Day 5 - Berlin - Tachelles and Motto

Quiet a lax day today of more tourism and trend spotting. To start the day with a bit of fun history we went over to Tachelles – OH MY GOD!!! What a place, it seems a little bit random situated in a nice area with bars and restaurant and then you could see a huge what seemed like a derelict building which looked quite old and rusted but also a beautiful building.

Huge gates opened in and you walked inside surrounded by wall to wall of graffiti and you felt like you had just walked into an episode of scrapheap challenge. People had made something of the metal, the courtyard was filled with metal, graffiti - music also filled the air. It was so impressive and incredible how people can make things out of nothing.

Situated within the courtyard were also little shops which were made of an iron crate – which we went in and were surprisingly warm and nice while escaping from the cold air outside.


From there, there was a door leading us from the courtyard to the house next to it. Inside it featured wall to wall of graffiti surrounding it all, posters stuck on the wall, smoke, broken glass – creating a




morbid atmosphere and a place people in Trainspotter would go but at the same time was very insightful. Featured within the house there were some strange yet unique people situated in little shops selling art, handcrafts, clothing, and jewellery amongst other stuff. It was a very enjoyable place and impressive.

From there we made our way over to Motto a shop with a huge arrangement of magazines and zines. It was quite an overwhelming shop with the varied about of choice and the layout was quiet difficult to ascertain but at the same time the range of choice was incredible.