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COVER FOTO by<br />
Jean Francois Carly<br />
EDITORIAL<br />
The German capital is reinventing itself.<br />
Living in Berlin promises variety and inspiration. Old and new meet in stark<br />
contrast to each other and nowhere else are highly polished luxury and the raw<br />
reality of the street so close together as they are here. Berlin is marked by change<br />
and the inhabitants are just as dynamic and unique as the city. The Mitte (Centre)<br />
district embodies a concentrated expression of this energy.<br />
Mitte is more unconventional than New York, more laid-back than Paris and sun-<br />
nier than London. And for me at least, this part of the city symbolises concentrat-<br />
ed creativity, style and British composure. Mitte is a multi-faceted conglomerate<br />
of ideas and visions that have been put into practice, in great architecture, art,<br />
culture and the best entertainment. Aladdin‘s caves of shopping such as Galerie<br />
Lafayette, international designer brand flagship stores and more than 150 galler-<br />
ies await their customers here and more and more creative people from all over<br />
the world and from all walks of life are discovering Mitte to be a real hot spot for<br />
trends in fashion, design and lifestyle.<br />
In this book, we would like to give you a snapshot of this unique part of Berlin to<br />
show you what makes Mitte so attractive as a place to live. We have conducted<br />
interviews with people who are realising their dreams here. We have looked behind<br />
the facades of old ruins, researched a whole range of unusual things for you and<br />
chosen pictures that embody the style and awareness of life in Mitte for us. But<br />
don‘t worry, we haven‘t given everything away. There are still lots of hidden places<br />
to discover and new ones are coming up – because Berlin has a future. Perhaps<br />
even yours.<br />
Have lots of fun reading and discovering!<br />
Stephan Burkoff