Roller Derby is back, in Berlin, and badder than ever. This quintessentially American sport, now with German flavor, involves two teams of ladies on skates, barreling around a track and attempting to pass each other by any means Lees meer...

Een goede kapper vinden kan een lastige opgave zijn. Gelukkig hoeven Miniloftmittes gasten en personeel zich geen zorgen meer te maken over slechte kapsels sinds zich op de begane grond van ons gebouw een fijne haarsalon gevestigt heeft, MAOC Hair, gerund door de handige en aardige meneer Büyükkambak (hij spreekt Engels, Duits en Turks). Van af nu kunnen Miniloftgasten direkt vanuit hun Lees meer...

It's a glorious weekend for the Berlin Marathon, folks, the sun is shining in a bright blue sky, and the weather for Sunday should be around 25 degrees... OK, it'll be perfect conditions for the spectators, the runners would perhaps prefer a some cloud cover and Lees meer...

The former dead zone where the Berlin Wall once stood is being creatively rebuilt – a Wall memorial and museum, new buildings galore, and ... beach volleyball Lees meer...

Berlin is a metropolis of 3 million people – and encircled by forests and lakes. There are a half-dozen beautiful lakes accessible by S-Bahn, and even dozens more can be reached by a short trip with a regional train or Lees meer...

Tiergarten, Berlin’s most lovely (and gigantic) park, is just a stone’s throw along off-street paths from the Minilofts. Britta and Matthew go jogging (Britta) and rollerskiing (Matthew) there almost every morning, Designed as a hunting ground in the 1830s and deforested as a source of firewood after WWII, today the park is back to its original Lees meer...

The Alexander Technique is a technique of body re-education which is often effective in alleviating back pain. It is learned one on one, and there are many good Alexander Technique teachers who call Berlin their Lees meer...