Bye, Bye! Berlin.

on the 30th August 2009 I left Berlin to try and pursue a career as creative in London. Living with the English I won't have any more crazy German stories to tell.

Oh! Just one last post. I spotted this sign post with an arrow pointing to where the dole office is "Agentur fuer Arbeit". No wonder their is such high unemployment in Berlin. You're meant to hide the damn office so as few people as possible find it and apply for dole money.

Ghost bikes

These are called ghost bikes. They are scattered around the city and painted white to highlight where cyclists were killed in road accidents. I like this form of communication. It is direct and works.

Hungary?

Haehnchen means chicken in German. Eis means icecream. I don't think the owner of this takeaway stand meant to advertise chicken flavoured icecream.

I saw this birdcage with bird inside purched on a window ledge today. It was 28 degrees so obviously the owners thought they would give the little bird some air. But just how cruel is that, teasing the bird with freedom.

This is a German window display for a bank advert. I am not going to get carried away by saying why this advert is crap. I am just going to suggest that it doesn't make the greatest advert to have a window sticker of the rear view of a 50 year old man. Why would I want to see how this mans' arse looks in a pair of black pants and more importantly what has it got to do with investing my money? Absolutely nothing. Think please Germans!

This is a German hairdressing salon. Would you trust this hairdresser with your hair based on the very creative display window? I quickly peered in there was only one customer.

Protest

I saw this protest outside the American Embassy yesterday. I think this is a great form of advertising especially when you are there because you feel the anger from the protesters and they make there point very clear when they chant. "Shame on you the American Embassy for not protecting my Iranian family against the massacre."