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urban pop culture

Portraitfoti von Musikerin Stefanie Schrankurban pop culture
27. August 2021

sound of urbanana: Talks!

For a coffee with Stefanie Schrank in the Old Firestation The old fire station in Cologne – This is where our author Ole met the songwriter, musician, illustrator and visual…
Ole Löding
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Suzusan und Ralf Brög in der Galerie Petra Rinck Düsseldorfartsy placesurban pop culture
17. August 2021

Through the Düsseldorf art studio jungle

A day at the Fashion Festival strike a pose What do fashion and art have to do with each other? Everything! That’s exactly what the first edition of the festival…
urbanana
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Die Gründerinnen vom Grapefruit fanzine.urban pop culture
6. August 2021

Currently reading: grapefruits

In the new episode of sound of urbanana: Talks!, Friedemann talks to the makers of grapefruits, a magazine by fans for fans about non-male composers and sound artists. It all…
Friedemann Dupelius
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digital spaces

View on the WandelWerkartsy placescreative makersdigital spaces
3. September 2021

WandelWerk: the pop-up city lab

In a former car dealership in the Liebigstrasse in the quarter of Neu-Ehrenfeld in Cologne, a motley bunch of urban border crossers is experimenting with living and working models of…
Verena Maas & Sebastian Zügler
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A man with a beard and a hat holds a VYTAL bowl with cereal and fruit in it.digital spacesurban taste & living
15. April 2021

VYTAL: Say goodbye to plastic waste

Wasting resources has come out of fashion, and sustainability is trendier than ever. Cologne based start-up VYTAL is perfectly up to date with its innovative system relying on reusable containers…
Markus Sekulla
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creative makers

View on the WandelWerkartsy placescreative makersdigital spaces
3. September 2021

WandelWerk: the pop-up city lab

In a former car dealership in the Liebigstrasse in the quarter of Neu-Ehrenfeld in Cologne, a motley bunch of urban border crossers is experimenting with living and working models of…
Verena Maas & Sebastian Zügler
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Interior of the "Bakery" jazz cellar in Bochum. You can see a piano and in front of it a work and clamping table. There is a leather armchair next to it.artsy placescreative makersurban pop culture
10. June 2021

Come and be part of it: Jazz and urbanism in Bochum’s »Kunstkiez«

Weathered bricks, dark window panes behind rusty metal bars, some used wood here and there. Every day, when I sit at my desk and take a look outside my window,…
Arno Stallmann
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Artwork by the artist seiLeise: A little girl in a red dress is holding a moon on a balloon string.artsy placescreative makers
1. April 2021

I met the moon girl

Street Artist seiLeise from Cologne has always presented his art under the open sky. During the coronavirus-related lockdown, he has now invented the “picture hunt”, inviting people to an artistic…
Alexandra Wehrmann
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artsy places

artsy places
3. December 2021

Lost Football Places in urbanana

The arena is the prototype of the modern soccer stadium. Ultra-modern and multifunctional, but in the eyes of many romantics also uniform, soulless and a symbol of the capitalization of…
Friedemann Dupelius
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Blick über the Poolartsy places
14. October 2021

A kind of magic

Welcome to the fascinating world of "The Pool" A former swimming pool in Düsseldorf’s Golzheim quarter has recently become a culture venue. Exhibitions, concerts, and performances are hosted there, in…
Alexandra Wehrmann
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View on the WandelWerkartsy placescreative makersdigital spaces
3. September 2021

WandelWerk: the pop-up city lab

In a former car dealership in the Liebigstrasse in the quarter of Neu-Ehrenfeld in Cologne, a motley bunch of urban border crossers is experimenting with living and working models of…
Verena Maas & Sebastian Zügler
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urban taste & living

Find herbs and flowers to eat at Halde Hanielurban taste & living
20. September 2021

Herbs of the Ruhr Area

Urban gardening. Rental acres. Allotment gardens. Herbal tours? The trend of tackling green growth in the urban jungle and harvesting what one sows there is taking a steep upwards turn……
Britta Rübsam
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In Oberbilk lässt sich Minztee marokkanischer Art authentisch genießen.urban taste & living
21. July 2021

In 80 Häppchen um die Welt

In dem Düsseldorfer Stadtteil Oberbilk leben Menschen aus 135 unterschiedlichen Ländern. Das prägt natürlich auch das gastronomische Angebot des Viertels, das zu den exotischsten und vielfältigsten der Landeshauptstadt gehört. Obwohl…
Alexandra Wehrmann
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A man with a beard and a hat holds a VYTAL bowl with cereal and fruit in it.digital spacesurban taste & living
15. April 2021

VYTAL: Say goodbye to plastic waste

Wasting resources has come out of fashion, and sustainability is trendier than ever. Cologne based start-up VYTAL is perfectly up to date with its innovative system relying on reusable containers…
Markus Sekulla
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