Riding the River Spree

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Arena Magazine 125

Roland Boer

Aug 2013

Abstract:

Of gherkins, Fahrradstrassen and ancient steeds.

‘So you have come all the way from Australia to drive your bicycle in East Germany?’ she asks.

‘Much better than the western parts’, I say. ‘Here you have streets called Karl Marx Allee or Friedrich Engels Strasse and much more. But tell me, what is the German for “ride a bicycle”‘?

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