Daylight saving time – summertime
Daylight saving time in Germany is the practice of setting the clock forward by one hour during the warmer part of the year, so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less.
Daylights saving time starts on the 27th of March this year, with the time changes taking place at 2:00 a.m. In springtime the clocks are moved forward from 2:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.
Within as a pilot project the company velo easy and the district of Lichtenberg installed the new „Fahhrradbox“. This green bike box will give shelter to bikes while parking in front of the station of Lichtenberg.
Many biks are demanged or stolen in Berlin day after day. Now the Lichtenberg district Manager and the easy velo company starts a project to protect bikes while standing in front of the station in Lichtenberg. If you go by bicycle to the station in order to take a train, and park your bike, very often you will find your bike demanged when returning or do not find it any more because it is stolen. In order avoid this, you can rent this green bike box. It costs you about one Euro for the first hour, maximum price is three Euros per day. So the only thing you have to do is to download the app and make a reservation for a box – then park your bike in the box and lock it , so your bike wil be safe.
New Citizens Club: Guided tour city library
You are new in Stuttgart and the region, and you would like to get know people? The New Citizens Club will give you a warm welcome and the opportunity to meet new people, get information and gain new insights in Stuttgart and the region.
The next meeting will take place at the new Stuttgart libary! Thr library is a real architectural sighjt, bu talso a great location to meet other people and get connected. There you can learn German, attend interesting events, or simply read a book.
The tour is free of charge, please register
Meeting place: 6.15 p. m. in front of the library. Mailänder Platz, (via U5, U6, U7, U12 “Stadtbibliothek)
ITB Berlin – International Travel Trade Fair Berlin
ITB Berlin (Internationale Tourismus Börse Berlin) will start at the 9th of March. During five days the world’s largest travel trade fair will take place in Berlin. You will have a brilliant chance to learn much about other countries and a unique opportunity to look behind the curtain of the global tourism industry.
It all started in 1966 with exhibitors from only five countries, the number of trade visitors increased fom 250 to over 10,000. Today the ITB has developed into a worldwide succes its total number of visitor is over 180,000.
The official partner of ITB will be Maldives this year. While trade visitors will have the opportunity to expand their conctacts and do business, other visitors will use this fair to get an impression of the whole world within a few hours.
The annual Berlin International Film Festival is one of the most important and reputable media events of the world and it is considered to be the most publicly attended film festival worldwide. Composed of 7 different festival, the Berlin International Film Festival offers something for everyone. The categories range from feature-length films in the competition category, to independent and arthouse films (Panorama section), to short and feature-length films aimed at children and youth (Generation). Additional categories are Forum, where experimental and documentary films are shown; Perspektive Deutsches Kino, showing German films and current cinema trends in Germany; Berlinale Shorts, offering domestic and international short films with innovative filmmaking approaches and Retrospective, here selected Berlinale films of previous years and of the different categories are shown.
This year more than 50 films from 33 countries will be shown of which 18 films compete for the Golden and Silver bears.
Stuttgarter television tower “Fernsehturm” reopening
After three years of reconstruction and renovating the television tower “Fernsehturm” is celebrating its reopening.
The television tower of Stuttgart was built in 1956, it was the first television tower of the world. It is about 217 meters high. At the 5th of February, 2016 its 60 B-day will be celebrated. In 2012 is was closed for major refurbishments, but now visitors can go up to the plattform and enjoy the wonderful view again.
Today it is a district of Stuttgart, however it was the initial area. Firstly mentioned in the 10th century as “Stutengarten” the old Stuttgart developed here prior to the real settlement expansion set in of the early 19th century caused by the industrialisation.
During the Second World War the historic centre was largely destroyed. Between the 50s and 60s the road network was rebuilt and expanded oriented towards the city-centre.
Although, dismantling of several traffic lanes was initiated for a short period, the city-centre is surrounded by the wide Theodor-Heuss-Straße, the Konrad-Adenauer-Straße and the Hauptstätter Straße.
Traffic:
Stuttgart main station
S-Bahn: S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, S60,
U-Bahn: U5, U7, U9, U15,
Bus: 41, 42, 43, 44, 92, Night-Bus N1-N10
Parks: Schlossgarten, Stadtgarten, Chinagarten Stuttgart
Shopping:
Mitte is not only the political and cultural centre of Stuttgart but also the economic centre providing more than 300.000 m² of sales area. Most of it is connected to the pedestrian zone.