What ideas do they have their future. G. W. Dot com african megacities filmmaking to give. Click church. Manchester madrid roll my girl its been liverpool moscow milan its 10 bold london fist about every major european city has at least a couple of world famous. Soccer teams what about here in berlin. The spiking capital of football crazed germany as being a bit of a soccer black hole better known for thumping techno and fine are going for sports. Are the citys biggest team yes they usually play in the bundesliga but they struggle and theyve been the only top team in town for a long time berlin hasnt had 2 teams in the bundesliga since the seventys. Its a city with a lot of football but i dont think its a Football City heres her legend and current manager mikhail credits his response when i asked him to carolyn its a Football City. But. It could be better of course but that looks at the changes this season its now the newly promoted known berlin from the east and heritage in the west both represent berlin in the bundesliga something you cant say for anywhere else in germany. Its just the season for linda finally becomes a Football City. Or has it always been one theres constantly a game got the most teams playing at every level in the country some like people dont love soccer here but there are reasons its not seen as a Football City lets start with those. Really has a historical feature that sets it apart from just about every city in the world even today all this is played out in the shadow of the berlin wall. Its not just the dark rooms that make Berlin Special few places on earth have witnessed such a time or 2 us past its the city and its this history that continues to define. The city was smack in the center of the cold war germany was split between east and west while the capital was divided as well roughly 40 years of division shape todays football landscape. Passion for football is built on rival duking it out with david. Neighbors not easy to do when theres literally a wall cutting your city in half. The only thing in right or in go down is all about this. In the west when you want to watch the clock in the east so they supported each other so it was like a friendship. In east and west they drank different beers even had different lights at their crosswalks no surprise they had vastly different football culture. East and west germany had separate leagues meaning many of biggest clubs like heritage and you know and have rarely played each other west berlin was surrounded by east germany cut off from regional competition. Isolation meant most teams couldnt push each other or develop lasting rivalries. When the wall came down and stablished clubs in the west of germany had the cash to poach players from the eastern sides and berlin has been a relatively poor city until recently. It. Has been the hair to fan for deck to its. Original wish to. Play it. Shes proud of how much her club has gotten out of a limited budget. Over im a klutz. Rich western clubs have dominated since the fall of the wall 30 years back former east german clubs are a rarity in the upper leagues which means her to enter in your own dont have much competition nearby in the top tier not easy to be a Football City with empty coffers and limited local competition but constant change is built into d. N. A. On paper haired the biggest club in the city should be a footballing power in their own right. Top side were founded before the turn of the century have plenty of history and are in a regional. This league a member there to draw an average of 49000 fans a game more than chelsea you pay in p. S. G. Unfortunately big crowds in a boisterous oscar of a arent enough to guarantee a good atmosphere at that massive the limbic stadium which is still half empty with 40000. 00 people on it come on its heritage they just havent captured the citys imagination Salomon Kalou is probably heritage most recognizable players still he told us his favorite part of living in berlin is the peace and quiet. You go outside to see the number the 2 mark finds a king did a big difference. I am not sure if that strings Football City characters ads from last season actually had the motto of in berlin you can be anything even a hare to feel inspired. Despite their tradition and fan culture her to have a reputation for being a bit soulless it doesnt help that theyre so middle of the road on the field just because then fairy covers berlins Lower League Football for bloody hell magazine. Nothing shoot me against head but they had to find them very boring but some find boring means authenticity its a long time spans the whole 2 she believes that this is not a naive one g. s i found my mind to be doing. That might change her to clearly have grander designs and investor pumped 125000000 euros into the club this offseason leading to some exciting new signings including breaking their transfer record dodi luka bucky oh. We need some. Success to get to build a big. Football community as were as we can see of involvement and goes good. Care to claim to represent the whole city dont have been straight from their local eastern alliance. On your own stand for the past of berlin soccer they have a storied history presenting themselves as an alternative to the state police back to normal for a lane in the d. D. R. Era and they all have an intractable relationship to their neighborhood of corruption and plus