Berlin.

About 5 minutes from our flat is Mauerpark. The name literally means “Wall Park” – which comes from the fact that it used to be part of the Berlin Wall. More specifically, it was part of the infamous “death strip” – a raked area about 30m wide complete with guard dogs, barbed wire, beds of nails, floodlights and watchtowers.

Once the wall came down, the place was turned into a park. But in typical Berlin fashion, that park has evolved into a crazy, multicultural, cosmopolitan place where people from all over the world come to party. No judgement, no negativity. Anything goes – even mass public karaoke on Sunday (check out the vid ).

People from all over the world literally sing, dance, drink, smoke, create art and challenge conventional thinking  on the ruins of the one of the world’s greatest symbol of xenophobia. That, people, is nothing short of fucking A-W-E-S-O-M-E. Damn I love this city.

P.S. thanks to Stefan for putting me onto this spectacular vid