Our culture programme
Alongside the effective language tuition in small groups offered at ESL PROLOG Berlin, our extensive social and cultural offers form a further key element of our programme.
Tours, excursions, get-togethers and trips are organised regularly - on at least four occasions per week - to increase our students' appreciation of German culture as they are developing their German language skills.
All events are free, with the exception of possible entrance charges, and students are accompanied by a member of the ESL PROLOG Berlin team. Below, we have details of our upcoming events.
Please remember to sign up in the office for all of the cultural events!
Our current timetable of cultural events
Documentation Centre of the Berlin Wall / Bernauer Straße
The documentation centre was opened on the 10th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November, 1999. It provides information about the history of the Berlin Wall. Bernauer Straße was a focus point of German post-war history due to its position directly on the border between East and West. The centre is used for research and the presentation of the history of division in Berlin and Germany as a whole.
Length: about 2 hours
Meeting point: at 2:30 pm in front of PROLOG
Saturday 04.02.2012
Potsdam
Potsdam is the capital and the most populous city in Brandenburg. The northeast of Potsdam borders the southwest of Berlin.
Potsdam, along with its numerous and unique palaces and park gardens, is especially famous for its history as the former royal capital of Prussia. This cultural landscape was added to the list of world heritage sites by UNESCO as the largest ensemble of German heritage sites in 1990. We’ll take a walk through the centre of the city. We’ll start at the Alten Markt with the city castle, Nikolaikirche and Altem Rathaus and then on to the Lustgarten and Neuen Markt and finish at the Stadtkanal.
Length: approx. 3 hours
Meeting point: 12:00 at Hauptbahnhof POTSDAM (S1 bis Wannsee, then the S7 to Potsdam Hbf),
in front of the information stand of the Deutschen Bahn.
Wednesday 08.02.2012
Kreuzberg Museum
The Museum for the District Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg regards itself as the memory of the district. It contains a comprehensive archive of both district parts and information for everyone who is interested.
There is also a changing exhibition about the regional and district history that answers question about current topics, e.g. immigration, industrial, commercial and urban development; there is a permanent exhibition with sections about city development and migration history on two floors; a historical printer, from the former Otto Schneider printer’s shop.
Length: about 2 hours
Meeting point: 2:30 p.m. in front of PROLOG
Saturday 11.02.2012
Allied Museum
After the Second World War, Berlin was divided into four occupied sectors by the allies Great Britian, France, the USA and the Soviet Union. The Allied Museum in Berlin-Zehlendorf is in the Clayallee in the former American sector. The museum shows documents and object from that time.
Length: about 2 hours
Meeting point: 11 a.m. at the subway station Oskar-Helene-Heim (U3; Exit Clayallee)
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