Berlin: The Capital of Mediocre Graffiti

"This is Berlin, dude." Brace yourselves, kids.

Living in Berlin is like camping on a giant canvas. It's hard to find a wall here that hasn't been tagged by the little shits who go around writing "xoSEXY69ox" on the back of compost bins and park benches. As they say: if you can't beat them, take pictures of them on your Blackberry Bold - and I did just that. I decided to get the U8 into Friedrichshain to see what kind of graffiti Berlin had to offer me. In all honesty, I had no idea where I was going, it was bitterly cold and my battery was low. That probably sums up the quality of both this article and the photos.

Enjoy.

The Foreigners Guide to Surviving in Berlin

Germany is a big place. Over 80,000,000 humans live within its borders. Its capital is called Berlin. All of these things are true. But what you might not know is that Berlin is an undiscovered jungle of aged beauty. I'm a foreigner myself and for the post few months I've managed to survive the day-to-day life of this city's ugly charm, getting from A to B with all my body parts still intact. Rated 6th best city in the world, Berlin has a lot more to offer than some outdated Nazi stuff and a shitty wall; rather a thrawling urban graffiti scene and a variety of architecture that puts the "God-awful" in Eastern Bloc. Think you're up for it? Then here's your guide to living and surviving in the Hauptstadt.