Author name: Helle Møller

Retired from a long working life as secretary/assistant in UN and EU institutions. Freelance stress counsellor and proofreader/copyeditor. Now living in Berlin.

Out and about in Berlin and beyond 2024 and 2025

Tour of Tegeler Stadtheide

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Grün Berlin offers regular elektrocar tours of Tegeler Stadtheide – an excellent initiative since the area will not be otherwise […]

Out and about in Berlin and beyond 2024 and 2025

Bird-watching walk with a bird-watching buddy at Orankesee and Obersee 17 September

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The highlight was seeing a small, we thought juvenile, bat on the ground, in broad daylight, seemingly dazed. To our

Cooking and Nutrition

Pumpkin and goat cheese soufflé

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If you prefer dairy from cows, and generally blander flavours, this is the recipe that gave me the idea: https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/recipes/marrow-cheddar-souffle-recipe

Out and about in Berlin and beyond 2024 and 2025

Short walk on Halbinsel Stralau before quiznight in Alte Turnhalle

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I had (again) not been to Stralau for a long time. It is still an interesting place, still changing, still

A new year 2026

For my favourite foodies and myself – a list of “fine dining” restaurants to try

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Last updated 10 September 2025 I actually prefer Asian food, but once in a blue moon (and when I am

Photography

“Every month on the ninth” with NABU Spandau

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The guide is Christine Kuhnert, one of Berin’s most knowledgeable ornithologists. The weather was “September in Berlin at its best”

Out and about in Berlin and beyond 2024 and 2025

Potsdam 7 September and Landwehrkanal 8 September

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I had a ticket for an organ concert with Keith Jarrett in Nikolaikirche in the late afternoon. Though Potsdam is

Out and about in Berlin and beyond 2024 and 2025

A morning walk on the last day of August

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To me, there is nothing more beautiful than the soft light just after sunrise in (almost) autumn. Bonus tip: Café/Bistro

Thoughts and opinions

Warning: A couple of rants or three

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Karower Teiche with Grüne Liga Berlin e. V. Despite the fact that it said very clearly in the description that

Out and about in Berlin and beyond 2024 and 2025

My local cemetery on my way to and from my local LPG

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In addition to the usual pigeons and great tits, I saw many treecreepers (but did not manage to photograph any

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