Travel Guide To Bowie's Berlin In The Guardian

Way back in West Berlin…

There’s an informative piece in the travel section of today’s Guardian newspaper that attempts to provide a guide to David Bowie’s Berlin. Here’s the intro:

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Many great cities are celebrated for their art and culture but only a select few come with their own soundtrack. From Kurt Weil to Bertolt Brecht, Lou Reed to Iggy Pop, Nick Cave to the minimal techno DJs currently ruling the roost, our image of Berlin is shaped by the ambitious music created there.

But for a generation of music lovers, the spirit of David Bowie bestrides the landscape of Berlin more than any other musician. At the peak of his career in the mid-to-late seventies, Bowie lived and played in the city, working on three albums with producer Brian Eno.

Those three years, when Bowie lived in a flat with Iggy Pop have passed into rock folklore, and yet despite the massive changes undertaken in the preceding decades, much of Bowie’s Berlin remains, while the adventurous spirit that drew him there is as strong as ever.

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You can read the whole thing here, and It is worth taking notes from if you intend to visit Berlin. Alternatively, you could contact the far more knowledgeable BowieNetter Bianca who provided the pointer to this article in the first place. Unless, of course, you’re a friend of David Bowie…he probably knows best.