Recommendation from Berlin Tourismus Marketing GmbH

 G Gang

I originally wrote to The Goethe Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark, with a bunch of questions, but they recommended me to approach Berlin Tourismus Marketing GmbH in Berlin, directly. Since, as they said: the questions were rather specific.

And so I did.

I got the reply earlier to day. Please read it. There is a lot of good information there. But only for those who read it .

It seems that they confirm our choice of area to stay, and to shoot in. In addition there are names and addresses on printers and photo shops, that we could use.

Start reading my questions further below (original post). After that: read the answers from Berlin (reply mail).

Both the original post and the reply, have been slightly edited.

It seems, that we are taken pretty seriously.

Best wishes

Knut

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Reply mail:

Dear Mr Skjærven

Our colleague Bettina Werner was so kind to forward your email to our office.

We will gladly try to answer your questions and give you some good links.

1/ The so called Scheunenviertel, the former Jewish Quarter around Hackescher Markt in the center of Berlin http://www.berlin-tourist-information.de/english/sightseeing/e_si_sehenswuerdigkeiten.php?

2/ Here some recommendations:

http://www.hotelas.com/en/tour.html

http://www.loock-hotels.com/hackeschermarkt/ 

http://at.arcotel.at/document.asp?id=1249 

http://www.hotel-allegra.de/

http://www.hotel-albrechtshof.de/

3/ Picture Point GmbH FotolaborEKZ Potsdamer Platz Arkaden10785 Berlin (Tiergarten) Alte Potsdamer Str. 7

030 - 25297405

4/ Landesverband Berliner Galerien

http://www.artfacts.net/berlin2/index.php/pageType/siteInfo

*LVBG - Kontakt*Ansprechpartnerin: Anemone VostellLandesverband Berliner GalerienMarkgrafenstr. 15D-10969 Berlinlvbg@berliner-galerien.de <mailto:lvbg@berliner-galerien.de>

Best regards

Nicole Roebel-

 i.A. Nicole Röbel Berlin Tourismus Marketing GmbHPresse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit

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Original post:

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 Betreff: Photo Summit in Berlin 2008> Datum: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:50:14 +0200>

Von: Knut Skjærven

An: kooperation@btm.de>

 Dear Sir/Madam >>

I am arranging a photographers summit in Berlin in June 2008. An  international group of people will get together in Berlin for about a  week to portrait “Berlin - Vibrant City”.

These are all well established “amateur” photographers, and many have a  history, that includes exhibitions.

I have a couple of questions, that I hope that you will be able to help me with.

1. Could you recommend an area of Berlin with an artistic milieu where it will be convenient to stay?

2. Could you point to one or more hotels in that area, that we could stay in? (Not large business hotels, but smaller, original German  hotels?)

 3. Could you point to “a printer” that do high quality prints, that we could visit and have our prints done?

4. One or more galleries, that would be able to handle, and interested in, an exhibition on the theme “Berlin - Vibrant City”.

4. Photographic themes are: “cityscapes”, “peoplescapes”, “old and new”. Are there any areas of Berlin that you would recommend as being better for shooting such themes, then others? Please point to areas of  town.

I would appreciate if you could give me an answer in English, so I could forward it to the group.

I am looking forward to hearing from you.

 Best wishes

Knut Skjærven

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