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...more than a half-century. He remained true as well to his mordant muse, both when his movies were acclaimed hits and later, when they tanked at the box office. Fashions changed; he didn't. A Wilder script was always recognizable by its adamantine dazzle, whether in 1931 Berlin (Emil and the Detectives) or 1981 Los Angeles (Buddy Buddy...
Trance music originated in Germany, where it is still championed in huge events like the Berlin Love Parade. Driven more by the pounding bass than by a drumbeat, it is characterised by abrupt shifts in texture. When the beats stop entirely and all that’s left is a high violin-like melody, you’re listening to trance. Characteristically, songs have prolonged build-ups and psychedelic, trance-like climaxes, which is when people usually break out the interpretive dance moves. Paul van Dyk’s The Riddle (Tell Me Why) is a good Trance 101 intro...
...broad boulevard planted with linden trees that runs east to Alexanderplatz. As in the old days, Unter den Linden is once again lined with cafés. Down the street near Friedrichstrasse is the Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin, one of the city's newest museums and a showplace for the avant garde. (Tel. 20 20 93 0; Open daily 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.) Friedrichstrasse is a window shopper's paradise, with stores clustered around a three-building complex called the Fried-richstadt Passagen. At one end is the striking Galeries Lafayette, with an immense glass cone through its heart...
...block from Galeries Lafayette is the Gendarmenmarkt, perhaps the most beautiful square in Berlin. Heavily damaged in the war, it was rebuilt by the East German authorities. The square is ringed by fine restaurants, such as Lutter & Wegner and Restaurant Borchardt, where government ministers dine with their aides. Further down Friedrichstrasse is Checkpoint Charlie, the main cold war crossing point from east to west. A guard house marks the entrance to the old American sector in Berlin...
...minute walk south to neighboring Kreuzberg is the Jewish Museum Berlin, the lightning bolt-shaped landmark of Jewish culture in Germany. (Tel. 87 85 68 1; Open every day from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.) The Holocaust is movingly dealt with, but the museum also encompasses nearly 2,000 years of Jewish culture in Germany. Most of the displays are interactive, so that each chapter of history seems fresh and distinct from the last. For example, Jewish life 1,000 years ago is captured on a brief film (with English subtitles, like other exhibits) showing what houses and synagogues looked...