Avian flypast, Fernsehturm, Berlin, December 2024
One of my favourite cities is Berlin, and I’m missing it. I often get out there for their Christmas markets but I didn’t make it last year. So instead of a physical visit I’m enjoying looking back at my photos and returning to some favourite films, tv and books.
At the moment, I’m rewatching a big favourite, Deutschland 83, a German tv series that showed first in the US in June 2015, then in Germany in November 2015 and in the UK in January 2016. It is in German with English subtitles.
This gripping series is set, as the title suggests, in 1983 in East and West Germany, with much of it in Berlin. Keep your eyes open and you’ll spot some key sites like the tv tower or Fernsheturm (see above), the old Stasi headquarters and the US listening station (in far better condition than it is now – see left).
In fact, as part of the pre-launch marketing, some slider images were issued showing key parts of Berlin in 1983 and 2015.
I highly recommend watching this series and if you enjoy it, you’ve got Deutschland 86 and Deutschland 89 to watch too.
Another of my favourites is Queen’s Gambit, an excellent Netflix series. If you’ve watched it already you may be wondering why I’m linking this to Berlin. Well, much of it was shot in Berlin. Places such as Ben Snyder’s Department in Louisville, Kentucky, and many of the Moscow locations were filmed on Karl-Marx-Allee in Berlin. To find out more about the film locations, I recommend watching the short Creating the Queen’s Gambit on Netflix.
That’s enough of my ramblings for now – I’ll be back with some of my favourite books next Saturday.
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Copyright Debbie Smyth, 14 February 2026
Posted as part of Six Word Saturday
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Thanks for hosting. Blue in a boot is mine today. https://fakeflamenco.com/2026/02/14/slip-fall-invisible-ice-broken-leg/
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Happy Saturday and V Day to all!
Here’s mine: Stately Old Pine Trees Stand Tall | Out of My Write Mind
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I don’t know if any of the Deutschland series are available in the US, but I’ll look for The Queens’s Gambit. I hope you can get back to Berlin soon.
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Did you try my link? It should find a source for you. I got mine on Amazon Prime. If my link doesn’t help you should be able to find the DVDs.
And Netflix can be frustrating as it raises hopes until you find it’s not in your country. Or they took it down last week!
I hope you manage to find them both 🤞
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I loved Deutschland 83, but as the next series began I didn’t feel the same pull and didn’t get into it. Shoud I have persisted?
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I agree that 83 is the best. But 86 and 89 do reveal a lot about the collapse of East Germany and the wall coming down. Not sure I’ll watch those 2 again though!
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Noted. Thanks!
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Are you sure your name isn’t Schmied lol I have lots of bird photos like that too 🙄
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😄. out of focus and slightly blurred 🤣🤣🤣
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and part of the bird as well
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