the fans have literally given up blood sweat and tears for their job. Its not like 20089 that was like the last rebuilding off the stadium where a lot of. 2000 fans actually took part in terribly. Spin actions that made global headlines perpetuating an oft oversimplified myth by now many fans roll their eyes when they hear the phrase cold club yes im tired of that to really. Improve play and the legendary status of their fan culture has caused some growing pains. This family feeling was being. Challenged at the moment in the past 3 years to say that most almost every game sold out what we have 30000 members you know we have like i think 5 years ago we have iran 212000. In typical fashion didnt raise ticket prices for their 1st ever promotion to the bundesliga it will be a tough slog at the top but selling out the stadium wont be a problem on your own inherits and they have had across well friendship in the old days and this is only their 3rd ever season in the same league still promotion could reset things. You know in inherit arent exactly fierce rivals but of who no one can manage to stay up long enough for the ku klux to develop a history of playing against one another this therapy might just be what it takes to weeknight the soccer scene in this. Book does berlin really need hair to anyone young to succeed to become a Football City or has it been one all along. Whats a Football City its when you look only you like it to see a success like in professional football when you. You look at the culture of culture is a very. Powerful culture and but then we have like more than 400 has just about as many soccer teams as journalists that last more than 5 minutes about stumbling i mean charming historic ground the clubs dotting the city have proud histories and ties to their local community is so lets run through a dense and diverse footballing landscape little known to those outside of the german capital. Money founded in berlin and 888 is the countrys oldest active clark ethnic clubs like to keep. Community centers for immigrant or minority groups. Even on the verge of promotion to the 2nd division in the ninetys but were falsely penalized for incorrectly registering a foreign player i guess thats just multicultural berlin for your battles very base just outside of berlin playing the same ground as womens powerhouse to being a part stem and sport a politically engaged ultra scene you. Are but in this league aside tennis the rusia or take a day have a different style support but equally progressive identity. I might be. I just. Found out i was off im sort of not open to a by. What i see their history in west berlin and the regional leagues in the ninetys means that you seen both in your own and heritage as rivals as t. V. How close we were. Talking about when you were as a torch out of the movie station idea. What i was trying to find out which will win shaaban no one talk to friends of mine and also which not all berlin football history is glorious just look at his money over in. His money have the crowd distinction of the peninsula has the worst ever record or theres dino. 10 time d. D. R. Champs formerly favored by the east German Secret Police today they play in the 4th division but are still probably unions biggest rivals known 10 ingo wont even say their names no im not going to say the name of god that i. Might have noticed a fair amount of bald heads head to head into the stadium and i wish i could tell you that that with the now if you shout break in east berlin but unfortunately you know has a reputation of being filled with right wing fans so in the off chance they can smell my ethnic background i think its time we get out of here. For every cool team playing at the local or regional level for lent has about 15 nominees. Its nonstop football here in berlin and all of these Lower Division clubs have their own identities in stories to tell. The scene is fantastic but it seems like a waste with all these awesome teams whiling away in the 4th 5th and 6th divisions. Berlin is nothing if not constantly changing soccer here is no different you might expect more from the german city with 4000000 residents but the line is buzzing about having 2 teams in the bundesliga for the 1st time in over 40 years. It would be of course a lot of pressure to do so in the city like who between. Them and you. Know plenty of the citys football fans might not even be watching the derby. But if youre living in berlin youre watching just these 2 clubs in your own head youre missing out on so much football and there is drama there is action that youre liable to get laughed at for suggesting berlin is a soccer city its still a far cry from london or madrid but things finally seem set to change at the top thanks so when your own and character and as weve seen the basis is there for even more once you scratch the surface. Its summertime in germany and Everyone Wants to go to the beach travelling in coronavirus times how does that look like. Making sure to follow all the hygiene rules lucas stay got checks in at the baltic sea and visit some Tourist Attractions that have one thing in common. They are here in this cold World Heritage site. Checking the. Next t. W. Is quite as simple as it seems. To understand the world better we need to take a closer look at. The experience knowledge to morrow to just. Explode t. W. 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