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Urbanation (Travel)

Berlin 01 (Season 1, Episode 13)
TV Episode | Documentary, Music
The first Berlin show opens with an East German retro chic compilation of furniture, food and youth hostels 'Made in GDR'. To reduce urban stress levels a scrap yard offers sledge hammer and protection gear to smash up old cars. Summer ...See moreThe first Berlin show opens with an East German retro chic compilation of furniture, food and youth hostels 'Made in GDR'. To reduce urban stress levels a scrap yard offers sledge hammer and protection gear to smash up old cars. Summer activities include a swimming trip to the Wannsee lake, kayak tours on the extensive canal and river system as well as a weekly open-air Reggae jam, Jamaican stylee. In Kreuzberg two Turkish sisters make custom designer fashion from second hand materials. Berlin's Techno queens Ellen Allien and Eva Cazal introduce a 24hour fully automated bar, a record store and the DJ talent night of Europe's most Techno club. Goth Metal band Thanateros shop for their stage outfits in a dark fashion superstore and go out at Berlin's longest running Goth night. Sports enthusiasts can try inner-city cross golf using specially designed soft balls, play conventional golf in the centre of Berlin or travel to a handball league match of Germanys best known 'punk-baller' and MTV presenter Stefan Kretzschmar. The Liquidrom spa invites Ambient and Techno DJ's to play the underwater sound system of their salt-water float pool. Warped Horror fun can be had at the medical pickles collection of the pathological Virchov institute, a dedicated horror mask store and the mechanical monster cabinet of the Dead Chickens art collective. Finally, on the night entertainment front, the Ambient Kitchen nights serves inexpensive communal food, DJs and live entertainment from trapeze artists to sitar players, while DJ and music producer Mitja Prinz explains Berlin's relaxed underground house clubs. See less
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Updated Feb 24, 2006
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Feb 24, 2006 (United Kingdom)

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