represents the perfect platform for companies and institutions of the whole travel world.
It will focus on all kinds of tourist segments: trends and events, cultural tourism, youth travel, economy accommodation, ECO tourism, experience adventure and expeditions, training & employment in tourism, travel technology, wellness, cruises and reservations..

Year after year, the ITB Fair in Berlin has gained prestige along with visitors. This edition will beat its attendance record with 11,000 exhibiting companies and organisations from around 180 different countries. It attracts nearly 125,000 visitors every year. This edition of ITB will house 35 exhibitors just for hotel fittings, sales promotion & advertising, organisational materials and services.
ITB Berlin is the perfect forum for conducting business and guarantees high-quality customer contacts. It also tries to produce links between markets and societies, companies and travellers and research and science.

There are many reasons for not missing ITB Berlin 2009, whether you have a travel company or not: during five days all the private visitors will discover new tourism trends and they will be able to get inspiration for their holidays. For the professionals, this fair gives the opportunity to promote itself because the organisation undertakes the corporate social responsibility as an overarching concept for sustainable corporate development in tourism.

Rent Apartments in Berlin to spend these days in the city of Berlin. It is surely the best option for a pleasant stay in the German capital. Enjoy the fair!

Ostalgie: discover the life of the past

If you think that you already know Berlin, because you have visited a lot of times the German capital, then I´m sure that you can tell me what is the vita-cola, ampelmännchen oder Trabant. Ah, no, you can´t? Well, the fact is that you are completely wrong. Come on, come to Berlin and enter in the world of Ostalgie!

The 9th of november the Germans celebrate the 20th birthday of the Fall of the Berlin Wall and so as well the German reunification. This day is a very important incident in Germanys history of which a lot of Germans of the ancient East are thinking about very emotionally. However, the yearning for the life in the German Democratic Republic, that means especially for its products, is growing. During the last years there was established a new kind of trend, the so called Ostalgie. It is a portmanteau of the German words Ost (east) and Nostalgie (nostalgia). In the media, press, television, radio and in a lot of magazines you can find reports and documentaries about the life in the GDR. Switch on the TV, watch the programme called “Ostalgie Show” and let you travel back to the world of old East Germany. Although the Germans are very proud to live in a reunified nation, there still exist some cultural differences between the East and the West which mark the German society.

You won´t need much time to find shops where you can buy products of the Ossis. In the German capital is a huge amount of shops where you can buy besides the typical GDR Tschirts, authentic products from the period betwenn 1949 and 1990: the famous Spreewaldgurken (cucumber), the coffee brand Mocca Fix Gold, original uniforms of the ancient National People´s Army, the big Russian fur caps, one of the oldest cleaning agent Ata-Scheuermittel, and even you can buy the orginal shopping paper bags “Gut eingekauft”. All of these products enjoy a huge acceptation in the reunified Germany. As you can see, the offer of East articles is very expanded, starting with food, over clothes and household articles, withing books, CDs or movies: Berlin has everything!

If you want to discover the cosmopolitan city in a different way, why don´t you do a Trabbi-Tour? The Trabant, also known as Trabbi, is a very cheap car which was the most common vehicle in the GDR. The people couldn´t choose between a lot of automobile models, and the Trabbi was the cheapest one. For buying a Trabbi, they had to be registered in a list and sometimes the people had to wait for 10 years…or they just went to the black market. Nowadays, the Trabbi is very worshiped and Berlin gives you the posibility to rent this historical car to discover the German capital and its spectaculars monuments.

For getting to know every single important detail in your trip through the ancient East of Germany, why don´t you visit the DDR-Museum? It’s an interactive museum in the Berlin district of Mitte where you can discover through the different expositions the life of the Ossis (denomination for the habitants of the GDR). It is divided into 17 thematic expositions, like for example, the products, the STASI (Ministry for State Security), education, frontier, culture, trips and holidays etc. Moreover it’s a museum where you can act and touch, that means, you can walk through the original kitchen, open the cupboard of the bedroom and take some clothes or you can take a seat in a Trabbi: in this museum you have the feeling of being in a real original flat of the GDR.

If you still aren’t convinced about visiting Berlin, sit back and relax on the couch and watch the famous movies Good bye, Lenin! or Sonnenalle, films which show you the way of life in the GDR. You surely won’t wait any longer to book your flight to the German capital. And to relax a little bit from your trip through the East of Germany, why don´t you rent one of these comfortable apartments in Berlin?